Dulnain Bridge sits at the junction of two routes off the main A9 to Inverness. Nearby, at Skye of Curr, is one of the more unusual of Scotland's visitor attractions. The Speyside Heather Centre sells more than 300 varieties of heather and has a unique display in the range of uses, past and present, for heather, from rope-making to medicines.

Grantown-on-Spey is one of the larger places on Speyside, a handsome granite-built town, laid out with a wide main street and central square as a "planned town" by Sir James Grant, the local landowner, around 1766. Planned or improvement towns in Scotland are usually recognised by their symmetry and regular grid of streets and Grantown is no exception. The town is a shopping centre for a rural community as well as a resort. The story of Grantown is told in the Grantown Museum and Heritage Trust.

The town is set among the Speyside pines, with the woodlands to the south-east of the town laid out with waymarked trails and excellent sheltered walks. (Look for red squirrels - easy to see here). Also south-east of the town is the picturesque old bridge (built 1754) built as part of the military road from Deeside to Fort George on the Moray Firth coast. To the north are the highly atmospheric open moors around Dava - especially beautiful in August when the heather blooms. The 13th-century ruined fortress of Lochindorb Castle sits on an island on the loch of the same name.

This part of Speyside is quiet and rural countryside on the edge of the hills, but with a good choice of things to do, including golf, angling (stocked fishery nearby), walking - the Speyside Way passes through the area - also cycling, plus all the other amenities and attractions of Speyside close at hand from a Dulnain Bridge or Grantown base. Similarly, the castle and whisky country of Moray and Grampian to the north is also easy to reach from here.