Short Breaks in Angus

Make Angus your favourite retreat  

Angus offers a choice of golf, fishing, walking, great local events and fascinating heritage - all within a couple of hours' drive of Scotland's main cities and airports.

Be here in no time, and feel the tension of the week slip away...

Jazz, folk music, wildlife watching, museums and an auction house in Montrose; chamber music and crafts at Dun; Arbroath smokies, blues and boating in Arbroath; great golf, good food and friendly shops everywhere.

The A90 gives access to the heart of the county and up to the hills, and the fine coastal touring route of the A92 links the beauty spots on the coast, while the East Coast main rail line has connections to all points North and South. Find out more avbout travelling to Angus.

Pretty villages, imposing castles, spectacular beaches and glens, good food, couthy folk and a warm welcome in the county which is Scotland's birthplace.

 

 

Make Angus your own - find your own favourite places and get to know us

Find a warm welcome waiting...

Of course, you want great accommodation at the right price, good eateries and restaurants, different visitor experiences, and a welcome everywhere you go.

Check out our suggestions for a Short Break in Angus below and tell us about yours. Email visit@angusahead.com with your favourite routes around the county.

 

Down to the Sea in Ships!

Travel to Arbroath (via the A92) - The rich maritime history of the Angus coast is the stuff of legends. Trade between the Angus coast and the Baltic ports can be traced back five centuries and the port records of Dundee are some of the oldest in Europe. Montrose is still a busy port, with links across the North Sea and around the world. Read more...

  

Fairway to Heaven

Play golf in the historic heartland of the game. The Carnoustie Country 
courses in Angus and round about offer links, heathland and parkland courses, and provide many different challenges to the visiting golfer. Choose from no fewer than 22 superb tests of golf, including 6 Open Qualifiers and the peerless Carnoustie Championship Course itself. Here is a selection of some of the courses you could be playing, around Angus. Read more...

 

Upstairs Downstairs

Travel to Glamis (off the A94, near the A90 at Forfar) and visit the childhood home of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and birthplace of Princess Margaret. A Royal residence since 1372, the Castle is the family seat of the Earl of Strathmore, and was the setting for Shakespeare's famous 'Scottish Play'.
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