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My Beautiful Caravan

A quirky independent gift shop on the Market Square in Stonehaven, packed with design-led souvenirs, cards and unexpected finds, open every day.

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Welcome

On the Market Square in Stonehaven, My Beautiful Caravan is a small independent gift shop.

It calls itself quirky and chock-full of unexpected treasures. It shows the work of local artists, and wraps what you buy with care.

The stock is chosen with a designer's eye. There are souvenirs of the town that people actually want to take home, from prints and mugs of Dunnottar Castle to cards of the open-air pool, along with enamel pins, notebooks, coasters, keyrings and stationery.

It opens every day, and the harbour, the pool and the cliff path to Dunnottar are all a short walk away. For anyone who cannot call in, there is an online shop.

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Before you go

Open Monday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm, and Sunday, 10.30am to 4.30pm.

There is an online shop too.

Where
17 Market Square, Stonehaven AB39 2BE.
Telephone
01569 765276.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
10am–5pm
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–5pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Saturday
10am–5pm
Sunday
10.30am–4.30pm

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Where it is

On the Market Square in the centre of Stonehaven.

Close byStonehaven.
  1. StonehavenStonehavenA harbour town below the cliffs of the Mearns.Under a mile 1 min by road
  2. The white front of the Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven with its sign about the deep-fried Mars bar.The Carron Fish BarThe Stonehaven chip shop where, the story goes, the deep-fried Mars bar was first fried, in 1992.Under a mile 1 min by road
  3. The white front of the Ship Inn on Stonehaven harbour.The Ship InnAn inn of 1771 on the edge of Stonehaven harbour, with malts, real ale and a sun terrace.Under a mile 2 min by road
  4. The white front of the Marine Hotel on the harbour at Stonehaven.The Marine HotelA harbourside bar serving the beer of its own brewery, six°north, and some of the best from Belgium.Under a mile 2 min by road
  5. Swimmers and sunbathers round Stonehaven's open-air pool on a sunny day.Stonehaven Outdoor PoolAn Art Deco open-air pool of heated sea water.Under a mile 2 min by road
  6. Dunnottar CastleDunnottar CastleA ruined fortress on a sea stack south of the town.3 miles 6 min by road
Directions
Man in chef's cap leans from serving hatch at thebayfishandchips.comRestaurantsThe Bay Fish & Chips0.6 miles
The ice-cream counter at Aunty Betty's under its painted ceiling.CafeAunty Bettys0.6 miles
Plated chicken with tagliatelle and artichoke on a white-clothed restaurant tableRestaurantsTolbooth Seafood Restaurant0.7 miles
The white-streaked sea cliffs of Fowlsheugh above blue water, a seabird in flight.AttractionsRSPB Scotland Fowlsheugh4.7 miles
Waterfall dropping from grassy cliffs into a sheltered sea inletAttractionsRSPB Fowlsheugh4.7 miles
Grass-topped limestone cliff with a thin waterfall dropping into the seaAttractionsCrawton Waterfall4.7 miles
The white Creel Inn at Catterline with its sign, a lobster creel on the terrace.RestaurantsThe Creel Inn6.3 miles
Brae's bright café room, a counter of bakes and tables by big windows.CafeBrae at Chapelton6.3 miles
Rowing boat "The Gray Starling" sits among wildflowers overlooking a rocky sea stackAttractionsCatterline Bay6.5 miles

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