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Human settlement in Scotland
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Drymen is a village in Stirlingshire in the Central Belt of Scotland. It's within Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, four miles from the east shore of Loch Lomond, and this is the main reason to visit. In 2020 the population was 830.
First licensed in 1734, when the sister of Rob Roy was the landlady, this has good food and atmosphere. They have rooms.
Central in the village, this serves good trad fare and has rooms. Dog-friendly.
Founded in 1833, this is one of Scotland's more photogenic distilleries, and being close to Glasgow it's firmly on the tourist and corporate hospitality circuit. The water source is unpeated and the barley is malted without using peat smoke, so the whisky is lowland in nature, very smooth and quaffable. Annual capacity is 1.1 million litres and much of it is blended, but they sell a range of single malts. The owners are Ian Macleod Distillers.
Village inn, now a simple hotel. Great place on the days they get it right, but it draws very mixed reviews for comfort, service and food.
B & B and hostel in a former church hall (and before that a church), clean and comfy.
Pleasant mid-range hotel (no longer a Best Western), rooms are tired and in need of re-furb. The spa and gym remain closed.
Rave reviews for this smart modern B&B northwest edge of the village.
Simple but clean campsite on West Highland Way open Apr-Oct, dogs welcome.
McColls Bus 309 runs daily every 90 min or so from Alexandria via Balloch station (for trains from Glasgow) to Drymen (15 min) and Balmaha.
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