Route: Pretty moderate for the most part, but the the third day provides a sting in the tail.
Duration: 3 cycling days, 2-4 nights
Total Cycling Distance: 228 miles (Average cycling distance is 76 miles per day.)
Departures: Tour can begin any Saturday from April to October (optional arrival Friday, begin cycling Saturday)
Price: From £125 per person sharing a double room. This is a base price which includes 2 nights accommodation and supply of the route in both hard copy and digital form. Optional services include accommodation on arrival night, accommodation on the final day, bike hire, supply of GPS unit. Luggage transfer costs will be determined by the group size.
Price:
Accommodation: 3-4 star hotel accommodation
Price includes 4 nights hotel accommodation, full breakfasts, bike hire (optional), cycle computer route navigation & luggage transfer (optional).
*This tour can be booked without arrival day accommodation.
Arrival in the city of Aberdeen.
Accommodation: Ferryhill House Hotel
, Aberdeen
A tour of Scotland's Castle Country as the route croses from Deeside to Donside and circles Bennachie, the highes peak on the Aberdeenshire landscape.
Accommodation: Grant Arms Hotel
, Monymusk
From Donside onto Royal Deeside. The route heads through Strathdon and Balmoral before finishing in Ballater.
Accommodation: Auld Kirk
, Ballater
Ballater to Aberdeen, but the very alternative route. Up and over the Cairn o'Mount
, not one of Scotland' s better known climbs, not pretty notorious in this part of the world. From Fettercairn the route heads back noth through the Mearns to to Stonehaven and on to Aberdeen.
Accommodation: Ferryhill House Hotel
, Aberdeen
This is circular trip starting and ending in Aberdeen. Aberdeen has a direct rail link to London, Glasgow and Edinburgh and an international airport. If you arrive with your own transport we can help you make parking arrangements for the duration of your trip. You can find helpful practical information about all our cycling holidays in Frequently Asked Questions