Bed and Breakfast Highlands and Central Scotland, Aberdeen area Bed and Breakfast

The beautiful images of wild scenery providing a kaleidoscope of colour and beauty with spectacular mountainous peaks, rolling farmland and miles of unspoilt coastline is yet another distinctive setting that provides the backdrop for a plethora of picturesque coastal fishing villages.

Bustling towns and cities offering a variety of historic attractions, a surreal landscape that never fails to stir the blood. The area has a wide range of activities for visitors throughout the year and it is where you’ll find many of Scotland’s whisky distilleries. No visit to Scotland would be complete without the taste of a wee “dram of whisky” or a visit to a distillery. Aberdeenshire is famous for its Castle Trail it includes many well-known castles such as Balmoral, Craigievar, Crathes, Drum, Dunnottar and Fyvie. The friendly bed and breakfast in Aberdeenshire area is very comfortable with warm surroundings, each with its own individual charm, character and oozing hospitality.

Aberdeen, with its award-winning parks and gardens has a marvellous cultural heritage with galleries and museums to be proud of and offering a memorable experience for the visitor. Also a traditional fishing town, Aberdeen is perhaps best known as Europe's North Sea oil capital and the city's Union Street as the ‘granite city’ is where many of the buildings still have their original Regency elevations with striking and impressive architecture, perhaps the most conspicuous architect was Archibald Simpson, born in 1790 who had a flair for the neo-classic style such as the Music Hall.

West of Aberdeen in Royal Deeside, surrounding the Green where the famous Highland Games are held is where the beautiful resort town of Aboyne is located, situated on the north bank of the River Dee. For outdoor enthusiasts it’s a walkers paradise, passing through woodland and opens up to meadows full of heather before arriving alongside a stream and back into heather moorland, ideal for bird watching and wild fauna and fauna. Hike through the alpine section to the top of Mortlich Hill and admire magnificent views overlooking Aboyne Loch and the charm and beauty of Deeside. You can take part in water skiing on Aboyne Loch, play at the local golf club offering awe-inspiring views of spectacular Aberdeenshire, or enjoy shooting, fishing in the loch and the many surrounding streams, horse riding through the wooded landscape or visit Aboyne Castle in the north of the town. Close by you’ll find interesting places like Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, the former royal hunting grounds of the Forest of Birse, Lochnagar and Potarch Park. With the stunning Morven Mountains in the background, you’ll find a very interesting prehistoric stone circle in Scotland on a small hilltop near the quiet and quaint village of Tarland, situated just north of the River Dee and north-west of Aboyne.

Part of the Grampians mountain chain is the remote and beautiful Cairngorms situated inland from Aberdeen and the home of skiing in the UK, also close to Balmoral Castle, the Royal family residence lying in marvellous wooded valley on the River Dee. The Duke of Edinburgh has most recently enlarged the beautiful flower gardens and created a stunning water garden. Within the area is Devil's Point offering magnificent scenery, known in Gaelic as The Bod an Deamhain 'The Devil's Penis', it aptly acquired its name after a visit by Queen Victoria, when her minder was too embarrassed to say the correct name. First developed as a spa resort, the attractive village of Ballater is situated amidst dramatic Grampian Mountains, forest scenery and is conspicuous for the vast number of 'By Appointment' signs on the shops, testament of close royal connection. Royal parties en route to their retreat at Balmoral Castle often used the railway station, including Nicholas II the last Czar of Russia in 1896. It is now closed and restored as a museum. Enjoy the impressive 18-hole golf course, the nature walks and other sporting facilities that include excellent fishing. You’ll find an array of interesting attractions, including excellent value for money bed and breakfast in Aberdeenshire.

In 1881 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote 'Treasure Island' while staying in a cottage in Braemar, renowned for its breathtaking scenery is the obvious starting point for expeditions into the Cairngorms the ideal location for walkers and naturalists, boasting miles upon miles of unspoilt walks. The village is a winter sports and tourist centre giving access to some of Scotland's finest mountain scenery, it also plays host to the world famous annual Braemar Gathering in September, a major event held in the Princess Royal Park and often attended by members of the Royal Family with the participation of international athletes, pipe bands and teams from H.M. Forces. Within easy travelling distance south of Braemar is the popular Glenshee Ski Centre, surrounded on both sides by the Munros, the highest of Scotland's mountains with nearly three hundred mountain peaks named after Sir Hugh Munro, the man who first catalogued them.
Built in 1628 by John Erskine, the Earl of Mar, is Braemar Castle, originally King Robert II hunting lodge of during the late 14th Century, now exhibiting military relics, flags and standards of the Farquharson family memorabilia.

Just a few miles north east of Braemar, on the outskirts of Crathie, you will find the splendid age old traditions and craftmanship of Royal Lochnagar distillery who has been providing exclusive malt whisky to Balmoral since Queen Victoria's time. Visitors are welcomed all year round to see the distillers pace their way through the ancient process of mashing, malting, fermenting and distilling the water of life.

Visit the Highlands highest picturesque village with its limestone houses in Tomintoul, situated in the Grampian area of North East Scotland nestling between the Conglass and the mighty river Avon. It offers the angler spectacular salmon, sea trout and the brown trout fishing on the rivers and numerous lochs. The area is surrounded by the mountain ranges of the Cromdales, the Ladder Hills and the Cairngorms giving you the visitor spectacular views over the delightful heather covered moors. Pony trekking is popular and you’ll find there is a trekking school providing the whole family with a variety of rides to experience. Other activities include numerous walks with fantastic scenic landscapes to enjoy, cyclist are spoilt for choice when it comes to cycling through the stunning scenery, whether it be mountain cycling or hiking the area is superb, look out for buzzards, golden eagles, mountain hares, red deers and of course the red squirrel, almost extinct in other parts of the country. A stroll to the Tomintoul Museum should be interesting enough with its displays on local history and the cafés and pubs in the region offer an amazing friendly Scottish hospitality.

Dufftown, Moray known as the World's Malt Whisky Capital is surrounded by breathtaking scenery and the golf club is no exception. In the centre of the town sits the famous Clock Tower, now a museum, built in 1839 as a jail house and renowned as "The clock that hanged MacPherson". Perhaps a Robin Hood carbon copy, who robbed the rich and gave to the poor, MacPherson was an infamous freebooter condemned to death in 1700 and the Sheriff Lord Braco put the clock forward one hour to make sure he would hang! Travel up to the Moray Firth where you’ll find a host of different wildlife including colonies of puffins, cormorants and guillemots. Travelling by boat will give you an excellent close up view of the many species available such as the bottlenose dolphins, minke whales and harbour porpoises.

Dating back to 1272 is the historic village of Fordyce, renowned as a centre of outstanding architectural and historical interest and now a conservation area. The region is set near woodland teeming with wildlife, including deer. This area of outstanding beauty is the ideal tourist base where you can truly relax in the glorious countryside and timeless freedom.

Perhaps you’ll like to visit the beautiful Moray Coast of Scotland, perfect for golf, fishing, walking and exploring the natural beauty. You will not only be enchanted by the rolling countryside, but also be mesmerized by the spectacular views, stroll the local pristine beaches and enjoy the friendly hospitality of local towns and villages like Gamrie a haven for birdwatchers, or a short drive away to the pretty locality of Old Rayne and Longside, a small settlement from where you will experience complete peace and quiet surrounded by an enchanting landscape. The lochs and rivers offer quality, hard fighting trout in some beautiful locations and the walking and sight seeing is out of this world. Wherever you travel and decide to stay, the bed and breakfast in Aberdeenshire is ideal for families and caters for all tastes. The people of Scotland are a wonderful and proud people, simply waiting to warmly welcome and charm you!

Search for B&B in this area