Slow Travel: North East Scotland by Rebecca Gibson

As the only comprehensive guidebook to North East Scotland in print, it also contains all the practical information you could need to plan and enjoy time in this thrillingly diverse yet largely under-explored part of Britain. This region of mountains and coasts, ancient Caledonian pine forests and salmon-rich rivers harbours much to enthral and surprise.

Long famous among hillwalkers, mountaineers and nature lovers, the Cairngorms is the UK's largest National Park and abounds in fairy folklore. Balmoral Estate has been a royal residence since Queen Victoria's reign, while Aberdeenshire has Scotland's highest density of castles and numerous Pictish stones and stone circles among an astounding 30,000 sites of historical and archaeological interest.