Crieff sits between the highlands and the lowlands on a south-facing slope in the Grampian foothills. The town boasts the oldest distillery in Scotland, Glenturret, founded in 1775. It has a visitor centre offering tours all year. Just north of the distillery is Glen Turret and some of the best hillwalking in the area: including the Munro, Ben Chonzie. Following the River Earn west from Glen Turret brings you to Comrie, a settlement whose origins go back at least to the Romans. In the eighteenth century Crieff was a busy market town with farmers coming down from the highlands and from as far away as Skye to trade their livestock. In Victorian times the town developed as a spa resort; today it remains popular as a tourist destination.