North of England
Scotland
Set opposite a welcoming family-run holiday park, this cosy cottage offers the best of both worlds - fantastic amenities close at hand and a peaceful, undisturbed setting to return to. Amenities include a local shop, bars and restaurants, live entertainment in the evenings, and a swimming pool and arcade, ideal for entertaining the kids on a rainy day.
When the weather is dry, make the most of Dumfries and Galloway’s fantastic outdoor offering, including Auchenlarie Beach (300 metres), Mossyard Beach (1.5 miles) and walks along Fleet Bay. Endless nature trails and woodland walks can be discovered at Galloway Forest Park, around 15 miles away, while towns including Gatehouse of Fleet (5 miles), Kirkcudbright (12 miles) and Castle Douglas (18 miles) offer exciting destinations for leisurely days out.
Those eager to sample Scotland’s renowned golf courses will be pleased to find five within a 15-mile radius, many of which boast incredible seascapes between each hole. A welcoming space to unwind, it’s clear to see that comfort is a priority in this clean, spacious abode.
Make your way inside to find the sociable living space where the lounge, kitchen and diner are combined. Prepare all your meals in the fully fitted kitchen before taking a few steps over to the dining table or moving through the French doors to dine outside.
Sink into cushy sofas when dinner is done and the plates are cleared away, switching on the Smart TV and putting your feet up - satisfied after yet another day well spent. There won’t be far to travel to bed as the night draws in, with two bedrooms located on the ground floor and two more just upstairs.
Each bedroom is spacious and inviting, complete with a TV for relaxing in your own space. A double and single bedroom on the ground floor are linked by a Jack-and-Jill shower room, and an additional family shower room completes this floor.
The best-known attractions within an easy drive of 4-Bedroom Cottage with Hot Tub in Auchenlarie, with real driving times.
Sat nav: DG7 2EJ
A well-preserved 15th-century tower house with a bloody family feud behind its thick walls.
Cardoness Castle is a well-preserved six-storey tower house just south west of Gatehouse of Fleet, built in the later 1400s for the McCulloch family, a prominent Galloway clan. It is now cared for by Historic Environment Scotland.
Sat nav: DG7 2AB
A 14th-century Black Douglas stronghold standing on an island in the River Dee.
Threave Castle stands on an island in the River Dee, about 2.5 kilometres west of Castle Douglas. Archibald the Grim built it in the 1370s, and it was a stronghold of the Black Douglases, Earls of Douglas and Lords of Galloway, until their fall in 1455.
Sat nav: DG6 4LB
A late 16th-century tower house in the middle of Kirkcudbright, with a peephole in the great hall.
MacLellan's Castle stands in the centre of Kirkcudbright, on the south side of the River Dee. Building began around 1577 for Thomas MacLellan, on the site of a ruined Greyfriars monastery. The castle was never finished, and the roof had collapsed by the time the family sold it in 1752. It is now in the care of Historic Environment Scotland.
Tip: Look for the peephole behind the great hall fireplace and the carved coats of arms above the entrance.
Sat nav: DG8 9AB
Tour the most southerly distillery in Scotland and taste Lowland single malts where they are made.
Bladnoch is a Lowland single malt distillery on the banks of the River Bladnoch, near Wigtown. Founded in 1817, it is the most southerly whisky distillery in Scotland, and it has a long and eventful history of closing and reopening.
Tip: Tours are appointment-only, so book by midnight the day before. The visitor centre and café are open Tuesday to Saturday only. Tours are not suitable for wheelchair users or walking aids, and high heels are not allowed.
Sat nav: DG2 8BU
A red sandstone Cistercian abbey in New Abbey, founded in 1273 in memory of a devoted wife's husband.
Sweetheart Abbey is a Cistercian monastery founded in 1273 in the village of New Abbey, about 8 miles south of Dumfries. Dervorguilla of Galloway founded it in memory of her husband, John de Balliol. She kept his embalmed heart in an ivory and silver casket for the rest of her life, and it was buried alongside her. She named the abbey Dulce Cor, Latin for Sweet Heart.
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