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Bounded on two sides by 100 miles of unspoilt coastline and on the third by the 4000 foot Cairngorm mountains, Aberdeenshire offers sand dunes, vertiginous cliffs, mountains and moorland, towns and villages built from sparkling granite and local folk proud of their unique culture which comes with a genuine welcome.
Aberdeenshire is in many ways the heartland of what people expect Scotland to be - malt whisky distilling, salmon and trout rivers, golf courses, moors and forests which are home to stag, grouse, capercaillie and eagles, the largest concentration of castles in Scotland and a season of Highland Games.
Aberdeenshire is the perfect place, whatever the season and whatever the weather.