Dumfries and Galloway is a hugely popular tourist destination with a fantastic variety of attractions and activities with easy access to tour the rest of the country. When exploring at your own pace, you can enjoy the wealth of artistic and cultural activities running throughout the year, sample some fine cuisine, explore the country's dramatic and colourful history and natural heritage, spectate from the sidelines or take a more active role in a wide variety of sporting pursuits.  Nithsdale, whose gentle slopes and old forests hide a major attraction: the massive, many-turreted 17th century mansion of Drumlanrig Castle near Thornhill. As well as its impressive house, Drumlanrig offers a host of other attractions, including formal gardens and a forested country park, crisscrossed by footpaths and cycle routes. T: 01659 50942 Click here to email