Old Callander and the Trossachs

Although the Victorians are widely credited with popularising the Trossachs as a tourist destination, the area was being appreciated for its natural beauty as far back as the reign of King George III. Wordsworth and Coleridge visited in 1803 and a decade later the novels and poetry of Sir Walter Scott led to a huge increase of visitors. This detailed history is accompanied by 57 superb photographs dating from the late nineteenth century through to the 1960s.