Our home is circled in red View of our street Aberdeen University Boathouse Dee River behind our home. With views of the university boat house Aberdeen Harbour Marischal College, a large granite building on Broad Street in the centre of Aberdeen. The building ... Torry Baterry Balmoral Castle Cairngorms National Park Cairngorms National Park

 

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Aberdeen an hour away from Balmoral Castle in Scotland

Apartment • Scotland Scotland United Kingdom

    4 Guests  
    1 Bedroom  
    2 Beds  
    1 Bathroom  
    1 Car space 
  Secondary home

Exchange types accepted

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  Non-Simultaneous  
  Non-Reciprocal & Globe  
  Hospitality  

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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 ask guests to pay our regular cleaner of £50 after their stay. This is because we rent out our home in Scotland, and guests are expecting a high standard of cleaning and re-setting the place.

Features


Washer
Washer
Oven
Oven
Microwave
Microwave
Fridge
Fridge
Heating
Heating
TV
TV
WiFi
WiFi
High Speed Internet
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
Bathtub
First aid kit
First aid kit
Smoke alarms
Smoke alarms
Fire extinguisher
Fire extinguisher
Bed sheets
Bed sheets
Towels
Towels
Garden / yard
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.

Nearest airport

Aberdeen Airport

Getting around

Shops and the City centre can be reached by walking, cycling, bus or drive. 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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Kristine

Hello, I'm looking for exchange - simultaneously (for our home in London) or non-simultaneously (for our place in Scotland) or a globe We are 2 adults with 3 girls ages 8, 10, 12 years old. Our London home has 3 bedrooms and 10 -12 mins by train to London Bridge Our Scotland holiday home has 1 bedroom. Walking distance to the harbour, city centre and train stations. About an hour drive to Balmoral Castle/ Cairngorms National Park We travel a number of times throughout the year, so feel free to check with me if our home in London is available for non-sim exchange. We both love the countryside and cities with no allergies, happy to look after any pets and plants. We are non-smoker, keep your home tidy, clean and loved as if it is our own while you are away, and we hope you will treat ours the same.
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