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EXPLORE
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AILSA'S BUNGALOW, CALLANDER, CENTRAL SCOTLAND |
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 ilsa’s
Bungalow is a small family
home, a quiet retreat superbly located on the edge of the
Central Scotland
market town of
Callander, gateway to
the Highlands
and southeastern entry point to the
Loch Lomond & Trossachs
National Park.
Comfortable, attractive living room at Ailsa's Bungalow.
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Double
bedroom with king bed at Ailsa's Bungalow.
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THE ACCOMMODATIONS: The house occupies a landscaped lot on a
quiet, non-through street about a 5-to-7-minute walk (or two-minute
drive) from the busy town center. Conveniently located for touring, this
comfortable two-story vacation home
sleeps up to 8 persons
in three
bedrooms (one with a king bed,
one with a double and foldout futon, and one with bunk beds), plus
two bathrooms
— one on the ground floor with
a shower, and one on the upper floor with tub & hand-held shower.
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Common rooms include a
comfortable living room (with TV), with overstuffed upholstered sofa and
chairs. The home features a fully-equipped kitchen (electric range,
oven, microwave, large fridge, with freezer), plus clothes washer and
dryer. Guests have access to their own private large back garden area.
Private off-street parking is by the house. When necessary, the bungalow
is warmed by gas central heat. Smoking and pets are not permitted. |
The attractive furnished garden at Ailsa's Bungalow
offers guests a quiet, private corner for
reading, conversation, and snacks.
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THE HOSTS:
The owner-hosts reside south of Callander, but actively see to the
comfort of their guests, maintaining the bungalow with pride, greeting
guests on arrival, providing detailed information about the house, the
area, its events and attractions, and stopping by often to answer
questions and see to their guests’ comfort.
Spacious,
superbly equipped kitchen at Ailsa's Bungalow.
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 ALLANDER
(population 2,500) is an important regional market town near the
geographic center of Scotland. All of Callander’s services are within a
five-eight minutes walking distance of Ailsa’s Bungalow. Callander has a
good selection of pubs, restaurants, food shops, a launderette, craft
shops, woolen goods outlet stores, an outdoor activities center, a
challenging
18-hole golf course, and 2 or 3 banks. The important
regional tourist bureau anchors the center of town in a building that
also incorporates the
Rob Roy Centre.
This attraction is dedicated to the region’s most famous historical
resident,
Rob
Roy MacGregor, legendary
Scottish patriot, whose infamous
cattle rustling, inter-clan feuding,
and Highlands hi-jinks made him something of a Celtic Jesse James to the
Crown’s red-coated army of Scottish occupation. Although it’s impossible
to know where legend ends and historical reality begins, the Rob Roy
story adds dimension and color to the already
mystical landscape of
mountains, glens, lochs, heather, and gorse of the Scottish Highlands. |
• The Rob
Roy Center, Callander.
• Rob Roy's grave site, 20 minutes
northwest of Callander in the Loch
Lomond & Trossachs National Park.
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Window of
Scottish woolens shop — one of many
in Callander featuring tweeds and tartans.
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Callander’s central
location makes it an ideal touring base from which it is possible to
explore much of Scotland in a series of day trip drives. The east coast
at St. Andrews and the Inner Hebrides islands just off the west coast
are within reach, as are the principal Scottish cities of Edinburgh, Glasgow,
and Inverness.
Much of the most
magnificent scenery of the Highlands is also within reach by car touring
from Callander. (See two sample day trips:
Sail Loch Etive and See Highland Seals,
and Hiking over the Devil's Staircase from Glen Coe.)
But regardless of which direction you travel, you will always feel your return
to Ailsa’s Bungalow provides a warm
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Scottish
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ACTIVITIES:
Callander is located in the Central Scotland
region called The Trossachs at the southeastern gateway to the
Loch
Lomand & the Trossachs National Park
and the Highlands of Central Scotland. Outdoor activities, including
hiking,
biking,
fishing, kayaking, and climbing, are within easy reach. Callander's
central location makes it ideal as a touring base for much of Scotland,
including much of the best scenery in the Highlands.
Our 100+ page accompanying "Scotland Activities Guide"
provides dozens of suggestions of all kinds. |
The rugged landscape of Scotland's Central Highlands
(like Glen Coe pictured above) invites outdoor activities
including hiking, fishing, golf, cycling, and touring.
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AVAILABILITY:
For current availability information,
call
HOME AT FIRST at
(800) 523-5842,
or contact us by e-mail at:
info@homeatfirst.com. |
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— CENTRAL SCOTLAND PROMISES MUCH; BUT IT DELIVERS MORE —
Don’t take our word. Take that of Queen Victoria. And those of
Robert Louis Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Queen Elizabeth II, Andrew
Carnegie, Sandy Lyle, and Ian Fleming.
All of the above fell in love with Central Scotland. Most established
homes here when they could have lived almost anywhere. And why not? The
region offers outstanding natural beauty and great sporting traditions.
Its towns and villages steadfastly maintain the practice of traditional
Highlands hospitality. A dramatic history has been woven from the
struggle between the region’s rugged natural setting and its hearty
people. Local Scots understand of the challenges of living with Central
Scotland’s ever-changing weather in a sometimes unforgiving landscape.
If the rural Scots are often considered dour, know that as only one
response to living in a kind of grudging harmony with Big Nature in the
northern latitudes on an island in the North Atlantic. Commonly, Scots
are also fiercely independent, scrupulously honest, tough, hard-working,
fun-loving, a little shy, unpretentious, as well as welcoming to and
interested in foreign guests. Intrigued? You should be. Come to
Central
Scotland. We have just the location for
you. |
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