Eco-Hostel
A place to rest and relax among huge dunes and 11 mile beach.
You are very welcome to join us, Rob and Val, at our isolated
former lighthouse shore station in this gorgeous most easterly
part of mainland Scotland opposite the northern tip of Denmark.
This is one of the driest, sunniest, midge-free areas of Scotland
and many hours can be spent exploring the shipwrecks and village
and chapel ruins.
The 1892 granite accommodation block has been renovated to form
a non-smoking, dog-friendly coastal retreat. The hostel
offers all the modern conveniences you would expect. Four bedrooms
each sleep 4 guests in two sets of very sturdy wooden bunkbeds
with built-in drawers, so offering male and female bedrooms if
required. There is a family room with a double bed and bunkbeds,
and also a private double bedroom for that little extra privacy.
We are on the North Sea Trail footpath and the Aberdeenshire
Coastal Trail which follow the North Sea coastline. The North
Sea Cycle Route (Sustrans Route 1) is only 17 miles away where
it passes through this historic area full of stone circles, castle
ruins and golf courses.
CONTACT Rob or Val, Telephone: (01346) 532236, 9am-8pm
Email: hostel@rattrayhead.net
OPENING SEASON All year except the dates shown on the Contact
Us page, but phone ahead during winter months so we can make sure
the heating is on well before you arrive.
OPENING HOURS Check-in 4-8pm. Check-out 11am. No curfew.
NUMBER OF BEDS 22: 1 Double, 1 Family (Double + Bunk), 4 x 4 Bunks.
BOOKING REQUIREMENTS Booking available with first night deposit.
PRICE PER NIGHT Bunk £15pp, private triple room £17pp, private twin/double room £22.50pp. Includes tea, coffee, orange squash,
and bedding. Prices correct for 2010-11
PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Please see the Contact Us page for links to timetables.
DIRECTIONS
NK103577 Between Scotland's premier fishing ports of Peterhead
and Fraserburgh are the two villages of Crimond and St. Fergus,
and between them are signs for Rattray. Follow these signs to
Old Rattray Farm where our postcode in centred and Satellite
Navigation says you have arrived. Here the public road becomes
a rough private farm track complete with potholes, and you
travel the mile to the end of the track where you will see
our house with the dunes and lighthouse behind.
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Independent Hostels member.
