"Failte and Kangie" are situated in the picturesque village of Grantown-on-Spey. They are comfortable cottages with accommodation for 5 and 4, they are ideally located for many activities, or for a relaxing and refreshing holiday.
The cottages are only a few minutes walk from the local shops, hotels and restaurants, and from the river Spey.
Whether you wish to tour the Scottish Highlands, follow the Whisky Trail, go hillwalking in the beautiful Scottish mountains, go fishing, play golf, or indulge in winter sports activities, this is the ideal location. In the evenings you can relax in front of a real fire, or have a barbecue in the garden.
Grantown-on-Spey
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A local landowner, Sir James grant laid out Grantown on the wooded banks of the river Spey in 1776. He planned it as a centre of the Highland Linen industry, but it became one of Scotland's leading inland holiday resorts, and centre of the Whisky Trail. It is a town of broad streets, and most of its older buildings are of granite.
The Spey and its tributary, the Dulnain, are world renowned salmon and trout streams, and the slopes of the Cairngorm Mountains outside the town draw skiers and mountaineers from all over Britain. Much of Speyside's mixed woodland is one of the last remnants of the ancient forest of Caledon, that once covered the whole of Scotland. |
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Higher up the slopes you will find many species of wildflowers beneath the heather moors. Bird watchers too come from miles to catch a glimpse of the Ospreys and their young nesting in the Abernethy Forest near Loch. Garten.
For the golfing enthusiast there is an excellent local course, and a further 6 courses in Badenoch and Strathspey District. From Grantown excursions north to Inverness and the Black Isle, west to Loch Ness and Fort William or east to Aberdeen and Balmoral are all within a day's drive. |
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 The Spey Valley with the River Spey and the foothills of the Cairngorm Mountains. |
 The River Spey |
Usefull links
www.host.co.uk This site will take you through the many attractions of Scotland
www.castles.org/Chatelaine/tours.htm Scotish castles guide
www.agtb.org/ Aberdeen and grampian tourist board
www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~tgough/ Speyside Pottery
www.uisge.com/wt/ Whisky trail
www.aviemore.org/heathercentre/heather.htm Heather centre
www.scotland-calling.com/touring/grampian/speyside.htm Touring guide for Scotland
www.visitbritain.com/walking/rouscot4.htm walking routes in speyside
www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/~jhb/whisky/ind_nav.html Touring Guide