Scotland is a superior place in which to take a vacation. The country is suitable for an extensive list of diverse vacations, with extensive areas of beautiful countryside with abundant amounts of sites of outstanding natural beauty (perfect for ramblers, mountain climbers, hikers, hill-walkers and the likes). The nation also has some of the most popular visitor attractions, including, some of the most interesting galleries and museums in the British Isles, magnificent sites, country houses, fortified houses, historical buildings and castles plus much more. Below I examine the port of Stranraer.
The town of Stranraer is located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland, the town is renowned for being the place where you can catch a ferry to Belfast in Northern Ireland. Unfortunately the larger number of visitors fail to see some of the attractions in the surrounding countryside and the town itself. This fact is something of an enigma, if you arrive at the town, and reserve yourself a room in a bed and breakfast in Stranraer, a day or two earlier you can see some of the attractions before embarking to Northern Ireland and the city of Belfast.
There are a couple of things to see and do in the town of Stranraer including the Castle of St John found in the centre of the town. The tower house was constructed at the very beginning of the sixteenth century as a residence for Ninian Adair of Kilhurst, the Laird of Wigtownshire. It was renovated, in the year nineteen eighty eight/eighty nine, by Wigtown District Council who opened it to the public in nineteen ninety.
Another tourist attraction close to the port of Stranraer is the gardens at Castle Kennedy. The castle is the centrepiece of the garden which are foundon a hill between 2 lochs (unfortunately you are not allowed to visit the ruins. The castle’s landscaped gardens extend across an area of seventy five acres. If you would like you can purchase plants from the shop which has grown them from seeds and plants in the garden gardens.
A further gorgeous visitor attraction is Glenluce Abbey. Even though it is ruined (actually the most ruinous of 3 of Cistercian monasteries found in the southwest of Scotland) it also has an excellent fifteenth-century Chapter House. Other places worth taking the effort to visit include, the Machars, the Mull of Galloway, Portpatrick and Port Logan.
If you are thinking about taking a Stranraer vacation you will be pleased to discover that there is a reasonable selection of Stranraer hotels. Please take a look at our comprehensive listings of Stranraer hotels and guest house accommodation.
