Eat | Stay | See | Aberdeen No.1 for adventure travel If you are visiting Aberdeen, here are some options for accommodation, with a range to suit every budget. All accommodations are located within central Aberdeen, or are just a short journey from the railway station. Accommodation List | Aberdeen No.1 for adventure travel The Chester Hotel The Atholl Hotel A luxury 5 Star hotel on Aberdeen’s Queen’s Road Visit Scotland 4 Star Hotel originally built in a 19th Century listed building. as a private residence in 1892. Address: 9-63 Queen’s Rd, Aberdeen AB15 4YP Address: 54 Kings Gate, Aberdeen AB15 4YN Location: 2 miles from central Aberdeen railway station Location: 2 miles from central Aberdeen railway station Phone: +44 (0)1224 327 777 Phone: +44 (0)1224 323 505 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.chester-hotel.com Web: www.atholl-aberdeen.co.uk Skene House Maryculter House Hotel 4 Star Hotel/ Serviced apartments with 3 city centre locations. 4 Star Hotel. Silver Green Tourism award. One of the most famous and historic hotels in Aberdeen located on the Address (1): Skene House Whitehall, 2 Whitehall Place, banks of the River Dee. Aberdeen AB25 2NX Address (2): Rosemount HotelSuites, 96 Rosemount Viaduct AB25 1NX Address: South Deeside Road, Maryculter, Aberdeen AB12 5GB Address (3): Holburn Hotel Suites, 6 Union Grove AB10 6SY Location: 20 minutes transfer from city centre Location: All apartments are centrally located Phone: +44 (0)1224 732 124 Phone: +44 (0)1224 659 392 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.maryculterhousehotel.com Web: www.skene-house.co.uk When making a reservation, please mention that Wilderness Scotland have recommended them as a place to stay within Aberdeen. Alternatively please check out the 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 | Aberdeen No.1 for adventure travel Allan Guesthouse Aldersyde Guest House 4 Star Guesthouse. An impressive Victorian 3 Star Guesthouse situated in the original city suburb of 3 storey granite house built in 1879. Ferryhill. This traditional granite build has many original features and is only minutes from Union Street. Address: Aberdeen Allan Guest House, 56 Polmuir Road, Aberdeen AB11 7RT Address: 138 Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen AB11 6TX Location: Central Location: 0.5 miles from Aberdeen railway station Phone: +44 (0)1224 584 484 Phone: +44 (0)1224 580 012 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: www.theallan.fsnet.co.uk Web: www.aldersydeguesthouse.co.uk Citihouse Guest House 3 Star Guesthouse. Address: 421 Great Western Road Aberdeen, Scotland AB10 6NJ Location: 1.7 miles from Aberdeen railway station Phone: +44 (0)1224 317 186 Email: [email protected] Web: www.citilets.net When making a reservation, please mention that Wilderness Scotland have recommended them as a place to stay within Aberdeen. Alternatively please check out the 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 | Aberdeen No.1 for adventure travel Sunhoney Stone Circle (35 min drive) St. Machar’s Cathedral One of many sites in the area, Sunhoney is a well formed stone St Machar is said to have been a companion of St Columba circle tucked away at the back on Sunhoney Farm. The entry is on his journey to Iona. A fourteenth-century legend tells how across the road from the access to the forestry commission at God (or St Columba) told Machar to establish a church where Midmar. It consists of 11 stones, both standing and recumbent a river bends into the shape of a bishop’s crosier before (horizontal) and remains of cremations were discovered when flowing into the sea. After the execution of William Wallace in excavations were undertaken in 1865. 1305, his body was cut up and sent to different corners of the country to warn other dissenters. His left quarter ended up Aberdeen Art Gallery in Aberdeen and is buried in the walls of the cathedral. Founded in 1884, the building was designed by Alexander Marshall Mackenzie. In 1900 it received the art collection The Tolbooth of Alexander Macdonald, a local granite merchant. The A 17th-century former jail which is now operated as gallery is noted for its fine collection of modern Scottish and a museum. It was built between 1616 and 1629 and is international art, including works by Ken Currie, Gilbert & attached to Aberdeen Sheriff Court on the city centre’s George, Ivor Abrahams, Bridget Riley and Bruce McLean. Union Street. The museum contains exhibits of prison cells and various police, and law and order related items. Balmoral Castle (1 1/2 hour drive) It housed over 50 Jacobite prisoners after the Battle of Balmoral has been one of the residences for members of Culloden. The building is claimed to be one of the most the British Royal Family since 1852, when the estate and its haunted buildings in Aberdeen and has been subject to original castle were purchased privately by Prince Albert, many investigations by paranormal investigation teams. consort to Queen Victoria. They remain as the private property of the royal family and are not the property of the Crown. Public Transport in Aberdeen For information on transport to/from Aberdeen Airport visit www.aberdeenairport.com/transport-and-directions/travel-into-aberdeen For bus timetables and journey planners visit www.firstgroup.com/aberdeen Places to eat | Aberdeen No.1 for adventure travel Cheap Eats Madame Mews Thai Café | Thai | www.madamemews.com Prince of Wales | Pub/British | www.princeofwales-aberdeen.co.uk/menu Mamma Pizza | Italian | www.mammapizza.co.uk Moderately Priced Wild Ginger | Indian | www.wildgingeronline.co.uk Montmartre | French/European | www.montmartreaberdeen.co.uk Brew dog Castlegate | British/Pub | www.brewdog.com/bars/uk/castlegate No. 1 Bar & Grill | British/Pub | www.number1restaurant.co.uk Adelphi Kitchen | Southern BBQ/British | www.theadelphikitchen.co.uk Maggies Grill | Grill/ International | www.maggiesgrill.restaurantwebx.com Fine Dining Silver Darling | Seafood/European | www.thesilverdarling.co.uk The Marcliffe | British/Scottish | www.marcliffe.com/cuisine Granite Park | European | www.granitepark.co.uk Public Transport in Aberdeen For information on transport to/from Aberdeen Airport visit www.aberdeenairport.com/transport-and-directions/travel-into-aberdeen For bus timetables and journey planners visit www.firstgroup.com/aberdeen Get in touch No.1 for adventure travel If you have any questions about our trips or booking Tel UK: +44 (0) 1479 420 020 T&Cs you’ll find most of the answers on our website in the frequently asked questions section. 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