Review of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Flights to Aberdeen bring you to north-east Scotland’s affluent gateway to the Highlands.
Things to do
Explore some of Scotland’s most spectacular scenery on Aberdeen’s doorstep as you wend your way down the course of the fast flowing River Spey, visiting each of the famous distilleries along the Malt Whisky Trail.
Shopping
What better way to show you’ve been on an Aberdeen city break than to pose proudly in your new kilt from Alex Scott and Co? The cosily ramshackle shop also rents kilts should you wish to delve less deeply into your holiday money.
Restaurants
Travel to Aberdeen to enjoy local langoustine or sizzling, seared scallops at the Silver Darling seafood restaurant. This former custom house has panoramic views over the ever-changing North Sea.
Nightlife
Twinkling chandeliers cast dramatic shadows over the vast pipe organ of the Aberdeen Music Hall, home to music, comedy and dance acts for over 200 years. Flights to Aberdeen bring artists from far and wide to play here.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Aberdeen. An August holiday in Aberdeen will bring you in time for the Aberdeen International Youth Festival while Aberdeen Winter Festival happens each December.
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aberdeen - the silver city, with the golden sands18 Mar 12
Aberdeen is a top destination to visit when in Scotland. Located in the North East, and only 1 1/2 hours direct flight from schipol, Aberdeen is a very vibrant city, mixing a great blend of culture, history, modernism and life. With its locally sourced granite buildings, and its beautiful long shore line, There are may shops and boutiques for all trends, likes and fashions, and boasts an excellent and diverse range of restaurants to cater for all tastes from local fish, to Japanese sushi, from haggis neeps (swede) and tatties (potatoes) to european cuisine. There are many bars and night clubs to chose from for all genres of music, and many local bands play at weekends to packed hospitable bars giving aberdeen a great party feel, after a long day of some fantastic sight-seeing Aberdeen is most cultural from its art centres, to its great open parks,from its theme park (sited all year round) to the grand architecture in the centre. its 2 universities, ranking highly within the world, caters for many students from all over the world, making Aberdeen a cosmopolitan rich place, with all aspects of the world in one city. Venture into Aberdeenshire, from the Cairngorm national park, with its picturesque views of rolling green hills, falling into lush lochs, steeped in history, and even the Queen retreats to her beloved Balmoral castle on royal deeside (45mins coach from aberdeen centre) Aberdeen has an extensive events schedule throughout the year, making aberdeen a great place to visit, any time of the yearmonty - scotland
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General impression 4 Hotels 4 Restaurants 4 Activities 4 Shopping 4 Going Out 4 Events 4 Average grade 4.0 Report abuseReviewer's tip
try the local rowies (morning rolls) with butter, and/or jam, in the morning
