Luxury Bed and Breakfast, B&B, Accommodation Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Dinnet House

Lodge No 132

A mile long avenue of lime trees opens up to reveal the Victorian shooting lodge, on the banks of the River Dee, which has been in the family since 1896.

History and family meet in fine baronial style. A welcoming, grand hall leads to the morning room where everyone gathers for afternoon tea and before dinner. The large classical dining room, which has a table that can seat 22, and a smaller table for 8, has wonderful views over the terrace. A treat of home made shortbread awaits in the comfortable and cosy three bedrooms, two of which have stunning views down to the water; the other looks north to the hosts' very own mountain, Morven.

Within its own vast estate, the grounds alone around the house extend to 50 acres, including a tennis court and colourful explosions of buttery daffodils in spring and vibrant rhododendrons and azaleas in June.

Your Bed & Breakfast Hosts

Marcus and Sabrina and their family treat their guests as friends, dining with them or breakfasting in the large kitchen. Grouse, pheasant, wild duck, beef and lamb all come from the estate farm and Sabrina produces mouth watering dinners featuring home-produced specialities such as smoked salmon with avocado and haunch of roe deer.

The Location

Golf courses galore, salmon or sea trout fishing and walking in the highland scenery of the Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve and the Cairngorms may lead to a wonderful local distillery! Balmoral, the Queen's summer residence, is close by and the Highland Games take place in August, ending with the Braemar Gathering on the first Saturday in September.

Places of Local Interest

Balmoral Castle, Crathes Castle, Drum Castle, Castle Fraser, Craigievar Castle, Lochnagar Distillery, Muir of Dinnet National Nature Reserve, Dunnnottar Castle, Cairngorms National Park, Ten local golf courses,

How to find Dinnet House Bed & Breakfast (B&B).

From the east, take A93 to Dinnet, 4 miles west of Aboyne. At Dinnet, turn left at the crossroads, then after 150 yards turn right through large wrought iron gates with Gate Lodge. From west and south, take A93 to Braemar and Ballater. Dinnet is 6 miles east of Ballater on A93. At Dinnet, turn right at crossroads, then after 150 yards turn right through large wrought iron gates with Gate Lodge. Dinnet House is almost a mile up the drive. N 57.06904 W-2.91015