Balloch Castle Country Park affords wonderful views over Loch Lomond. The park comprises 200 acres (80 ha) of semi-rural ornamental woodland, parks, gardens, meadows, and shoreline. The castle itself is closed but still a fine building to admire.
Buchanan Castle is a spooky ruin on the outskirts of Drymen. The castle was commissioned by James Graham, 4th Duke of Montrose, in the mid-1850s after the family’s home, Buchanan …
14th Century tower house probably built by the Campbell family. It was used as a hunting lodge by James IV and Mary, Queen of Scots, visited in 1563. It's undergoing renovation at the moment.
What is now a posh hotel and B&B was once a castle (built probably after 1569) built possibly to defend the occupiers against the perennially grumpy MacGregor clan.