Dalwhinnie lies at the south-west corner of the Cairngorms National Park, over 30 miles north of Pitlochry off the A9, after travelling through the bleak landscape at Drummochter Pass. The only place of interest in the village is the Dalwhinnie Distillery. The A889 leads to the village of Laggan where the TV series Monarch of the Glen was filmed, amidst beautiful countryside - Loch Laggan is the source of the River Spey. The area offers many opportunities for walking, horse-riding, mountain-biking and there is a nature reserve west of the village.
Newtonmore lies about 10 miles north of Laggan on the A86 and can also be accessed via the A9 at Ralia. The Highland Folk Museum is a fascinating visitor attraction which features a reconstructed village of old cottages, a school and croft, with demonstrations of wood-carving, spinning and peat-fire baking. (Another part of the museum is located in Kingussie.) For something a bit different, there is the Waltzing Waters - an aqua theatre.
Kingussie lies a few miles north of Newtonmore. The Highland Folk Museum at this site is also in the form of a village depicting traditional Highland life with a thatched blackhouse, smokery and a water-powered sawmill. Nearby are the ruins of Ruthven Barracks built to control the Highlanders following the Jacobite Rebellion of 1715.
There are walks to the Monaliadth Mountains, north-west of Kingussie, a circular walk to the summit of Carn an Fhreiceadain and many mountain-biking trails.
Information
There is a tourist office at Ralia near Newtonmore and at the Highland Folk Museum on Duke Street in Kingussie. Hotels in the area include Scott House, Osprey Hotel, Royal Hotel and the Cross in Kingussie. Restaurants include these hotels plus The Glen, Braeriach and Capercaillie (all in Newtonmore) and the Tipsy Laird in Kingussie.
List of cottages in this area:
Sleeps: 4
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Bedrooms: 4
- No Smoking
- Short Breaks available
- Pet Friendly
For the house with everything in the area with everything look no further than Tayvulin. This large, modern and superbly comfortable house is to be found in a quiet residential area of the village of Aviemore in the Cairngorm National Park which is famous for winter sports, wildlife, and amazing scenery. If you are looking for the archetypical Highland experience, this is the place to be!
Sleeps: 6,
Bedrooms: 3
- No Pets
- No Smoking
- Short Breaks available
This charming, newly built cottage on the outskirts of the popular holiday centre of Aviemore, an hour south of Inverness in the heart of the Highlands. There is so much to see and do in the area that a week will never be enough, and it is therefore the ideal choice for a holiday which will please all ages and interests.
Sleeps: 6
(7)
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Bedrooms: 3
- Short Breaks available
- Smoking downstairs only
- Pet Friendly
is a cosy comfy double-glazed cottage standing alone on a hillside with a burn at its side in its own 35 acres of land, halfway between Pitlochry and Aviemore just above the village of Dalwhinnie (easily reached via the A9) with a lovely view across the valley of the River Truim to the Grampian Mountains.
Sleeps: 6
(8)
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Bedrooms: 4
- No Smoking
- Short Breaks available
- Pet Friendly
is a very attractively-sited conversion of two old stone cottages standing on its own, on rising ground, within a large Country Estate just a few miles east of Kingussie and the fast A9 and about one hour's drive north of Pitlochry. It has a lovely view of The Cairngorm Mountains beyond the historic ruins of Ruthven Barracks.
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