Information
Dates: 20th May - 13th September 2010
Tel: 01807 580 364
Please note that we do not accept stag or hen parties at any of
our hostels.
Tomintoul and Glenlivet Walking Festival, 8-14 September
2010
This friendly walking festival features some stunning walks,
with options for all levels of ability. For more information
see www.tgwf.co.uk
Local Attractions
Glenfarclas Distillery Visitor Centre
Ballindalloch, AB37 9BD
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The Glen Grant Distillery &
Garden
Rothes, AB38 7BS
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The Glenlivet Distillery
Visitor Centre
Open April to October
Ballindalloch, AB37 9DB
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The Glenlivet Estate
Enjoy excellent
walking, cycling, horse riding and skiing on an extensive network
of waymarked trails, or find solitude and a wonderful sense of
peace, quiet and open space here
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The Grampian Transport Museum
Alford, AB33
8AE
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The Macallan Visitor Centre
Easter
Elchies, Craigellachie, AB38 9RX.
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Speyside Cooperage Visitor Centre
STB 5
Star Visitor Attraction
Dufftown Road, Craigellachie, Aberlour, AB38 9RS
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Eating & Drinking
Archiestown Hotel & Bistro
STB 4 Star Small Hotel
Archiestown, By Aberlour, AB38 7QL
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The Cromdales Restaurant
STB 3 Star Small
Hotel
The Gordon Hotel, The Square, Tomintoul, AB37 9ET
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The Glen Avon Hotel
The Square, Tomintoul,
AB37 9ET
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Highlander Inn
STB 3 Star Inn
10 Victoria Street, Craigellachie, AB38 9SR
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The Mash Tun
8 Broomfield Square,
Charlestown of Aberlour, AB38 9QP
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Website
The Clocktower Restaurant
The Square
Tomintoul
01807 580 378
The Old Fire Station Tea Room
open
9-5
37 Main St
Tel: 01807 580485
Active & Adventure
Cycling
Moderate
Rothiemurchus and Glen Feshie
A fun route with great variety and beautiful scenery - 12 or 24
miles
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Difficult
Around Rothiemurchus
Interesting mountain biking in native pine forests.
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Snowsports
The Lecht
Tel: 01975 651 440
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Cairngorm Mountain
Tel: 01479 861
261
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Glenmore Lodge
- Watersports – kayaking, canoeing
- Rock climbing
- Ice climbing
- Scrambling
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Abernethy Trust
- Coasteering
- Indoor climbing
- Mountaineering
- Sea kayaking
- While water kayaking
- Windsurfing
- Canadian Canoeing
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Website
Mountain Biking
Cairngorms
Visit Website http://www.cairngorms.co.uk
Wildlife
Roe deer, red squirrel, mountain hare, wading birds, black
grouse
Glenlivet Estate
23,000ha Highland Estate
encompassing extensive heather moorland, native woodlands, rivers,
farmland and forests in the Cairngorms National Park
Glenlivet Estate Office, Main Street Tomintoul, Ballindalloch,
Banffshire
Tel: 01807 580 283
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Walkers
Glenmulliach Forest Walk & Nature
Trail
A walk in Glenlivet Estate (yes, you ARE
thinking of the right Glenlivet), at Tomintoul, Moray
Distance: 5.6 kms/3.5mls, Duration: 2 hrs, Height Gain: 250
metres/825 feet
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Carn Daimh from Tomnavoulin
An excellent
hill walk through some of the finest countryside on the Glenlivet
Estate
Distance: 8.5km/5.27mls, Duration: 4 hrs, Height Gain: 570
metres/1,881 feet
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Route
Glen Fenzie - Lary circular
A walk through
wild moorland that combines a sense of remoteness & panoramic
scenery.
Distance: 11.75 kms/7.3mls, Duration: 3 hrs, Height Gain: 155
metres/511.5 feet
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Glenbrown - Kylnadrochit
This is an
excellent circuit through varied countryside with fine views down
Strath Avon
Distance: 6.75 kms/4.2mls, Duration: 3 hours
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The Speyside Way
Running from Buckie on
the Moray Coast to Aviemore in the Cairngorms
Distance: 105km/65mls, Duration: 4-7 days Height Gain: 500
metres/1650 feet
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Route
Disclaimer: All
walking routes are hosted on external sites, therefore SYHA can
hold no responsibility towards their accuracy. SYHA would also like
to acknowledge the British
Mountaineering Council Participation Statement: "The BMC
recognises that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a
danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these
activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be
responsible for their own actions".