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Eat | Stay | See | Aviemore If you are visiting Aviemore, here are some options for accommodation, with a range to suit every budget. All accommodations are located within central Aviemore, or are just a short journey from the train station. Accommodation List | Aviemore Cairngorm Guest House Hilton Coylumbridge Visit Scotland 3 Star Guest House 4 Star Hotel. Silver Green Tourism Award Address: Main Street, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, PH22 1RP Address: Coylumbridge, Aviemore, PH22 1QN Location: 1 mile from Aviemore Railway Station Location: 3 miles from Aviemore Railway Station Phone: +44 (0)1479 810 630 Phone: +44 (0) 1479 810 661 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.cairngormguesthouse.com Web: www.hiltonaviemore.com Ravenscraig Guest House The Cairngorm Hotel Visit Scotland 4 Star Guest House Visit Scotland 3 Star Hotel Address: 141 Grampian Road, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Address: 77 Grampian Road, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, PH22 1RP PH22 1PE Location: 0.5 miles from Aviemore Railway Station Location: Opposite Aviemore Railway Station Phone: +44(0)1479 810 278 Phone: +44(0)1479 810 233 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.aviemoreonline.com Web: www.cairngorm.com When making a reservation, please mention that Wilderness Scotland have recommended them as a place to stay within Aviemore. Alternatively please check out the Visit Scotland website for a wide variety of B&B’s, Guest Houses, Inns and hotels. www.visitscotland.com If you have any feedback regarding any of these accommodations – good or bad – please do let us know. If you choose to stay elsewhere and find somewhere you would recommend – especially if holds a Green Tourism award – please let us know so that we can add it to our list. Accommodation List | Aviemore SYHA (Scottish Youth Hostel) Old Ministers Guest House 4 Star Hostel Visit Scotland 5 Star Luxury Licensed Guest House Address: 25 Grampian Road, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, Address: The Old Minister’s House, Inverdruie, Aviemore, PH22 1PR Inverness-shire PH22 1QH Location: 1 mile from Aviemore Railway Station Location: 2 miles from Aviemore Railway Station Phone: +44(0)1479 810 345 Phone: +44 (0) 1479 812 181 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.syha.org.uk/hostels/highlands/aviemore.aspx Web: www.theoldministershouse.co.uk Ardlogie Guest House Rowan Tree Hotel Visit Scotland 3 Gold Star Guest House A small, cosy 3 Star Hotel on the outskirts of Aviemore Address: Dalfaber Road, Aviemore, Inverness-shire, PH22 1PU Address: B9152, Loch Alvie, Aviemore PH22 1QB Location: 0.3 miles from Aviemore Railway Station Location: 3 miles from Aviemore Railway Station Phone: +44(0)1479 810 747 Phone: +44(0)1479 810207 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.ardlogie.co.uk Web: www.rowantreehotel.com When making a reservation, please mention that Wilderness Scotland have recommended them as a place to stay within Aviemore. Alternatively please check out the Visit Scotland website for a wide variety of B&B’s, Guest Houses, Inns and hotels. www.visitscotland.com If you have any feedback regarding any of these accommodations – good or bad – please do let us know. If you choose to stay elsewhere and find somewhere you would recommend – especially if holds a Green Tourism award – please let us know so that we can add it to our list. Places to go and see | Aviemore Reindeer Centre Cairngorm Brewery The Cairngorm Reindeer Herd is Britain’s only free-ranging herd Cairngorm Brewery was formed from the merger of of reindeer, found in the Cairngorm mountains in Scotland. Aviemore Brewery with Tomintoul Brewery. Tomintoul Reindeer have lived here in the Cairngorms National Park since Brewery began brewing in 1993, and was based in an 1952, where the herd are permitted to graze on over 10,000 18th-century watermill near the village of Tomintoul. It acres upon the mountainsides. The company’s founders visited was taken over by Aviemore Brewery in 2000, which the area whilst on their honeymoon and very quickly identified became Cairngorm Brewery in 2001. Cairngorm the Cairngorms as an ideal place for reindeer to be. Brewery has supported the Highland Tiger Project, which is working to save the Scottish wildcat. For each bottle of Wildcat beer sold, the brewery makes a Loch Morlich donation to the project. Loch Morlich is a freshwater loch a short drive from Aviemore, en route to Cairn Gorm mountain. The loch is home to a Wildlife Park watersports centre with kayaking, sailing and windsurfing and is a great spot to soak up some sun when it shines. The Highland Wildlife Park was opened in 1972 and has been run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (which also operates the Edinburgh Zoo) since 1986. Cairngorm Mountain Railway It’s home to Tigers, Wolves, Wild Cats, and Japanese Cairngorm Mountain Railway, which opened in 2001, is the Macaque to name a few and is open every day of the highest railway in the United Kingdom. The two-kilometre year, weather permitting. long funicular ascends the northern slopes of Cairn Gorm, the United Kingdom’s sixth-highest mountain, serving the Cairngorm Mountain ski resort. Public Transport in Aviemore For bus timetables please visit www.stagecoachbus.com and use the journey planner. For train times to/from Aviemore please visit www.thetrainline.com/stations/aviemore and use the journey planner Places to eat | Aviemore The Old Bridge Inn | British/Gastropub | www.oldbridgeinn.co.uk Rowantree | British/Scottish | http://www.rowantreehotel.com La Taverna | Italian | www.highrange.co.uk/taverna Cairngorm Hote | British/Pub | www.cairngorm.com Macdui’s | British/Pub The Winking Owl | British/Pub | www.thewinkingowl.co Royal Tandoori | Indian | www.royaltandoorirestaurant.co.uk Public Transport in Aviemore For bus timetables please visit www.stagecoachbus.com and use the journey planner. For train times to/from Aviemore please visit www.thetrainline.com/stations/aviemore and use the journey planner Get in touch Tel UK: +44 (0) 1479 420 020 Tel US: 866-740-3890 Email: [email protected] Wilderness Scotland Dalfaber Drive Aviemore Highlands Scotland PH22 1ST If you have any questions about our trips or booking T&Cs you’ll find most of the answers on our website in the frequently asked questions section. www.wildernessscotland.com/faq.