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Scottish Holiday Cottage - Mitchell's Cottage Gardenstown

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Mitchell's Holiday Cottage is a 4 star self-catering holiday cottage located in the stunning seaside village of Gardenstown, Scotland.

Close to the beach, harbour and pub, the former fisherman’s cottage is a welcoming home-from-home from the slate floors to the real open fire to the big leather sofas. We’ve fully renovated the cottage to a high standard to make it the ideal coastal holiday retreat - with a LCD TV, DVD player, freeview, an Ipod dock and not forgetting the dishwasher.

Mitchell's Holiday Cottage has the traditional charm of a 19th century fisherman's cottage with an open fire in the living room, together with a high standard of modern accommodation for 5 to 6 people in three bedrooms - with sea views from two of them.

Nestling between large red sandstone cliffs and the North Sea, Gardenstown itself has an abundance of breathtaking scenery and fantastic wildlife along with a picturesque harbour.

And with the cottage only a stone’s throw from the beach, and 50 yards from the cosy welcoming pub and nearby bakery, it has all you’d need for a fantastic holiday.

We've made Mitchell’s Cottage so we'd want to stay in it ourselves, so there's a coffee machine in the kitchen, a nice big bath for having long soaks, and the larger bedrooms have all-cotton bedlinen.

We love staying here and exploring the area, and hope you do too - we look forward to welcoming you!

AT A GLANCE
* Gardenstown Holiday Cottage, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

* Free welcome pack which includes coal, firelighters, tea, coffee, and bottle of wine.

* Sleeps 5/6 people in three bedrooms.

* Fully renovated fisherman's cottage with modern interior.

* One clean well-behaved dog welcome.

* Flat screen television, freeview, dvd player and ipod dock.

* Character fisherman’s cottage with open fire.

* Picturesque traditional fishing village with harbour.

* Coastal location - great walks, castles, beach, harbour at village and stunning scenery locally. Walks from the front door so bring your camera.

* Pub, traditional butchers and bakers/general store within yards of front door.

* Short breaks (Mon-Fri or Fri-Mon) available in spring, winter and autumn.

* Great restaurants locally including seafood.

* Many fantastic golf courses close to Gardenstown.

* Cost of electricity, bedlinen and towels is included in rental.

Local Area Details

The northeast coast of Scotland is one of Scotlands hidden treasures. Away from the tourist hoards this gem of an area has big light filled skies amazing long sandy beaches and friendly folk who even have their own dialect. There is also the blessing of relatively no midges. You are near to the Grampian and Highland mountains and hills for the serious climbers and walkers but there are hundreds of more leisurely strolls or smaller hills locally for the less adventurous.
Because you are on the coast the sea and its natural bounty has played a huge part in the fortunes of the area with deep sea fishing and the oil industry There are plenty of sea leisure activities to do locally from a simple boat ride to try and find dolphins or amaze at the birdlife clinging to the cliffs to kite surfing and diving.
Go for a trip to Fraserburgh and look out for the surfers on the beach. Nearby Rosehearty is renowned as a fantastic place to go diving and look at the abundant and surprisingly colourful wildlife in the sea. Gardenstown or Gamrie pronounced Gamerie has rows of prettilypainted traditional fishermens cottages and the coast enjoys some of the best weather in Scotland dry and sunny.
Originally known as Gamrie Gardenstown was founded in 1720 by Alexander Garden specifically as a fishing village. On the hillside to the west and visible from most parts of Gardenstown are the remains of the Church of St John the Evangelist. This predates the village being built in 1513 and celebrates an even earlier event the defeat of the Danes here in 1004. By the 1920s Gardenstown and the neighbouring village of Crovie together housed around 250 fishermen and 50 fishing boats were based here. This number declined over the following years in the face of competition from the larger and more effective vessels that could operate from other ports Gardenstown grew at Crovies expense after the great storm of 31 January 1953. This washed away the path between the villages together with stretches of Crovies sea defences and a number of houses and sheds. Crovie ceased to be viable almost immediately and many residents moved to Gardenstown.
Gardenstown has tended to grow upwards. The oldest cottages and other buildings are next to the sea while newer additions are layered up the cliffs culminating with the new housing and development that has taken place on the level ground above the cliffs. This steady growth has helped ensure a continuity of services and as a result Gardenstown continues to be a living and thriving village.

LOCAL ATTRACTIONS

On Aberdeenshire coastal route and trail
Fantastically scenic and panoramic beaches nearby
Walking
Golf Cruden Bay Royal Aberdeen plus a host of other local mainly links courses
Castle Trail
Whisky Trail and distillery tours
Boat trips
Bird watching
RSPB Loch of Strathbeg
Freshwater and sea fishing
Artist Trail
Wildlife watching dolphins and whales can often be seen in the area
Local pub the Garden Arms is 100 yards away from the front door and has a roaring fire no tv and no mobile phone reception so is the perfect place to get to know the locals. It also does great food at the weekend Plenty of great restaurants locally with locally caught seafood.
Village of Pennan nearby used as location of film Local Hero
Fraserburgh Lighthouse Museum
Historic Duff House
Macduff Aquarium
Macduff Bowling Alley
Victorian Heritage Trail
Stone Circle Trail
Aberdour beach explore the sandstone caves walk on the singing shingle beach or walk along the cliffs to the sandy secluded beach.
Findlater Castle located on a spectacular prometary outcrop ramble over the ruins of this castle or go for a walk on the beach rated as one of the best and not widely known beaches in Scotland. We've seen minke whales here and bottlenose dolphins can often be spotted here too.
Stay inside whisky by the fire read books watch dvds have a bath and enjoy relaxing. Or stay in Gamrie a walk on the rocks and beach go to the pub stroll about and watch the world go by.

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Property Features

* Close to a golf course
* Close to a Beach
* Pets are allowed
* Children are allowed

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