Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
You can hire mountain bikes from
Braemar Mountain Sports
(
01339-741242;
9am-6pm)
for £16 for 24 hours. They also
www.braemarmountainsports.com
;
5 Invercauld Rd;
rent skiing and mountaineering equipment.
Braemar Gathering
There are Highland games in many Scottish towns and villages throughout the summer, but the best known is the
place on the first Saturday in September. It's a major occasion, organised every year since 1817 by the Braemar
Royal Highland Society. Events include Highland dancing, pipers, tug-of-war, a hill race up Morrone, tossing the
caber, hammer- and stone-throwing and the long jump. International athletes are among those who take part.
These kinds of events took place informally in the Highlands for many centuries as tests of skill and strength, but
they were formalised around 1820 as part of the rise of Highland romanticism initiated by Sir Walter Scott and King
George IV. Queen Victoria attended the Braemar Gathering in 1848, starting a tradition of royal patronage that con-
tinues to this day.
Sleeping & Eating
CLUNIE LODGE GUESTHOUSE ££
( 01339-741330;
www.clunielodge.com
; Cluniebank Rd; r per person from £32; )
A spacious
Victorian villa set in beautiful gardens, the Clunie is a great place to relax after a hard
day's hiking, with its comfortable residents lounge, bedrooms with views of the hills and
red squirrels scampering through the neighbouring woods. There's a drying room and se-
cure storage for bicycles.
| B&B
CRAIGLEA££
( 01339-741641;
www.craigleabraemar.com
; Hillside Dr; d £72; )
Craiglea is a homely
B&B set in a pretty stone cottage with three en suite bedrooms. Vegetarian breakfasts are
available and the owners can give advice on local walks.
| B&B
BRAEMAR LODGE HOTEL ££
( 01339-741627;
www.braemarlodge.co.uk
; Glenshee Rd; dm from £12, s/d £75/120; )
This
Victorian shooting lodge on the southern outskirts of Braemar has bags of character, not
least in the wood-panelled Malt Room bar, which is as well stocked with mounted deer
| Hotel, Bunkhouse
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