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Local Attractions

There are many places of interest and local attractions to keep you occupied while on holiday in the region. Here are a selection which we would recommend when planning a day out.

  • Cream o' Galloway is a big favourite with several outdoor and indoor play areas and the most wonderful home made ice cream.
  • Mabie Farm Park is another big hit with the youngsters as it offers a whole host of activities - boating, quad biking, sledging, go karts and animal paddock in fact, so many activities in a safe all weather environment to amuse and tire.
  • Kirkcudbright, Artists Town – their web site details all Galleries, Artists and current exhibitions.Click here.
  • Castle Douglas Food Town – their web site gives full details of promotions and produce available. Click here.
  • Galloway Gardens and Garden Festival. Blessed by a mild oceanic climate - due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream - Galloway possesses some of the loveliest visitor-attraction gardens and specialist nurseries in Scotland: a mecca for garden lovers everywhere.
  • The Gem Rock Museum at Creetown – the wonderful world of gems, crystals and minerals. Don’t forget to visit the Crystal Cave.
  • The David Coulthard Museum, Twynholm – we are proud of the success of our local Formula 1 Racing Driver. Go and visit Twynholm where David was born and brought up and see this tribute to all the accolades he has won.
  • Lochside Theatre. In the market town of Castle Douglas this gem is a fully equipped theatre which brings a whole range of shows to the area all year round.
  • Wigtown Book Town and Festival. Scotland’s national book town.