ABERDEEN CITY BREAK
  
   
 

The Aberdeen Patio Hotel

  
     
 
 
     
 

The 4 star Patio Hotel Aberdeen is conveniently located only one half mile from the heart of the " Granite City".  The hotel is a short car ride from Aberdeen's International Airport and is close to the city's major road links, railway station, ferry port and the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre.Despite its proximity to the city centre The Patio Hotel is a mere short walk from Aberdeen's sea front where long bracing walks can be enjoyed along the golden beaches. A host of leisure activities including the hotel's own swimming pool and leisure club are readily available and are ideal for either the leisure or business guest with a little time to relax.The hotel built in 1996 offers the most modern facilities coupled with traditional Scottish hospitality and spacious well-equipped accommodation. Aberdeen Patio Hotel has a sea green marbled floored patio, fountain and foliage, flooded by natural light and sunshine. At night, it takes on the appearance of a Spanish Village Courtyard with its open bar area, cafe bar and comfortable lounge area, bathed in atmospheric lighting and sound. All 124 bedrooms boost continental and traditional furnishings.

 
     
 
Sightseeing
  
     
 

 
     
 

Aberdeen is set in the midst of the Grampian Region which is home to a host of tourist attractions including Balmoral Castle, the Queen’s Summer Retreat. Aberdeen city centre has an excellent choice of shopping malls, a wide range of lively pubs, several trendy night clubs, numerous historical houses and castles, art galleries, museums, whisky distilleries and award-winning parks and gardens. In addition the city also boasts a football stadium, which is home to the famous ‘Dons’ football team.

The city has a wide variety of arts and culture to tempt visitors, Aberdeen's famous 'Granite Mile' - Union Street - is the gateway to over 800 shops, restaurants and bars. Uncover the history of Old Aberdeen by visiting King's College and St Machar's Cathedral. The collection at the Aberdeen Art Gallery includes impressionists to modern Scottish artists.

Aberdeen celebrates its cultural heritage throughout the year by entertaining both tourist and locals with excellent traditional entertainment. From galas and ceilidhs to world-renowned festivals and Highland Games. The capital of the Grampian Highlands is even more unique thanks to the treasures on its doorstep. Sample the "water of life" and visit the eight distilleries and cooperage on the world’s only Malt Whisky Trail.

 
     
 
GOLF
  
         
 
 

Newburgh Golf Club

Newburgh On Ythan Golf Club is next door to the proposed Trump International Golf Links and offers a chance to play on the exact same stretch of coastline as the proposed championship links. Newburgh-on-Ythan Golf Club was founded in 1888 and was originally a nine hole course laid out on the Newburgh Links which is located along the River Ythan estuary and the coastal dunes.  The course was extended in 1996 and the new nine holes - the outward half - is characterised by undulations and hills, with elevated tees and greens requiring a range of shot making.  The original inward nine demands accurate golf from tee to green and is the epitome of the typical Scottish links course. The course at Newburgh is noted for the quality of its greens, its playability regardless to the weather conditions and its magnificent setting.

 
         
 
 

Newmachar Golf Club

Newmachar Golf Club, which has hosted European tour and international events, is on the outskirts of Aberdeen. The Hawkshill Course. Opened for play in September 1990, this Dave Thomas designed, 6700 yard Championship Course, has been endorsed by Peter Alliss and is a real challenge to all who set foot on the first tee.With a par of 72 (SSS 74), (US Slope Rating 143), Hawkshill is the toughest of all the courses in the area. With water hazards coming in to play in no fewer than seven holes, mature silver birch and Scots pine trees lining the strategically bunkered fairways and greens, the Hawkshill Course is already acknowledged as one of the true tests of golf in Scotland. Although some commentators have likened it to an "American" layout, the real character of the course is firmly Scottish, with a similarity to the Kings Course at Gleneagles or Rosemount.

 
         
 
 

Murcar Golf Club

Established in 1909 to the design of Archie Simpson, with later refinements made in the 1930's by the celebrated golf course designer James Braid, Murcar is indeed a Championship links of some renown, in the finest of Scottish traditions. "Murcar Links is as fine a links course as you could wish to play" (Paul Lawrie, 1999 Open Champion) and adjoins Royal Aberdeen to its south side. With Cruden Bay a mere twenty minute car drive north, Murcar is without doubt, "a hidden gem" (Peter Alliss, TV Commentator & former Ryder Cup Player). The three of them are a hat trick of golf courses not to be missed by the discerning golfer. Not for the beginner or the faint hearted, Murcar Link's is a par 71 (ss 72) natural Championship links, which represents a truly challenging test of golf. To play it requires every shot in the book and if the wind is up, a few more besides!