This is a very small hamlet in Aberdeenshire. It is worth visiting on any tours of Scotland as it is the nearest populated place to Balmoral Castle. Balmoral Castle is the Scottish home for the Royal Family. Therefore, the family, and in particular Queen Elizabeth the Second, were,...
The Cairngorms are not the preserve of skilled and well-equipped mountaineers; apart from the ski routes with their merciful chairlifts, they contain many paths for the adventurous walker. To reach Loch Avon, a narrow trench of water bulldozed into shape by an Ice Age glacier...
West of Ballater lies Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s Highland holiday home, screened from the road by a thick curtain of trees. Built for Queen Victoria in 1855 as a private residence for the royal family, it kicked off the revival of the Scottish Baronial style...