This luxurious apartment is on the first floor of Allachy House and is located in its own grounds overlooking the tennis court and bowling green within the village of Aberlour.
The accommodation comprises of a large twin bedroom, second twin bedroom, double bedroom, lounge with dining area, en-suite bathroom and shower room.
A modern fitted kitchen complete with fridge, cooker, microwave, toaster and a separate utility room with washing machine, tumble dryer, ironing board with iron.
There is ample parking and an established garden for barbecues and relaxation.
Aberlour High Street is only 2 minutes walk from the house with facilities including: butcher, pharmacy, post office, tackle shop, saddlers/ ironmonger, boutique, coffee shops, hotels, restaurants and the world renowned Walkers Shortbread factory and shop, all providing excellent service and scottish cuisine.
Golf nearby:
Dufftown Golf Club is an 18 hole course set amongst the most breathtaking scenery in Speyside, the heart of the malt whisky country. Visitors return regularly to enjoy golf in this beautiful Banffshire setting where two of the holes (7th &10th) feature in "Britain's 100 Extraordinary Golf Holes" by Geoff Harvey and Vanessa Strowger. All holes have different playing tactics due to the undulation of the course. From the first tee the course appears to climb for the first two holes, but once you are on the second green any inclines after that are not too noticeable. Your thoughts are taken up with the challenge the course sets and the superb scenery. Overall the experience is of rolling fairways lined with heather and heath.
Ballindalloch Castle Golf Course
This magnificent Championship standard golf course has been designed by Donald Steel and Tom Mackenzie, both internationally recognised golf course architects with courses in over fifteen countries. They have created a heady mix of challenging golf and aesthetic appeal.
The course is a flat, beautifully manicured parkland course with little rough. The large “Mackenzie” two-tiered greens, many well positioned bunkers and trees make the course a severe but fair challenge to golfers of all abilities.
The North East of Scotland is renowned for its rugged beauty and the course at Royal Tarlair is no exception. Situated in the town of Macduff, the course commands panoramic views of the coastline with the village of Pennan made famous by the film "Local Hero" only a few miles from the clubhouse. A cliff top parkland course which certainly presents a challenge for the more serious golfer,and offers enjoyable golf in an ideal setting for the not so serious. A warm welcome awaits all visitors to RoyalTarlair and all we ask of you is to enjoy your golf while here.
For more information, availability and reservations please contact:
June Palin
Seafab Properties,
Wellheads Terrace
Wellheads Industrial Estate
Dyce, Aberdeen AB21 7GF
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 797946 or 07771 637379
E Mail: jpalin@seafab.co.uk
Website: www.allachyhouse.co.uk
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Our Luxury Lodges
Whether you’re wanting to just relax and enjoy a bit of peace and quiet in lovely surroundings or wish to explore the enormous range of activities in Aberdeenshire, Moray and Speyside; Hill of Maunderlea Lodges offers the perfect accommodation for your Scottish holiday, whatever the time of year.
Nestled in fourteen acres of mature woodland, set on a small hill in historic Banffshire, our four newly built lodges provide a luxury standard of self-catering accommodation in an exceptionally beautiful and peaceful location. The surrounding countryside is of gently rolling hills, dotted with market towns, woodland, small lochs and rivers which flow to a coastline punctuated with sandy beaches, rugged cliffs and rocky coves. There are also many interesting fishing villages and towns, including Portsoy and Pennan, to explore.
While exploring the local area why not do a bit of dolphin watching? Or learn to surf? There are many fabulous walks and cycle runs, pony trekking and of course fishing and who could forget golf? With the Lecht Ski Resort only an hour away by car skiing and snowboarding are also options.
If you prefer something more leisurely then there are many historic building and beautiful gardens to visit as well as the world famous whisky trail to experience. Local Highland Games and festivals provide great days out too - so much to do!
All four of our luxury lodges have panoramic views over surrounding countryside and coast and are positioned far enough apart as to afford their occupants privacy.
There are winding walks through the trees and ‘sit ooteries’ from where guests can enjoy the views, watch out for squirrels and listen to the wild birds’ song.
Each lodge can accommodate up to six guests and are equipped to the highest of standards. They are extremely cosy, with under-floor heating provided by air source pumps.
The accommodation is on two stories:
Ground floor (with wheelchair access): One double bedroom (king size bed), large wet room with shower, open-plan living/dining/kitchen area.
Upstairs: Double bedroom with balcony (king sized bed), twin room and bathroom.
Lodge appliances include:
Internet access, HDTV/ Blu Ray, Freesat, fridge freezer, washing machine, dishwasher, hob and oven, microwave, toaster - all low energy appliances.
Cots and high chairs are available on request.
There is no smoking allowed in or near the lodges.
Pets: Well-behaved pets allowed in Pine Lodge.
Golf Nearby:
The course is a flat, beautifully manicured parkland course with little rough. The large “Mackenzie” two-tiered greens, many well positioned bunkers and trees make the course a severe but fair challenge to golfers of all abilities.
Cullen must lay claim to the most remarkable site for a golf course in Europe. There is not a lot of room within this amazing environment for Cullen’s 18 holes, with the course playing it’s outward nine close to the cliffs before doing an about-turn with the inward nine playing back at beach level.
A cliff top parkland course which certainly presents a challenge for the more serious golfer,and offers enjoyable golf in an ideal setting for the not so serious. A warm welcome awaits all visitors to Royal Tarlair and all we ask of you is to enjoy your golf while here
Those of us fortunate enough to play Turriff on a regular basis are fulsome in our praise of the course and its surroundings. On a fine summer’s day there is no finer place to be.
Huntly Golf Club is a parkland course set in the former policies of Huntly Castle itself. Very popular with outings since it is relatively short at 4904yds.
For more information, reservations, prices and availability please contact us:
Hill of Maunderlea Lodges,
Aberchirder, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland AB54 7PY.
Tel: 01466 780488
E Mail: Brian Greig maunderlealodges@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.aberdeenshireluxurylodges.com
]]>Balwarren is a Bed & Breakfast accommodation with a difference, offering a relaxed and refreshing service with exceptional food and entertaining hosts.
Set in the beautiful rural landscape of Ordiquhill, on the North East Coast of Aberdeenshire, this secluded croft is a very special hideaway from city cares. Balwarren is within easy travelling distance of Turriff, Banff, Keith, Cornhill, Portsoy, Cullen, Buckie and Elgin. It is referred to in the guests visitors book as a 'hidden gem'.
Balwarren cottage has been owned by James and Hazel Watt for the last thirty years. The property is at least 200 years old and was once a cottar house on the Drummuir and Park Estate which was sold in the late 1970's when the Estate was split.
Once a small, heather thatched 'but and ben' the house has been tastefully renovated and extended.
Careful attention to detail has created a high quality bed & breakfast where comfort and a flair for the old and interesting blend to delight the guests.
The Balwarren Bed & Breakfast Accommodation consists of one twin and one double room both of which are en-suite.
The beds are new with quality mattresses and the wind dried bedding a pleasure to sink into. A television is supplied in both bedrooms. All our rooms are situated on a ground floor and each of our bedrooms comprise of the following facilities:
En suite shower rooms with shaver points : Beds fitted with memory foam mattresses : Colour Television : Hair dryer : Bottled water : Wind dried linen.
There is a dining area and seperate sitting room for our guests. The Balwarren Bed & Breakfast dining area is a delight where plants thrive in the sunny warmth of this charming room. The superb sitting room is welcoming with a mini minstrel's gallery, books and cascading plants. So that our guests may relax in peace and comfort after a day of sight-seeing, we have deliberately not included a television in the sitting room.
Price: £75- £85 per room
DELICIOUS BREAKFAST SELECTION
Selection of breakfast starters: Cooked breakfast using free range Balwarren eggs : Scrambled eggs and smoked salmon : Continental style breakfast with home-made bread : Enjoy home produced marmalade and jam
During your stay at Balwarren Bed & Breakfast why not sample our delicious home-cooking?
3 Course Dinner : Using home grown or locally produced ingredients :
Balwarren Croft Highland Beef : Balwarren home grown vegetables, herbs and fruit. £25 per person
We are located within easy travelling distance from Turriff, Banff, Keith, Cornhill, Portsoy, Cullen, Buckie and Elgin.
Dotted along this exceptional coast line are quaint fishing villages, bustling marinas, a wide selection of golf courses and places of interest such as Duff House, Elgin Cathedral, Fraserburgh Lighthouse and Macduff Aquarium to name but a few.
Golf nearby:
The course is a flat, beautifully manicured parkland course with little rough. The large “Mackenzie” two-tiered greens, many well positioned bunkers and trees make the course a severe but fair challenge to golfers of all abilities.
Cullen must lay claim to the most remarkable site for a golf course in Europe. There is not a lot of room within this amazing environment for Cullen’s 18 holes, with the course playing it’s outward nine close to the cliffs before doing an about-turn with the inward nine playing back at beach level,
A cliff top parkland course which certainly presents a challenge for the more serious golfer,and offers enjoyable golf in an ideal setting for the not so serious. A warm welcome awaits all visitors to Royal Tarlair and all we ask of you is to enjoy your golf while here
Those of us fortunate enough to play Turriff on a regular basis are fulsome in our praise of the course and its surroundings. On a fine summer’s day there is no finer place to be.
Strathlene Golf Club Tel: 01542 831798
Strathlene/Buckie Golf Course is a superbly maintained links course extending East from Buckie to the small village of Findochty. On a clear day there are marvelous views over the moray firth to the hills in the North and the moray firth Dolphins are frequently seen passing close by the rocky cliffs which form the Northern boundary of the course.
Inland, slightly hilly in parts with panoramic views, with greens renowned locally for their texture and consistency.
Huntly is a parkland course set in the former policies of Huntly Castle itself. Very popular with outings since, being relatively short at 4904yds.
Built on sand, Buckpool has fast, rolling fairways, often lined by tall mature gorse bushes. Swailes and hollows are littered around the approaches to slick undulating greens, so precious some are protected by cavernous bunkers.
Moray Old is a challenging round of golf, but your good shots will also be rewarded. It is a fair test of true links golf and many visitors return again and again to take on its challenge.
Spey Bay Golf Club Tel; 01343 820424
Spey Bay is a picturesque, undulating links course with a long beach on one side. The fairways are lined with swathes of gorse and heather, while shingle and the beach also form a border at some holes
Contact Us:
Balwarren
Ordiquhill, Cornhill
Banff, Aberdeenshire
Scotland AB45 2HR
Tel: 01466 751688
E Mail: Hazel Watt balwarrenbedandbreakfast@gmail.com
Website: www.balwarren.com
]]>Erroll Schoolhouse offers comfortable Bed & Breakfast accommodation in a non-smoking, Category B listed building dating back to the early 1800's. Additional Bed & Breakfast or self-catering accommodation is available in the attached Sycamore Hall.
Sycamore Hall offers Self Catering accommodation near Peterhead in north east Scotland - is the converted classroom of Erroll School, a Category B listed building built by the Earl and Countess of Erroll in 1834.
Situated in Cruden Bay
The house is set amongst wide open fields overlooking the sea, half a mile outside the village of Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire. Cruden Bay is a coastal village with a long uninterrupted sandy beach, perfect for walks or, for the more adventurous, a spot of power kiting. The cliff trails offer some lovely walks and you can wind your way from the beach right up to the ruin of Slains Castle - the acknowledged inspiration for Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” - which overlooks the sea.
The village has a picturesque harbour and is home to Cruden Bay Golf Course, a world class Links course rated in the top 100. Erroll Schoolhouse is also ideally situated for exploring the Castle Trails, Coastal Trails and Whisky Trails. For nature lovers, you can go bird watching at Loch of Strathbeg, Forvie Nature Reserve and Bullers of Buchan.
For golfers, there are many other famous golf courses within an hour's travelling time.
Bed & Breakfast
Erroll Schoolhouse offers comfortable Bed and Breakfast accommodation half a mile south of the village of Cruden Bay in a non-smoking Category B listed building dating back to the early 1800's.
The double and triple bedrooms in the main house currently share a full bathroom. The double room with antique bed, has an en suite shower. The twin room has an ensuite bathroom. The triple room has a private sitting room with sea views from the adjoining tower room. All rooms have a hospitality tray, radio alarm clock, TV, bathrobe, towels and hair drier.
An additional two rooms are situated in Sycamore Hall, a self contained converted classroom, when it is not booked as self catering accommodation. Here, there are two bedrooms which share a shower room. One has a King-size bed (which can be twin) and a unique glass feature wall using the old screens from the classroom. The other has two single beds. Both are equipped with radio alarm clock, bathrobe, towels and hair drier. Television is in the open plan lounge with log fire. There is also a double sofa bed which allows for a larger family group to stay. Snacks are left in the kitchen. Washing, drying and ironing facilities are available for a small extra charge.
Both properties also have a selection of reading material, board games, tourist books and brochures.
Children welcome. Cot & high chair available. Sorry, no pets.
RATES:
DOUBLE ROOM
King size room: £60 per room per night B&B, Single occupancy £40.
Double room: £60 per room per night B&B, Single occupancy £40.
TWIN ROOM (2 Single beds)
£60 per room per night B&B, Single occupancy £40.
Two rooms available, one en-suit
TRIPLE ROOM (1 Double bed , 1 single bed)
£90 per room per night B&B,Double occupancy £60 per room per night Single occupancy £40.
All prices inclusive of Continental Buffet breakfast.
An extensive continental buffet breakfast is available from 7.30 - 9.30 Mon - Fri and 8.30 - 9.30 Sat & Sun. Breakfast can be served earlier if you have an early start.
Self Catering
Sycamore Hall is a self contained, converted classroom which offers an additional two rooms for Bed & Breakfast, when it is not booked as self-catering accommodation. It is the converted classroom of Erroll School, a Category B listed building built by the Earl and Countess of Erroll in 1834.
The accommodation comprises a large entrance porch with utility room and separate toilet, an open plan ground floor with kitchen, lounge and dining areas. A spiral staircase leads to a galleried upper floor with a shower room and toilet, and two bedrooms. One has a King size bed (which can be two singles) with a unique glass feature wall using the old screens from the classroom. The other has two single beds. There is also a double sofa bed in the Lounge area which allows for a larger family group to stay.
Comfortably furnished, Sycamore Hall is fully equipped and has the original log fire as well as storage heating. There is a large gas cooker, fridge-freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble drier, microwave, iron & ironing board. Each bedroom has a radio alarm clock, towelling bathrobe and hair drier. Towels, linen, logs, electricity and gas are included.
A selection of board games, reading material, tourist books and brochures is available for guests as well as the use of the garden alongside with the view of Slains Castle and the sea.
Children Welcome. Cot, high chair & stair gate available. Sorry, no pets.
RATES:
Daily Rates: £150 per night for stays of less than a full week. Minimum 2 nights.
Weekly Rates: June, July & August £475 per week September £375 per week
The area has an amazing selection of courses, ranging from championship links courses like Cruden Bay, to new clubs like Trump Internationl Golf Links, so whatever your handicap, there is something to suit.
The Golf Course creates unique challenges demanding the skills of power, placement and fine judgement upon the discerning golfer. Set against a backdrop of subtly contoured greens and magnificent panoramic views.
Nestling in the dunes above the point where the River Ugie and the North Sea meet is Peterhead Golf Club, one of the finest links courses to be found in Scotland. The club, founded in 1841, is the 18th oldest in the world tests the golfing ability of every calibre of golfer from the high handicapper to the scratch man
Trump International Golf Course
All 18 holes thread their way engagingly through the dunes, rising to find views of the sea and coastline, plunging into secluded valleys, offering a sequence of superlative topography, landscape, alternating spaciousness and enclosure, panoramic views, a rich texture of vegetation and wildlife habitats surrounding the golf holes.
Longside is a small and charming course on the outskirts of the village. It is situated in some of Scotland's most fertile farmland amid the rolling pastures. A prominent feature of the course is the River Ugie which runs through the course.
Established in the 19th century, this seaside course is an unusual mix of links and pasture land. Lying next to the River Ythan, the course is noted for the quality of its greens, playable whatever the weather, and its magnificent setting.
McDonald Golf Club, Ellon is set in the heart of Aberdeenshire countryside, 16 miles north of Aberdeen, this scenic eighteen hole golf course provides a memorable golfing experience for all standards of golfer.
Those of us fortunate enough to play Turriff on a regular basis are fulsome in our praise of the course and its surroundings. On a fine summer’s day there is no finer place to be.
Huntly is a parkland course set in the former policies of Huntly Castle itself. Very popular with outings since, being relatively short at 4904yds.
A cliff top parkland course which certainly presents a challenge for the more serious golfer,and offers enjoyable golf in an ideal setting for the not so serious. A warm welcome awaits all visitors to Royal Tarlair and all we ask of you is to enjoy your golf while here
Fore more information, availability and reservations please contact:
Angela & Barry Keating
Erroll Schoolhouse
Cruden Bay
Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 0QD
Scotland
Tel: +44 (0)1779 813355
Or email us at: enquiries@errollschoolhouse.com
Website: www.errollschoolhouse.com
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