Highland Chocolatier

The smell hits you first - rich, dark, properly indulgent chocolate wrapping itself around everything the moment you walk in. Highland Chocolatier sits just outside Pitlochry, and it's the sort of place that makes you question whether you really need lunch when there's a handmade tablet sitting right in front of you.

This is chocolate made on-site, which means you can actually watch the process if you time it right. They do everything from traditional fudge and tablet to more adventurous stuff with local flavours - you'll find whisky, shortbread, and all manner of things that scream "I've been to Scotland". The shop itself is small but rammed with the sort of treats you'd struggle to find elsewhere.

Really, it's best for chocolate lovers and anyone with a sweet tooth who appreciates quality over mass production. Kids will be utterly mesmerised by the novelty factor, though expect them to want everything. It's not a hours-long attraction - thirty minutes tops, unless you're genuinely indecisive about your purchases.

If you're camping at Grandtully Station Campsite just down the road, or staying at any of the bigger parks like Faskally Woods or Milton Of Fonab, this makes a cracking mid-afternoon stop before heading back to cook dinner. Pair it with a walk around Pitlochry proper - there's plenty of riverside wandering to do - and you've got a proper afternoon sorted.