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Balorrin self catering holiday cottage near Muir of Ord in the Scottish Highlands

Balorrin has a great location - a stone’s throw from the Orrin river and next to the open moorland that stretches across Scotland to the west. At the same time it is only five minutes by car from shops in Muir of Ord and 20 minutes from Inverness. Aultgowrie is the name of the hamlet, which only has half a dozen houses.

Built some 30 years ago to a Swedish design Balorrin has four bedrooms and a spacious kitchen/living area which opens onto the patio looking west. The house has been completely renovated (Spring 2010) with new central heating, new kitchen, new ensuite master bedroom, new wooden flooring, etc. Facilities include TV/DVD, dishwasher, and washer/dryer.

A spacious garden, enclosed on two sides by drystone walls, surrounds the house at the front and back and there is private parking for two cars. The double garage has become a play space with ping pong table and mountain bikes.

Other attractions include Ord Distillery (only a mile away), Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness, the Culloden Battlefield, Cawdor Castle, Dunrobbin Castle, and Glen Strathfarrar - National Nature Reserve. Ullapool, Gairloch and the West are only an hour’s drive. The same is true of Aviemore and the Cairngorm National Park. Culgowrie is an ideal base for your holiday.

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A few of the local attractions and places of interest

  1. The ultimate wildlife watching adventure at the heart of the Moray Firth.
  2. The Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre
  3. Loch Ness Monster spotting
  4. The Fortrose & Rosemarkie Golf Club.
  5. For the very best in Scottish gifts, crafts, jewellery, knitwear and textiles
  6. Cromarty Museum & old Courthouse.

UK Travel Insurance

cover medical expenses, breakdown travel cover, personal injury & liability and cancellation cover. Premiums are priced per group and not per person - starting from £8.00 per group. Supplied by P J Hayman & Company Ltd - click here for details - please quote reference number GAE1001 - book online and save 10%.

 

 

All bed linen, towels, electricity, and parking are included in the price. The holiday home is stocked with a starter supply of washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets (if applicable), toilet rolls and other kitchen and bathroom supplies and also a starter pack of wood for the stove. A deposit of 25% of the total tariff is requested in advance. The balance is payable 6 weeks prior to the commencement of your holiday (or by arrangement for short notice bookings). Bookings are from Saturday 4pm to Saturday 10am. No smoking is permitted within the holiday home. A refundable good housekeeping deposit of £50 will be required as part of your final balance payment. Pets are welcome, but please check if bringing more than one. A cot and high chair is available at no extra cost. 

  For SatNav - - Balorrin, Muir of Ord, Ross-shire, Highland, IV6 7XA

 

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Please see details on main listing - full details will be added as the house nears the renovation completion.

 

Directions & travel info

By Car - From Inverness cross the bridge over to the Black Isle, heading north on the A9. At the first roundabout, about five miles, take the first turning left signposted to Muir-of-Ord, Ullapool etc. When you arrive at the road junction at Muir of Ord (A) head straight across to the traffic lights at the railway bridge (only 50 yards from the junction). Turn left straight after the railway bridge on the A832, signposted to Ullapool and with brown tourist sign for the Glen Ord Distillery Visitor Centre. You head for the Distillery Visitor Centre which you will find about half a mile out of Muir of Ord just at the bottom of a short hill. Watch out for the next brown tourist sign for the Visitor Centre and turn left. There is also a low signpost saying Aultgowrie. Continue past the distillery onto a delightful single track road for 1.5 miles. After a mile or so you come to a hump backed bridge, which goes over the distillery burn. Continue on for about another 1.5 miles. When you come to a collection of 3 houses before the small stone bridge Balorrin is on the left.

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