If there are non-golfers in your group or you can make time to venture away from the fairways, Angus comes ready-made for exploration.

First on your list might be the Angus Glens themselves, the inspiring backdrop to the area and well worth closer exploration.

Take a drive up to Glen Clova, Glen Doll or Glen Esk for a glimpse of real, rugged Scotland only a few minutes from the Angus Golf Gateway hotels or golf courses.

The cultural highlight of this area is Glamis Castle, an absorbing day-out exploring the gardens and taking a tour of the rooms.

A royal residence since 1372 this was the childhood home of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. It was also the legendary setting for Shakespeare's famous play 'Macbeth'. There is an excellent restaurant and gift shops.

For more distant history, Brechin’s Pictavia is an encounter with earlier Angus inhabitants. Angus was powerbase and home to some of the largest and most important Celtic tribes. These tribes gradually amalgamated and by AD297 were known as the Picti or the Picts.

Today most of what we know about the Picts comes from the mysterious carved stones which are commonly found throughout this area.

By AD848 Pictavia the Land Of The Picts was united with the Kingdom of the Scots creating the foundations of modern day Scotland.

The coastal region of Angus also offers charming fishing villages and airy cliffside walks.

Arbroath’s harbour makes a pleasant stroll especially whilst dining out on a poke of Arbroath’s famous fish & chips or an Arbroath Smokie (smoked haddock).

Arbroath and the county of Angus lay claim to being ‘ Scotland’s Birthplace’ where, with the signing of the ‘Declaration of Arbroath’ drawn up in Arbroath Abbey in 1320, the Scottish nation was born.