Aberdeenshire Delights

ABERDEENSHIRE DELIGHTS

 

16 – 20 June 2025

Monday – Friday

5 Days

From £699

 

This tour visits the ‘Granite City’ of Aberdeen where we will take excursions to Haddo Castle and Pitmedden Gardens, take a ride on the Keith & Dufftown railway, and visit Barra Castle renowned for its berry growing.

 

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

Aberdeen   |   Keith & Dufftown Railway ‘Whiskey Line’   |   Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farming Life   |   Barra Castle Berries   |   Haddo House & Garden   |   Oldmeldrum  

 

DAY ONE - Arrival

We depart from your home pick-up join your coach and drive north with refreshment stops enroute.  Arrive at your hotel in Aberdeen late afternoon, time to relax before dinner.

 

DAY TWO – Pitmedden Garden & Museum, Oldmeldrum and Haddo House

After a leisurely breakfast this morning we travel north to Pitmedden Garden & Museum of Farming Life. This 17th-century walled garden contains over 30,000 bedding plants, 6 miles of clipped box hedging and over 200 fruit trees. The garden is split over three levels and at the heart of the property is a formal walled parterre garden filled with an array of colourful plants. The adjacent museum brings to life the agricultural heritage of the local area, where you can admire an extensive range of agricultural artefacts.

We then journey west to the village of Oldmeldrum for our lunchtime stop before making the short drive to Haddo House & Garden. Visit the delightful terrace garden with flower beds, lovely borders, and a fountain. A magnificent avenue of lime trees leads to adjacent Haddo Country Park, with lakes, monuments, and wildlife.

 

DAY THREE – Aberdeen

Today is free to explore Aberdeen at leisure. Aberdeen has a great maritime history with much to offer the visitor. The Duthie Park Gardens are well worth a visit and admission is free.

 

DAY FOUR – Keith & Dufftown Railway and Barra Castle

This morning, we travel through Aberdeenshire to the small town of Keith. We board a heritage train here for a return journey on the ‘Whiskey Line’ to Dufftown. Originally opened in 1862, this line carried passengers and freight between distilleries across the region.

 

Later we journey to Barra Castle - a renowned berry growing farm.  We will enjoy a guided tour of the fruit growing and learn about the fascinating history of the site itself – including its involvement in the Battle of Inverurie in 1308 where Robert the Bruce defeated the Earl of Buchan.  The tour is rounded off with some homemade ice cream that is created using the Barra Berries produced on the farm.

 

DAY FIVE - Departure

After our breakfast, we begin our journey home with comfort stops en route.

 

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

• Luxury coach travel

• Home pick-up

• 4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

• Porterage on arrival and departure

• Admission to Pitmedden Garden

• Admission to Museum of Farming Life

• Admission to Haddo House & Garden

• Admission to Barra Castle guided tour of the berry growing farm

• Return journey on Keith & Dufftown railway.

 

ABERDEEN ALTENS HOTEL, ABERDEEN

The Aberdeen Altens Hotel is pleasantly situated on the outskirts of the ‘Granite City’ Aberdeen. Hotel facilities include heated swimming pool, sauna, steam room and a gym.  All bedrooms are ensuite and have television and tea/coffee facilities. There is a lift.

YOUR HOLIDAY INCLUDES

Luxury coach travel

Home pick-up

4 nights accommodation, dinner & breakfast

Porterage on arrival and departure

Admission to Pitmedden Garden

Admission to Museum of Farming Life

Admission to Haddo House & Garden

Admission to Barra Castle guided tour of the berry growing farm

Return journey on Keith & Dufftown railway.

 

ABERDEEN ALTENS HOTEL, ABERDEEN

The Aberdeen Altens Hotel is pleasantly situated on the outskirts of the ‘Granite City’ Aberdeen. Hotel facilities include heated swimming pool, sauna, steam room and a gym.  All bedrooms are ensuite and have television and tea/coffee facilities. There is a lift.

 

HOTEL SYMBOLS

TV, T&C, hairdryer, Wi-Fi

 

DAYS	TOUR DATE	DEPARTS	PRICE	SUPPLEMENTS
5	16 – 20 JUN 2025	MONDAY	£699	£120 SINGLE
JONES HOLIDAYS INSURANCE			£27.28

 

Rooms are allocated on a first come first served basis and are limited. If no single supplement applies this is limited to the tour single room allocation and therefore additional cost may apply.  Prices displayed are per person unless otherwise stated. If door-to-door pick-up is included there may be additional charges for out of area. Itineraries and hotel inclusions may be subject to change. Seat numbers on the coach may be subject to change. Issues whilst on tour must be raised in the first instance with the driver. Covid-19 restrictions may apply. When making bookings you accept on behalf of yourself and your party the terms in our Trading Charter which can be found in our brochure, on our website at http://www.jonesholidays.co.uk/Jones-holidays-trading-charter, or a copy can be requested from our Sales office.  If your holiday is more than 56 days from departure, we offer a 7-day cooling off period where a full refund will be offered from the date of the initial confirmation invoice (with the exception of flight holidays).

 

The Aberdeen Altens Hotel Pitmedden Gardens National Museum Of Rural Life Haddo House Eat At Barra Castle