Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
BUNKHOUSE
Rucksacks Bunkhouse£
(
01339-741517; 15 Mar Rd; bothy £7, dm £12-15, tw £36; )
An appealing cottage
with a comfy dorm, and cheaper beds in an alpine-style bothy (shared sleeping platform
for 10 people; bring your own sleeping bag). Extras include a drying room (for wet-
weather gear), laundry and even a sauna (£10 an hour). Nonguests are welcome to use the
internet (£3 per hour, 10.30am to 4.30pm), laundry and even the showers (£2). The
friendly owner is a font of knowledge about the local area.
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 secure 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 break-
fasts are available and the owners can give advice on local walks.
B&B
HOTEL, BUNKHOUSE
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 char-
acter, not least in the wood-panelled Malt Room bar, which is as well stocked with moun-
ted deer heads as it is with single-malt whiskies. There's a good restaurant with views of
the hills, plus a 12-berth hikers' bunkhouse in the hotel grounds.
Braemar SYHA£
(
01339-741659; 21 Glenshee Rd; dm £18; Feb-Oct; )
This hostel is housed in a
grand former shooting lodge just south of Braemar viilage centre on the A93 to Perth. It
has a comfy lounge with pool table, and a barbecue in the garden.
HOSTEL
St Margarets££
B&B
