Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Macduff Marine Aquarium
(
www.macduff-aquarium.org.uk
;
11 High Shore; adult/child £6.05/3.05; 10am-5pm
Mon-Sat & 11am-5pm Sun Apr-Oct, 11am-4pm Sat-Wed Nov-Mar; )
The centrepiece
of Macduff's aquarium is a 400,000L open-air tank, complete with kelp-coated reef and
wave machine. Marine oddities on view include the brightly coloured cuckoo wrasse, the
warty-skinned lumpsucker and the vicious-looking wolf fish.
AQUARIUM
Sleeping & Eating
Bryvard Guest House££
(
01261-818090;
www.bryvardguesthouse.co.uk
; Seafield St; s/d from £40/70; )
The
Bryvard is an imposing Edwardian town house close to the town centre, with four beauti-
ful period-furnished bedrooms (two with en suite). Go for the 'McLeod' room, which has
a four-poster bed and a sea view.
B&B
County Hotel££
(
01261-815353;
www.thecountyhotel.com
;
32 High St; s/d from £55/100; )
The
County occupies an elegant Georgian mansion in the town centre, and is owned by a
French chef - the hotel's bistro serves light meals (mains £6 to £10), while
Restaurant
L'Auberge
offers the finest French cuisine (à la carte mains £29 to £35, three-course din-
ner £31).
HOTEL
Banff Links Caravan Park£
(
01261-812228; tent/campervan from £10/15.50; Apr-Oct)
This campsite is beside
the beach, 800m west of town.
CAMPSITE
Getting There & Away
Bus 305 runs from Banff to Elgin (1½ hours, hourly) and Aberdeen (two hours), while
bus 273 runs less frequently to Fraserburgh (one hour, twice on Saturday only).
PORTSOY
POP 1730
The pretty fishing village of Portsoy has an atmospheric
17th-century harbour
and a
maze of narrow streets lined with picturesque cottages. An ornamental stone known as
Portsoy marble - actually a beautifully patterned green-and-pale-pink serpentine - was
quarried near Portsoy in the 17th and 18th centuries, and was reputedly used in the decor-
