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Aberdeen Castles and Cattle

  • Crathes Castle, Garden & Estate ©Images courtesy of National Trust for Scotland

    Crathes Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland © Images courtesy of National Trust for Scotland
  • Fyvie Castle ©Images courtesy of National Trust for Scotland

    Fyvie Castle, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Aberdeenshire Highland Cattle, Aberdeen, Scotland

    Aberdeenshire Highland Cattle, Aberdeen, Scotland
  • Peterhead Prison Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland - C Hall

    Peterhead Prison Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland - C Hall
  • Peterhead Prison Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland - Reception

    Peterhead Prison Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland - Reception
  • Peterhead Prison Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland - Yard - Football

    Peterhead Prison Museum, Aberdeen, Scotland - Yard - Football
5 day tour
From £389 per person - minimum 20 passengers

On this frightfully exciting tour we visit some of Scotland’s most haunted castles including Crathes, Drum and Fyvie. We also get into a ‘hairy situation’ at Aberdeen Highland Cattle Farm where we meet the native pedigree cattle herd, followed by a tasting. Next stop is Peterhead Prison Museum where we learn of the dastardly deeds and raucous riots caused by prisoners housed in “Scotland’s toughest jail”.


Dates

April - October 2024 & 2025


Suggested itinerary by coach

Day 1

Travel to your hotel

Day 2

Aberdeenshire Highland Cattle Farm and Crathes Castle & Garden

This morning we travel to an authentic highland farm for a unique food and farming experience. We meet Grace the Farmer and her herd of Pedigree Cattle; learn about the native breed and how they farmed today. Followed by a beef tasting, tea and coffee, and Scottish shortbread.

Standing against a backdrop of rolling hills and set within its own glorious gardens, Crathes Castle is every inch the classic Scottish tower house. At Crathes Castle we take a guided tour and visit the Green Lady’s Room, named after the spirit of a young woman who has often been seen by the fireplace wearing a green dress and cradling an infant in her arms.

Day 3

Drum Castle & Garden and Aberdeen

Gifted to the Irvines by Robert the Bruce in 1323, Drum is one of Scotland’s oldest tower houses and a hotspot of supernatural activities – from apparitions of Anna Forbes Irvine (who died in 1900) to the haunting laughter of her son Alexander, who died aged six in 1865. Hear stories of family heirlooms which inexplicably move in the night and ghostly footsteps in the dark. In the afternoon we return to Aberdeen for free time in the Granite City.

Day 4

Peterhead Prison Museum and Fyvie Castle

This morning we take a guided tour through the former HM Convict Prison, taking us through the 130 year history of “Scotlands Toughest Jail”. Fyvie Castle is a magnificent fortress in the heart of Aberdeenshire. Inside, the rooms are filled with antiquities, and out there is a picturesque lake. Ghosts, legends and folklore are all woven into the tapestry of Fyvie’s 800-year-old history, including tales of soldiers, poltergeists and the curse of the weeping stones. Alternatively your group could visit Pitmedden Gardens.

Day 5

Return home

We start our journey home, stopping at Scone Palace, one of Scotland’s most important stately homes (optional – please ask for further details).


Greatdays offer a selection of quality hotels in Aberdeen.


Dates 5 days / 4 nights
2024 dates From £389.00 per person
2025 dates
From £389.00 per person

Single room supplement available upon request.

All prices are per person based on sharing a double or twin room and with one free place for a coach driver or group organiser in a single room, both are based on a minimum 20 full fare paying passengers. Prices do not include coach hire or travel insurance. Dates are subject to availability. Smaller groups can be quoted for on request. Pictures are for illustrative purposes only. Our website policy is to use only copyright free images or images which have been authorised to us for free use by the owner. If you consider an image to be unauthorised or to be your property, please contact us immediately and if invalid we will have the image removed. If your image requires crediting or is missing a copyright statement then we will be pleased to add this to the webpage, contact us at info@greatdays.co.uk

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