Aberdeenshire Tourist Attractions: 15 Top Places to Visit
Planning to visit Aberdeenshire? Check out our Aberdeenshire Travel Guide video and see top most Tourist Attractions in Aberdeenshire.
Top Places to visit in Aberdeenshire:
Dunnottar Castle, Peterhead Prison Museum, Loch Muick, Johnston Gardens, Linn O' Dee, Duthie Park Winter Gardens, Aberdeen Maritime Museum, The Gordon Highlanders Museum, Bullers of Buchan, Balmedie Beach, Fyvie Castle, Grampian Transport Museum, Burn O'Vat, Museum of Scottish Lighthouses, St Machar's Cathedral
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Castle Ghosts of Scotland (HD) (1995) (COMPLETE EPISODE)
BBC Blockbuster Miniseries Hosted By The Late Sir Robert Hardy. Presented in a Four part Format.. Featuring England,Scotland,Wales And Ireland. Each episode One hour in length.This Segment Brings us face to face with some of Scotland's most infamous Haunted Castles and their Unearthly inhabitants Duntrune Castle, Fyvie,Glamis Castle & More...Also aired in the States on TLC.Hard to Find this Video in it's entirety on The Internet.......Only on Mysterygirl00.
Central Scotland Road Trip: We Slept in a Castle!
After five days and hundreds of miles traveled, I can assuredly say Scotland is the perfect place for an action-packed road trip. We visited in early October, traveling to iconic destinations like Edinburgh and St. Andrews, along with more off-the-beaten-path spots like Loch Lomond, Doune Castle, Corsewall Lighthouse (a lighthouse you can sleep in!) and the absolutely stunning Culzean Castle (a haunted castle you can also sleep in!).
Join me on this five-day Central Scotland road trip and, as always, leave any questions or comments below! Safe travels!
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Greetings! I’m Stephanie, a travel lover who’s mildly (er, wildly) obsessed with the road trip lifestyle. Whether it’s a big trip overseas or a weekend getaway in the States, road trips and rental cars are almost always my form of travel – which is why I blog and vlog about it … a lot! I love the outdoors, live for adventure, and travel the world every chance I get. Follow along for inspiration to turn your road trip dreams into reality – or just to laugh at my slightly awkward (but A for effort!) attempts at explaining my favorite places and things!
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British Isles - Scotland 01 - The Scottish Border, Sir Walter Scott, Abbotsford, Hadrian's Wall
Trip to the British Isles: June-July, 2009
Castle Trail
Impressionen vom Castle Trail in der schottischen Grafschaft Aberdeenshire - vorgestellt vom Mortimer Reisemagazin. Copyright Karsten-Thilo Raab, 2017. Mehr zum Castle Trail und zu Schottland unter
My Life in Gibraltar. Queens Birthday Parade 2015
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DUNSTER CASTLE and VILLAGE
.Dunster Castle is a former motte and bailey castle, now a country house, in the village of Dunster, Somerset.
The sound track, 'Early Morning' was bought from Audio Network.
Camper Van Hire Scotland
This year camper van hire in Scotland is as popular as ever. If you are considering exploring the beautiful Scottish countryside I have a few suggestions for you. Here are some places of interest in the North East Of Scotland.
In the breathtaking Aberdeenshire countryside and standing on the bank of the river Ythan is Fyvie Castle. With its hidden chamber and resident Ghost this is one spooky attraction.
The haunting started when workmen renovating the castle discovered a skeleton of an unidentified woman buried in a wall. The men decided to remove the skeleton and bury her in the local Fyvie cemetery. It was they did this that various reports appeared citing strange goings on in the castle.
Only when the skeleton was exhumed and place back in the wall did the noises stop making the residence believe the dead lady was not happy at being moved.
Nearby is Huntly Castle. A castle dating back some 600 years in various shapes and forms. It has had two different names and it has been privy to at least eight battles or sieges. It as also seen a few executions and has been home to various wealthy Scottish families making Huntly Castle a site for people with a real thirst for history.
North West of Aberdeen in an area called Speyside which lies on the banks of the river Spey.
This beautiful area encompasses various historic towns and villages including Aviemore and Elgin and is famous for its Malt Whiskey Festival called the 'Spirit of Speyside'.
When you have arranged campervan hire in Scotland you may not feel like driving every single day, so what about a drop of whisky? Various malt whisky distilleries can be found in the area, especially along the banks of the river. The river itself is famous for being for it's fishing and is abundant in salmon.
The next 'Spirit of Speyside' festival is scheduled for September 2010 with another starting in April 2011. Keep up to date by visiting the festivals Facebook page!
To the west of Elgin is the Moray Firth. This outstandingly beautiful area has exquisite fishing villages to explore and wonderful beaches plus some of the best sea fishing.
Speyside is well worth a visit. To arrange campervan hire in Scotland, just call 0800 612 8719 and we will sort it out for you.
Carmarthen: Castle and Prison 2017
Carmarthen: castle, prison and view of Towy from castle walls 2017
ROB ROY WAY - Part Three.
The introductory sequence contains summit views of Ben Ledi, Ben Vane and Ben Shian all above the Way (see other videos) on this our Day 3 - and the sculptures are located in Strathyre schoolyard.
Day 3 on the 79-mile ROB ROY WAY is the relatively short 9-mile walk from Callander to the bonnie village of Strathyre, 7.5 miles of which are along Cycle Route 7 through oak woodlands but initially alongside the River Garbh Uisge that culminates in the Falls of Leny. The river, located north west of Callander, is a short river of approximately 7 km and is the outflow of Loch Lubnaig and joins with Eas Gobhain west of Callander to form the River Teith. The river appropriately named Rough Water in the Gaelic, is more often than not mistakenly or informally referred to as the 'River Leny' due to the aforesaid Falls where it crosses the Highland Boundary Fault - but basically because it flows through the Pass of Leny.
Beyond the Corriechrombie bridge over the aforementioned River Teith, the RRW then passes the new Forestry path up to the 2883ft (879m) 'Hill of the Gods' Corbett, Ben Ledi then continues towards Stank and the Forest Enterprise holiday cabins, beneath Ardnandave Hill (possibly the only peak anywhere in the world to feature a member of Slade!) then continues alongside the tranquil Loch Lubnaig currently referred to in tourist literature as the Loch with a bend although crooked is the Gaelic translation. This comparatively small loch on the RRW, situated near Callander in the former county of Perthshire but now part of the Stirling Council area, is around 5km long, and has depths of up to 44.5metres. The loch itself nestles between the ridge of the 'White Peak' Ben Vane (see other video) and Ben Ledi (see other video) while on the other side lie the Graham Sgiath a'Chaise, the Corbett Beinn Each and the Munros Stuc a'Chroin behind which lies Ben Vorlich.
Fed by the River Balvaig (more of which on Day 4) from the north and drained by the River Leny (River Garbh Uisge) to the south, the loch offers fishing from the shore and is also popular with canoeists as canoes can be rented at the north end. On the west shore of the loch, the RRW is now on the route of the former Callander and Oban Railway formed in 1864 with the objective of linking Callander to the west coast port of Oban over challenging terrain; although Callander itself had been reached in 1858 by the Dunblane, Doune and Callander Railway. It wasnt only Rob Roy however who made this area famous as Sir Walter Scott summoned the tourists with his literature: - Ben Ledi saw the Cross of Fire, It glanced like lightning up Strath-Ire.
The RRW arrives at a suspension bridge over the River Balvag [Balvaig] that flows between Loch Voil in Balquhidder and Loch Lubnaig, beyond which is located the Dun Lubnaig Broch Project, beneath Strathyre's Beinn an t-Sidhein (Ben Shian) Gaelic for 'Mountain of the Fairies' or 'Fairy hillocks!! The section of the broch (an Iron Age dry stone round tower unique to Scotland which first appeared around 500 BC) built in 2004, required 60 tons of stone with 20 people working for 5 days to build it to a height of around 2 metres. It would have required 20 people to work for a year with 2500 tons of stone in order to complete it! The Dry Stone Walling Association of Britain constructed this feature between 2004-2007 to represent how people lived approximately 4000 years ago. The word Broch comes from the Norse word Borg meaning castle or stronghold. The RRW heads towards the village in which both St Columba and St Cuthbert stayed in during their journeys around Scotland, as did the Wordsworths much later. The village was the birthplace of the perhaps not so familiar Gaelic poet Dugald Buchanan [1716 to 1788]. The Buchanan Monument, erected in 1883, overlooks Ben Shian.
Strathyre means sheltered valley or the Gaelic translation broad winding valley and is a place where wildlife enthusiasts may spot deer, osprey and eagles. Drovers arrived at the village with their herds of black Highland cattle en route to market, by armies of various allegiances moving north or south, or by fugitives like the fictional David Balfour and Alan Breck who came this way in 1751 in the classic novel 'Kidnapped' by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Wordsworths travelled on foot over the hills to Loch Voil and Strathyre, their journey recorded in Dorothy's 'Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland'.
- There's meadows in Lanark and mountains in Skye, - And pastures in Hielands and Lowlands forbye;
- But there's nae greater luck that the heart could desire - Than to herd the fine cattle in bonnie Strathyre.
- - from Bonnie Strathyre (Sir Harold Boulton).
The warm Ben Shean Hotel, formerly a Victorian Inn that became a Hotel in 1870, is one of three local-establishments and was our destination on this trip. A great place to stay and theres some great old photographs at reception. - [April 2009].