A great starting point for your activities

  • Dunnottar Castle (see the two photos below taken on the path to Dunnottar Castle - a fabulous cliff top walk)
  • Gateway to Royal Deeside
  • Balmoral Castle
  • Crawton Bird Reserve called Fowlsheugh ("bird cliff") and which is another lovely cliff top walk
  • Catterline village (famous artists' colony and home of resident seal population)
  • Heated outdoor seawater swimming pool
  • Golf - from Stonehaven Golf Course only minutes away to St Andrews Golf Courses about ninety minutes away, the area has over 50 Golf Courses
  • July Folk Festival
  • The Castle Trail.  Crathes Castle and Drum Castle are only 15 minutes drive away, but the Trail consists of 16 of the world's most unique castles
  • The Whisky Trail
  • Stunning sea cliff walks
  • Forest trails
  • The hills
  • The glens
  • Countryside walks
  • Stone Circles, Maiden Stones, Pictish Stones
  • New Year Fire Balls.  See middle photo of bottom row of group of nine photographs below
  • Boat trips
  • St Cyrus Beach Walk

 

 

Above is a view of the path to Dunnottar Castle, which begins behind Twentyfourshorehead - in fact these are the rooftops of Twentyfourshorehead and its neighbours.

 

Below is further along the path to the Castle.  The whole path is a wonderful walk along the cliffs and around the bays.   Glimpse the Castle on the horizon.