Cullen Bay Holiday Park The Coastal Trail |
Cullen is one of the many villages along the coast of the North East of Scotland |
The Coastal Trail offers all sorts of variety to the explorer. Walks along
clear and deserted beaches, trips in fishing boats, diving for the enthusiast,
visits to fish markets, cliff top castles and marine aquarium are all intended
to keep you busy and |
interested. You can discover this unique coastline by following the signposted
footpaths. Why not hire a bicycle to explore the miles of sandy beach and spectacular
cliff top? |
The Railway Viaduct |
Scenic coastal paths link attractive villages from St Cyrus up through Johnshaven
and Gourdon to Inverbervie and Catterline. From Stonehaven a superb coast |
that make up the "Coastal Trail". |
There are fish markets, fish shops, fish restaurants and fish and chips. Dolphins
are |
offshore, seabirds pack the cliffs, rare plants bloom on shingle and craggy ledges.
In some places woodland grows almost to the high tide mark and the beaches
reach the horizon while in others the sheer vertical scale of the cliffs
will stop you in your tracks. |
walk leads to the magnificent Dunnottar Castle. A little further north are
Cruden Bay and Slains Castle. From here the trail leads on to the Bullers
of Buchan, superb |
cliffs south of Peterhead, packed for much of the year with a huge variety of seabirds.
Up on the Moray Firth, Cullen and Portsoy have long been popular with
visitors. Glorious stretches of sands take you along Coastal Footpaths
linking the many small and picturesque towns and villages. |
