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Aberdeenshire

Where to go, eat and stay in Aberdeenshire.

Look down from the Aberdeenshire cliffs on a clear day and the sea glitters below, with a whole fishing village clinging to the shore beneath you. Out here in the north-east you'll find Pennan and Crovie tucked under the braes, Dunnottar Castle on its rock above the waves and big, empty beaches backed by dunes.

Clifftop ruins, pink towers and stone circlesCastles and places to visitSeabird cliffs, seal beaches and the Deeside WayWalks and the outdoorsHarbour fish and chips, farm shops and cafésFood and drinkShops, studios and makersShops and makersThe distilleriesWhiskyEstate cottages and a bothy for twoPlaces to stayCastle trails and coast days, stop by stopDays out
The guide

Our guide to Aberdeenshire.

All of Aberdeenshire, part by part: what is where, how to get round, and where to eat and stay. Photographed by us.

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We've just added Tap o' Noth to the website.

A steep hill walk near Rhynie to the summit of Tap o' Noth, about 560 metres high.

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Weather for itFor today's weatherAberdeenshireThe Kilmarnock ArmsBarAberdeenshireThe Creel InnRestaurantAberdeenshireThe Boat InnRestaurantAberdeenshireBalmoral ArmsRestaurant

A pint by the fire.

Cold and wet enough out there. The pubs with a fire lit and good food.

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From our guideNear StonehavenDunnottar CastleArbroathArbroath AbbeyNear BrechinEdzell CastleBalmoralGlas Allt ShielNear TarlandTomnaverie Stone CircleNear BraemarBraemar Castle

The history of Aberdeenshire.

Far-flung?

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We've just added Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre to the website.

A centre for cross-country skiing and roller skiing on the Hill of Haugh in Huntly, with family tubing and ski and bike hire.

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In Issue 13The magazine

A Taste of the Highlands

Jan Jacob Baak was told it couldn't be done: venison was simply too lean to make charcuterie without adding pork. What they didn't know was that Jan relishes a challenge.

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Days outA morningA walk up Ben Newe above StrathdonBy carA dayA round at Ballater Golf ClubBy carA morningBurn o' Vat and lunch at the Fish Shop in BallaterBy carA morningTullynessle Deer Farm and lunch at the Forbes ArmsBy carA morningA whisky tour at Fettercairn and the Royal ArchBy carA morningThe GlenDronach distillery and Delgatie CastleBy car

New days out in Aberdeenshire.

Ready-made days, the newest first, each with its drive times, its stops and somewhere to eat.

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Autumn10 minutes ago

What Stravaig Saunas looks like in autumn.

A wood-fired timber sauna on a hillside in Royal Deeside, near Ballater, with hour-long sessions and a view over the Dee valley, made by a local joinery firm.

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Just addedAdded yesterday

We've just added the Bank Café & Restaurant to the website.

A café and restaurant in Huntly's former North of Scotland Bank, a granite building of 1842 by Archibald Simpson.

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From the magazine22 minutes agoThe printed copy of Issue 07Issue 07Autumn / Winter 2023-24

June Richard welcomed weightlifters from all over the world to her garden to lift the Inver stone, now at the Braemar Highland Games Centre.

Lifting stones are an old Scottish tradition, and in many places it is thought boys came of age when they were strong enough to lift the clan stone. The Inver stone once sat outside an inn for travellers to pass the time, and spent part of its life as an official weight for measuring grain, engraved with 265lb. It was then left beside Creagan Ruadh Cottage for anyone brave enough to try, and June Richard welcomed lifters from all over the world to her garden there. Today the stone is kept at the Braemar Highland Games Centre with a plaque in memory of June, and it can be attempted by appointment.

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Quiz34 minutes ago

James Taylor, from near Auchenblae in Kincardineshire, started which crop in Sri Lanka in 1867?

Afterwards46 minutes agoAberdeenshireBanchory Golf Club200 yardsAberdeenshireFalls of Feugh0.7 milesAberdeenshireThe Barn Arts1.8 miles

Round the corner from Tease Coffee Bar.

The three good places closest to it: Banchory Golf Club, Falls of Feugh and The Barn Arts.

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In Aberdeenshire59 minutes ago

Aden Country Park near Mintlaw has been named a Green Heritage Site.

Keep Scotland Beautiful gave the award for the park's history and the way it brings that history to life, from the old estate to the farm museum. It comes in the same year as the park's seventeenth Green Flag in a row.

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