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Parks – A popular destination for families, Hazelhead
Park has stunning rose gardens in the summer, a maze, aviary, riding
center, and tea room. Another large park is Duthie Park, along the
River Dee, with rose covered hills and boating ponds. Westburn Park and Seaton Park also have play areas for kids. |
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Maritime Museum – Aberdeen is one of Britain's busiest harbors,
and has a long maritime history. In the Maritime Museum, you can't miss
a three stories high re-creation of an oil rig in the North Sea. The museum
has hundreds of ship models, and exhibits about shipbuilding, whaling, life
and work at sea. After the museum, walk down the quay and kids can watch
the boats go by in the harbor. |
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Satrosphere
Science Museum – If it's a gray and rainy day, head for this
science and technology center. Find out what 's underneath your feet in
Scotland, geologically-speaking. |
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Aberdeen Beach – Aberdeen has two miles of sandy
beach and a resort town atmosphere with Codona's Amusement Park, cafes and
restaurants. |
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Markets – |
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Castlegate
Market – The heart of Aberdeen was once Castlegate. Today it's
a cobblestone square with the Mercat Cross, a monument adorned with plenty
of animal gargoyles and stone portraits of the Stuarts, and the market,
Thursday through Saturday. |
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Toddlers
will enjoy Storybook Glen, a fantasy land with characters from all
your familiar fairy tales and nursery rhymes. Lovely setting in trees and
waterfalls. |
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Pitmedden
Garden (Pitmedden) – In this 100 acre estate is the Great Garden,
a formal garden that was the inspiration for the garden of the Palace of
Holyrood in Edinburgh. Tour the Museum of Farming Life, which has
all kinds of implements of farming from the horse and plow era. Wildlife
garden, woodlands, picnic area too. |
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Drum
Castle and Garden – Another fine old Scottish Castle, but the thing
to see is the walled Garden of Historic Roses. Follow the trails
through the Old Woods of Drum, stopping back at the tea room for
a rest. |
