Tomintoul - Local Information

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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

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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The Clocktower Restaurant

The Square Tomintoul
Tel: 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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Mountain Biking

Cairngorms
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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
  White water kayaking
  Windsurfing
  Canadian Canoeing

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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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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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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".