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Aboyne B&B Accommodation
Aberdeenshire Scotland

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Royal Deeside is famous and justly popular amongst visitors who explore the towns along the Dee: Banchory, Aboyne and Ballater. In summer, you may glimpse salmon leaping up the waterfall under the Bridge of Feugh, not far from the centre of Banchory. Follow the side road alongside the River Feugh then turn off, following the signs to the Forest of Birse. Here it is peaceful with no sound but the tumbling waters, the ever-present sheep and maybe a distant buzzard mewing over the hill tops.

In May, it is bright with yellow gorse, purple in August with heather and, in autumn, the rowan trees are laden with red berries. Back on Deeside, at Potarch, is the bridge where a famous local strongman, Donald Dinnie, is reputed to have carried two huge boulders across the river. The stones are still there, outside the Inn. At Aboyne watch the Highland Games take place on the village green before resuming the well-trodden route to Balmoral and Braemar.

Everywhere, in stone circles and standing stones, is the evidence of prehistory. Not far from Aberdeen Airport, near Inverurie, just off the A96, is Archaeolink an interpretive centre about these monuments and the people who built them. Fascinating names like Clinkstone, Maiden Stone and Cloven Stone invite the curious while the intriguingly shaped hill, Bennachie, looms in the background. It's a land of mystery where your imagination can take flight and you can forget the present, wondering about the past.

As well as the Castle Trail, this area also has the Coastal Trail and the Whisky Trail, which links many of the Speyside area distilleries.

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B&Bs near Aboyne include:

GLENDAVAN HOUSE
Moira and Alan Milne
Dinnet - Nr. Aboyne - Aberdeenshire AB34 5LU
Tel: 01339 881610 / Fax: 01224 418593
Email: info@glendavanhouse.com
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  • 2 double (en suite)
  • 1 twin (priv.facs.)
  • Open Jan - Dec
  • B&B 50 - 70 Pounds Sterling
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    5 star award Luxury accommodation in Victorian Lodge situated in the heart of Royal Deeside. Glendavan stands in 8 acres of woodland alive with birds, pheasants, roe deer and red squirrels. Peace, quiet and relaxation guaranteed. Ballater 6 miles.
    Private parking Tea/coffee facilities Vegetarian diets catered for Special diets catered for Evening meals by arrangement Lounge Four poster bed Central heating TVs in rooms Payphone Garden Golf nearby Fishing nearby No smoking Hairdryers Credit cards accepted Ground floor bedrooms Foreign language spoken Agents commission given
    Internet Access

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    Private parking Tea/coffee facilities
    Vegetarian diets catered for Special diets catered for
    TVs in rooms Lounge
    Foreign language spoken Basins in rooms
    Payphone Evening meals by arrangement
    Central heating Garden
    Working farm
    Golf nearby Fishing nearby
    No smoking Child rates and facilities
    Wheelchair accessible Hairdryers
    Credit cards accepted Ground floor bedrooms
    Agents commission given Four poster bed

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