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What's included:
  • Transport
  • Accommodation
  • Journey guide with tickets
  • WhatsApp support
  • Disruption replanning

Journey at a glance

Trip overview

  • London

  • Sleeper with cabin

    1 night

  • Ballater

    2 nights

  • Braemar

    Stop

  • London

Full itinerary

Journey
1 night
11hrs 3mins
Standard class

LondonAberdeen

Take the overnight Caledonian Sleeper from London Euston. You'll arrive in Aberdeen in time for breakfast the next morning.
Journey
1hrs 53mins
Standard class

AberdeenBallater

Board the 201 (buy your ticket on board) inland to the eastern edge of the Cairngorms.
Stay
2 nights
Ballater

Ballater

Ballater is a trim little town settled in a loop of the River Dee and surrounded by verdant mountains, making it perfect for walkers. Synonymous with the British Royal Family, the town is just eight miles from Balmoral.

The Gordon Guest House

Where you could stay2 nights

The Gordon Guest House

Set in a Victorian town house right in the heart of Ballater, The Gordon Guest House is run by a husband and wife team, and offers cosy, comfortable rooms. 

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Journey
0hrs 13mins
Standard class
Photo by neilhooting/CC BY 2.0/Flickr

BallaterBraemar

Board the bus (pay the driver as you board) for this scenic journey that follows the River Dee upstream past Balmoral to the village of Braemar. Look out for Lochnagar, the distinctive summit that rises to the south of Balmoral Forest, while away to the north-west you'll see the Cairngorm Mountains.
Stop
Braemar

Braemar

Braemar is best-known for its Highland Games, held each year on the first Saturday in September and attracting royal visitors. Located in the Cairngorms National Park, it stands at the meeting point of three mountain passes, making it an ideal hiking base.
Journey
0hrs 13mins
Standard class
Photo by neilhooting/CC BY 2.0/Flickr

BraemarBallater

Board the bus (pay the driver as you board) for this scenic journey that follows the River Dee, descending through the hills of the Cairngorms to Ballater. Look out for Lochnagar, the distinctive summit that rises to the south of Balmoral Forest.
Journey
1hrs 53mins
Standard class

BallaterAberdeen

Board the 201 to Aberdeen (buy your ticket on board).
Journey
7hrs 0mins
Standard class
AberdeenLondon

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