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Aberdeen near the Cairngorms, an hour away from Balmoral Castle in Scotland
Apartment • Scotland Scotland United Kingdom
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Listed August 2024
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General Overview
This old part of Aberdeen is well located, charming, Scottish inspired flat is the perfect spot for a wide range of activities: whether it's watching people row or sitting along the River Dee at the School's boathouse which is 1 min walk or few mins walk to the City Centre or Aberdeen Train Station. It is very close to the harbour.
It's less than a mile from Duthie Park, a great spot for architectural features. Within the park you can also find David Welch's Winter Garden, one of Europe's largest indoor gardens.
Aberdeen is about an hour away drive to Balmoral Castle, the Cairngorm National Park which has an amazing landscapes.
The Space
Our holiday home in “Silver City Beside the Sea” or simply called, “The Granite City”, the stunning stone that the city is largely made up of even our home. We hope you will have a great time discovering and exploring this city, surrounding towns, the highlands and the lowlands.
We are happy to share our special holiday home with you and truly hope you enjoy it as much as we do. This city is home to a superb wildlife community. From sorts of sea birds to vast amount of large bottlenose dolphins, it’s quite the haven for nature enthusiasts.
We have a large 1 bedroom with king size bed and sofabed in the living room. Access to communal garden. It was build more than a hundred years ago in old traditional granite stone with high ceilings and windows. It has a spacious bedroom, warm and cozy lounge, well equipped kitchen and good sized, well-lit bathroom.
Guest Access
The flat is in the ground floor. However, there are 2 steps in the main building hallway to get to our flat.
Notes
We also run this as a bnb and so cleanliness to highest standards is required (we want to maintain our rating of 4.9 to 5*).
As we do not live nearby, we’d ask guests to wash all beddings and towels; make the beds and set towels. If time does not allow guests to do this, we offer the service of our cleaner. Please let me know in advance how you wish to tackle the cleaning :)
Features
Washer
Oven
Microwave
Fridge
Heating
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
First aid kit
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Towels
Garden / yard
House Rules
Unsuitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets not allowed
No smoking
Allergens
Cat free
Dog free
Smoke free
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Neighbourhood
One of the oldest walkway bridges in Aberdeen, the Wellington Suspension bridge, is just behind the flat, while the School’s Boathouse (Aberdeen University) is just a short 1 minute walk along the River Dee with it’s main source in Cairngorms, it runs through the Royal Deeside, where Queen Victoria built Balmoral Castle. (The Queen Elizabeth’s favourite residence).
The city is set on the East coast and close to some of Scotland’s greatest landscapes. It is great for soaking up the warm sunshine.
Within a relatively short distance are many of Scotland’s best distilleries and along the Spey Valley Whisky Trail and surrounding area you can enjoy tours to Glenfiddich, Glenlivet and many more smaller distilleries. This area is a dream for whisky Lovers.
Getting to my home
About 15-20 minutes walk from Aberdeen train station (depending on how fast/slow you walk). There is a bus stop nearby the flat. Need a car or taxi to travel to Aberdeen airport
Nearest airport
Aberdeen Airport
Getting Around
Shops and the City centre can be reached by walking, cycling, bus or drive.
Adding this link for those who love to hike -
https://beta.slowways.org/routing/Aberdeen/Ballater
TOUR & ACTIVITIES
Aberdeen Beach:
Views over the North Sea are fabulous. Great to watch the mostly oil industry related ships entering and leaving the harbour. Parking is available so it’s easy to go out, walk and access the beach.
There is a leisure centre, leisure park, a cinema, shops and several restaurants on the seaside.
Aberdeen Harbour:
World class port annually handling around 6,500 vessel arrivals and around four million tonnes of cargo, valued at approx. £1.5B, for a wide range of industries.
Torry Battery:
Formerly fortified and last used defensively in WWII is now an ancient monument. Today it is an excellent viewing spot for dolphin (especially during the months of April- August). Close by is a Robert Stevenson-designed lighthouse.
Dolphin sightings:
Aberdeen Beach, Torry Battery and the harbour
River Dee Mouth River:
The Schools Boathouse is only down the street AB11 9AH. Good for watching people rowing or just to sit along the River Dee at the end of the day.
River Dee river’s main source is in Cairngorms, it runs through the Royal Deeside, where Queen Victoria built Balmoral Castle
Winter Gardens:
Duthie Park, Polmuir Road, Aberdeen. The largest indoor garden in Europe. About 12 mins walk or 2 mins drive from the flat.
Old Aberdeen:
Cobbled streets, mature trees and 15th century fortified cathedral – where Aberdeen’s first University was founded in 1495.
Footdee:
Locally known as Fittie – a quirky fishing quarter at the water’s edge, with squares of tiny cottages, flower -filled gardens and bright painted outhouses, their eccentric decorations drawing on the city’s seafaring soul.
Note: Please remember that Fittie is a small residential community. Please respect the privacy of residents when you visit.
Breathtaking Sunset:
Bennachie Hill, AB51 5HY
Breath taking view from the top, a real jewel in Aberdeen
Aberdeen Maritime Museum:
Shiprow, Aberdeen AB11 5BY
Learn all about the city’s relationship with the sea, it is award winning museum that will keep you entertained for hours
Auchmill Golf Club:
Bonnyview Road, Aberdeen AB16 7FQ
a woodland golf course with a world-class pedigree. Auchmill was designed to take advantage of its unique topography
Aberdeen Distillery & Gin
Arch 10, Palmerson Road, Aberdeen AB11 5RE
School:
Hidden within a historic railway arch, in the heart of the city, you can find Aberdeen’s first distillery for over 75 years and first ever Gin School (distil your own gin).
Kincorth Hill Local Nature Reserve:
Nigg Way, Aberdeen AB12 5ET
Kincorth Hill is on the south side of the City to the south of Kincorth and encompasses a series of paths running across the hillside, through areas of coniferous & deciduous woodland, grassland, scrub, heath and past a pond.
Granite Adventures:
22 Buckie Walk, Aberdeen AB22 8DF
Enjoying the stunning range of venues from the coastline, through our forests, rivers and lochs up to the Grampian Mountains we have something for everyone and something for every weather forecast.
Newburgh Beach:
Newburgh Beach, Ellon, AB41 6AA
20 mins drive north of Aberdeen, one of the best places in the United Kingdom for spotting marine wildlife. Along the sandy estuary of the River Ythan, there is a large colony of around 400 seals, which make the shoreline their home.
Dunnottar Castle:
Stonehaven, AB39 2TL
21 mins drive south of Aberdeen, is a ruined medieval fortress located upon a rocky headland on the north-eastern coast of Scotland. The surviving buildings are largely of the 15th and 16th century, but the site is believed to have been fortified in the Early Middle Ages.
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