Easter is often one of the brightest and happiest breaks in the holiday calendar, with new blooms, lambs in the fields, and the first coat-free walks of the year. Scotland is at its fresh and sparkling best around this time. To help you get the most of your Easter break, we’ve collected some brilliant family friendly events in Stirling, Perthshire and Edinburgh for you to scribble in your diaries. Happy Easter!
Cadbury Easter Egg Trail: Cadbury and The National Trust for Scotland have again joined forces to offer some of the biggest organised Easter egg hunts in the nation. To find an Easter egg hunt at a participating National Trust Property near you, just type your postcode into the trailfinder here: https://www.eastereggtrail.com/
Scone Palace has a packed Easter weekend
Easter Weekend at Scone Palace: There is a packed schedule for Sunday at majestic Scone Palace in Perthshire, with various egg hunts and trails, and a pirate theme! Join notorious pirates ‘Slim Jim McConquendale’ and ‘Cut-Throat Pete’ who have an old treasure map and a vague idea of where they buried a treasure chest of gold. However it’s been 300 long years since they were last at Scone Palace and they are looking to recruit some new pirates to help them find this treasure chest – ‘be you able’ they ask… For full details, see: http://scone-palace.co.uk/whats-on
Learn how to be a court jester at Stirling Castle
April Tomfoolery at Stirling Castle: For a new twist on an ancient Easter tradition, head to Stirling castle for merriment, mirth and tomfoolery with the court jesters on 4 and 5 April. Children can learn the tricks of the jester’s trade as well as dancing, magic, and Games in the Gardens. This event is included in the normal Castle admission price. For full details see: http://www.stirlingcastle.gov.uk/
Easter Egg Steam Trains: Everyone loves the romance of steam trains, and it gets even better when the trip includes chocolate. Boness and Kinneil’s annual Easter trains are becoming ever more popular – enjoy a ride on a steam train and a visit from the conductor bearing Easter eggs. Children wearing Easter bonnets have the chance to win a prize, and there are Easter egg hunts in the museum too. For tickets and schedule, see: http://www.bkrailway.co.uk/your-visit/events/
Hunt for golden Easter bunnies in the Botanics, Edinburgh
Golden Bunny Hunt Edinburgh: If you fancy going further afield for a day, then you could celebrate Easter by hunting Lindt chocolate bunnies in the stunning surroundings of Edinburgh’s Botanic Gardens. There’s no need to book – just pick up a trail map when you arrive, and enjoy the scenery with the promise of chocolate thrown in. For full details, see: http://www.rbge.org.uk/
Photo credits:
- Scone Palace: By Palickap (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
- Stirling Castle: By Christian Bickel (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.0 de (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
- Botanic Gardens: By TeePee (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons