Carefully Selected Scottish Holiday Homes in Beautiful Locations
Newtonmore and Kingussie
Practicalities
Kingussie's friendly tourist office is in the same building as the entrance to the Highland Folk Museum, on Duke Street (same hours as museum; tel 01540/661297). The Wildcat Centre in Newtonmore (Mon-Fri 9.30am-12.30pm & 2.15-5.15pm, Sat 9.30am-12.30pm) also offers local information and details of walking trails in the area. Bike rental is available at Cairngorm Mountain Tours in Newtonmore. Dunmhor House (tel 01540/661809; under £40) is a good-value B&B on the main street in Kingussie, while the best of the local hostels are the Newtonmore Independent Hostel (tel 01540/673360, www.highlandhostel.co.uk), a welcoming and well-equipped place, and the Strathspey Mountain Hostel (tel 01540/673694), just up the road, which is also of a high standard.
The most ambitious food in the area is served at the Cross restaurant, in a converted tweed mill on Tweed Mill Brae in Kingussie (tel 01540/661166, www.thecross.co.uk; closed Tues & Dec-Feb). Cheaper food is available at several cafés and pubs in both towns - the Glen or the Brae Riach in Newtonmore, or the Royal Hotel or Tipsy Laird in Kingussie.
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