Shopping & Other Attractions
Baxters Visitors Centre, Fochabers. Tel: 01343 820393. Manufacturer of quality Scottish foods. Visitor complex with audio visual and cookery demonstration theatre. Old Shop museum. George Baxter's Cellar. Best of Scotland craft shop. Spey Restaurant and splendid Gordon Room Restaurant. Open daily 0900-1730. (No factory tours at weekends or during factory holidays). Admission free.
Dean's of Huntly Factory Shop, Depot Road, Huntly. Tel: (01466) 792086. Open Mon-Fri 0900-1700, Sat 0900-1200. Factory shop with full shortbread assortment and range of preserves.
The Mossat Restaurant & Craft Shop, Kildrummy, Alford. Tel: 019755 71355. Open Mon-Sat 1000-1730, Sun 1000-1800. Craft shop and restaurant.
Thainstone Centre, Inverurie. Tel: 01467 623760. Agricultural centre of the North East of Scotland. There is a large Sunday market with a variety of stalls and car boots selling fresh produce, crafts, bric-a-brac, etc
Johnstons of Elgin, Newmill, Elgin, Moray. Tel: 01343 554099. Famed for Cashmere garments. Mill tours by arrangement. Coffee Shop.
The Whisky Shop, 1 Fife Street, Dufftown. Tel: (01340) 821097. Open Mon-Sat 1000-2100, Sun 1230-1900. Specialist whisky shop. Hundreds of single malts and rare whiskies.
Rizza's Ice Cream, 31 Steven Road, Huntly, Tel: 01466 792847, Email: rizzas@btconnect.com , Website: www.rizza.co.uk
The Salmon Bothy, Portsoy. The Salmon Bothy, Links Road, Portsoy, Banff, AB45 2SS, Tel: 01261 842951, Website: www.salmonbothy.co.uk
Brodie Country Fayre, Forres, just off the A96. A fabulous day out where everything's under one roof. Plenty of parking. Superb restaurant and shopping for all the family. With Brodie Castle just down the road take the day off fishing. A must.
Morgan McVeighs, Culsalmond Colpy, Insch, Aberdeenshire, AB52 6UY. Tel: 01464 841399. Cafe/restaurant and country shopping situated on the A96.
Turriff Tackle and Trophies, 6, Castle Street, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, AB53 4BJ. www.fishingthedeveron.co.uk
