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Royal Deeside
It was Queen Victoria who can be credited with ‘discovering’ this amazing area, making it her Highland retreat and building her castle at Balmoral. It’s been known as Royal Deeside ever since. She showed commendable taste, for the journey along the Dee from Aberdeen takes you through stupendous countryside of increasing grandeur, past the pretty town of Ballater to the tourist draw of Braemar.
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A Truly Royal Experience
Royal Deeside is a beautiful area, renowned for its many castles and its salmon fishing and the Royal family have regularly spent holidays here since Queen Victoria bought the estate.
Glen Tanar, accessible via Aboyne (west of Banchory), is ideal for walking, horse riding and mountain biking. Ballater, 10 miles west of Aboyne, has a restored train station (although the railway line has been closed for a long time) with exhibits about the visits of the Royal family to Balmoral. There are many walks in the area including many from Loch Muik (9 miles south west of Ballater), one to the 400 metre Craigendarroch and more strenuous and lengthy walks up the 871 metre Morven and the 1154 metre Lochnagar.
To the West of the County
Balmoral Castle, 8 miles west of Ballater, was converted from a 16th century tower into a mansion house for Queen Victoria in 1855. Only a small part of the castle is open to the public and only for a few months in the year.
Braemar lies west of Balmoral at a height of 1,100 feet and is surrounded by mountains - good for hill walking and near to the ski resort of Glenshee, further south on the A93. Braemar hosts the Braemar Gathering (Highland Games) in September and has an interesting heritage centre.
From Braemar, a little road (that is ideal for cycling) leads past the other royal residence of Mar Lodge through a wide valley to the lovely Linn of Dee and then you can walk for miles in the Grampians and beyond them the Cairngorms.
You can also walk, or cycle if you're brave enough, for a couple of days cross country to Blair Atholl. There are also plenty of opportunities for mountain biking and horse riding. There are many walks starting at Inverey, five miles west of Braemar, including the long hike through the Lairig Ghru and the Glen Luibeg Circuit.
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14-May-2024 | The Skye House at Glendale GP1 (overall) | Excellent communication about payments, accuracy of details about the property, instructions on finding the property and availability should there be problems. Of course there were no problems as everything had been prepared beautifully with lovely finishing touches. | ||
14-May-2024 | Poldhu at Kentra Bay DE3 (overall) | Efficient service making it easy to find the property I needed. Staff were very friendly and followed through on any issues or concerns I raised. The process of obtain property was streamline | ||
14-May-2024 | Sandcastle Cottage FA8 (overall) | I was disappointed that my deposit of £150 was withheld at the end of my second stay at Sandcastle Cottage for no good reason. I then had to argue till it became too stressful and they retained £50. | ||
14-May-2024 | Erraid House BZ5 (overall) | Easy to deal with. | ||
14-May-2024 | Dunfuinary Cottage DA7 (overall) | the property was clean, well provided and the manager was both friendly and professinal | ||
14-May-2024 | Calderburn Cottage, Aberchalder CZ7 (overall) | We had a lovely break at Calderburn Cottage. It was spotlessly clean, very well equipped (we cooked dinner most nights), cosy, and comfortable, and has a lovely secure garden perfect for my dog. The location was perfect for exploring the lochs and mountains nearby, with fabulous low level and hillier walks right on the doorstep. | ||
14-May-2024 | The Hirsel BP9 (overall) | Be prepared to step into a world of isolated relaxation as soon as you turn into the estate. Beautiful, peaceful countryside with stunning views and local wildlife on your doorsteps. The cottage itself is excellent and supplied with everything you need for a break. The secure front garden was perfect for our dog to enjoy all day long. The area is fantastic with relatively easy walks to some local lochs through beautiful countryside. The only thing I can suggest would enhance the experience of the Hirsel would be a small garden table for resting a glass of wine on whilst soaking up the views. Will certainly return. | ||
13-May-2024 | Chisholm Cottage AB8 (overall) | We have used Unique Cottages before and have always found them to be helpful and their cottages are immaculate. | ||
13-May-2024 | East Shore Cottage BK2 (overall) | Everything from booking cottage, the directions there and gaining entry to the building. The cottage was lovely, with wonderful sea view, lovely walks. perfect holiday. | ||
14-May-2024 | Cultalla Cottage FG1 (overall) | informative of the one shower being broken cleaning has slippped a little -mirrors/ skirting boards very dusty. clock on the wall not working light bulb in back double bedroom not working A very well equipped cottage beautiful setting so accessible to alot around there, to sight see Loch Sheil on the door step local hotel / pub food beautiful good service and local fresh food |