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HIKES/WALKS Highland Game Venues Specialty Food Shops Scottish Getaways 1. Edinburgh 2. Isle of Skye 3. St. Andrews 4. Aviemore 5. Glasgow HIKES/WALKS 6. Loch Lomand 7. Glencoe 1. Bennachie 8. Fort Augustus 2. Stonehaven Harbour to Dunnottar 9. Lewis Castle 10. Orkney 3. Slains Castle, Bullers of Buchan 4. Loch Muick Unique Shopping Venues 5. Crathes Castle 1. Milton of Crathes 6. Balmoral Grounds 2. Touched by Scotland 7. Seven Bridges 3. Juniper 8. Scolty Hill 4. Annie Mo’s 9. Forvie Sands 5. Raemoir Garden Centre 10. Clachnaben 6. Scottish Antiques & Art Centre 11. Linn O’Dee 7. Steptoes Yard 12. Cambus O’May 8. Alex Scott Kiltmaker on School Hill 13. Rocks of Solitude 9. John Milne Auction House 14. Loch Kinord 10. Pea Pod Highland Game Venues 11. Cook & Dine 12. Charles Michies 1. Braemar Gathering 2. Hazelhead Castles 3. Glamis Castle Grounds 1. Dunnottar 4. Aboyne 2. Glamis 5. Drumtochty Castle Grounds 3. Sterling 6. Ballater 4. Eilean Donan 5. Edinburgh Specialty Food Shops 6. Crathes 7. Craigievar 1. Newton Dee 8. Slains 2. Hammerton Store 9. Fyvie 3. Finzean Estate Farm Shop 10. Drum 4. Touched by Scotland 11. Kildrummy 5. Castleton Farm Shop 6. The Store 7. Devenick Dairy Whisky Distillery Out-of-town Restaurants 1. Glenfiddich 1. Lairhillock Inn 2. Lochnagar 2. Cow Shed, Banchory 3. Glen Garioch 3. Creel Inn 4. Glenmorangie 4. Milton’s of Crathes 5. Macallan 5. Black Face Sheep 6. Balvenie 6. Buchanan’s Bistro 7. Dalwhinnie 7. Hornblowers, Gourdon 8. Blair Athol 8. Newmachar Hotel 9. Strathisla 9. Garlogie Inn Pubs & Clubs 1. The Marine Hotel 2. The Globe 3. Under the Hammer 4. The Grill 5. Soul 6. Brew Dog 7. Tippling House 8. Prince of Wales 9. Bieldside Inn In-town Restaurants 1. Rustico 2. Silver Darling 3. Yorokobi 4. Moonfish Cafe 5. Café 52 6. Musa 7. Royal Thai 8. Sand Dollar 9. Café Boheme 10. Braided Fig 11. Bieldside Inn 12. Cults Hotel 13. Prego 14. Rocksalt & Snails 15. Nando’s 16. Food Story 17. Goulash Additional Recommendations by Pubs & Clubs AWA Members: Mal Maison Grant Arms Accommodations Blacks at Mony Musk Edinburgh Lairhillock Caledonian Highland Games Dalmahoy Gordon Castle Witchery Lonach Loch Lomand Cameron House Out of Town Isle of Skye Norwood Hall Hotel Kenloch Lodge Raemoir Hotel Cuillin Hills Broadstraick Inn House of Farnell Fort Augustus Specialty Food Shop Fort Augustus Abbey Lovat Marshall’s Farm Shop St Andrews Fairmont Glasgow Blythswood Square Castles Holyrood Palace Pitfichie Castle Scone Palace Edzell Tantallon Doune Whisky Glen Grant Glenturret Edradour .
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