Local Sights & Activities
It offers hotels, shops, cafes and restaurants where you can spend a pleasant time. For sporting people there are golf clubs for all that golfing experience in beautiful surroundings. Gardenstown village also boasts galleries, pottery and craft workshops to give a glimpse of the art forms. Enjoy bird watching and spot several species of sea birds breeding in their natural habitat including puffins, razorbills and gannets. Apart from all this the beach, rockpools and the harbour are also a treat to visit where local fishermen could be seen engaged in fishing activities which is the key trade of Gardenstown.
Things to View
The breathtaking views from the cliff and the Moray Firth will give a thrilling experience. The fishing village of Crovie which boasts houses on the end of the sea all painted to resist the climatic changes looks unique. The St Johns Church also is a place to look for.
Local Accommodation Information & Choices
In Gardenstown,you can also sleep at The Palace Farm, (website seems to be dead - www.gamrie.com. Tel. 01261-851261, March-Nov; or Bankhead Croft, Tel. 01261-851584, both of which provide dinner. A stone's throw away is the even tinier village of Crovie (pronounced 'Crivvie'), which is so narrow its residents have to walk sideways. Tidewater Cottage offers local self catering accommodation.
Self Catering Cottages in Gardenstown
- GARDENSTOWN - Banffshire Sleeps 5
- Owl Cottage Sleeps 4
- Suil na Mara Sleeps 3 - 5
- An Cala Sleeps 5
Self Catering Cottages in Crovie
- 30 Crovie Sleeps 6
- Crovie Village Sleeps 4
- Crovie Sleeps 4
