Aberdeenshire, Angus & Speyside
Scotland’s forgotten corner for most visitors, and all the better for it: a long coast of pink-sand beaches and cliff castles, the harbour towns of Angus, and the malt-whisky heartland of Speyside.
The Aberdeenshire Coast
- Aberdour Bay & New Aberdour, Aberdeenshire — a Secluded Beach on an Ancient Coast.
- Cruden Bay — A Pink-Sand Beach, Dracula's Castle & the Buchan Coast.
- Balmedie Country Park — Aberdeenshire's Vast Dune Beach & a Cracking Free Overnight.
- Newburgh & the Sands of Forvie — Aberdeenshire’s Seal Estuary & a Great Lost Dune Wilderness.
- Fraserburgh — "The Broch" — Scotland's Great Shellfish Port & the First Mainland Lighthouse.
Stonehaven & the Mearns
- Stonehaven — A Perfect Harbour Town, an Art Deco Lido & the Hogmanay Fireballs.
- Dunnottar Castle — The Cliff Fortress Where Scotland Hid Its Crown Jewels.
Angus
- Arbroath — The Harbour, the Smokie & the Angus Coast.
- Arbroath Abbey — Where Scotland Declared Its Freedom in 1320.
Speyside & Dufftown
- Dufftown — The Malt Whisky Capital of the World — Seven Stills, a Clock That Hanged a Man & an Ancient….
- Balvenie Castle — The Moated Stronghold of Comyns, Douglases & Stewarts.
- Glenfiddich Distillery, Dufftown — The World's Best-Selling Malt & a Great Day Out.
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