 Dumfries and Galloway is known as Scotland’s best kept secret with over 200 miles of coastline, pretty towns, charming villages, beautiful hills and a great network of touring roads to discover all the hidden treasures in Dumfries and Galloway. What better way to do this than to own your own holiday home in the area.
The landscape of Dumfries & Galloway is awe inspiring come spring, summer, autumn or winter.
 The area offers unspoilt natural beauty and colour all year round. Perfect if you just like to relax or if you enjoy taking part in adventurous/outdoor activities. An amazing backdrop for both.
Dumfries and Galloway is also easy to reach, being near the English border. A four hour drive from Manchester or Leeds, three hours from Newcastle and three hours from Edinburgh.
Port William being particularly close to Stranraer and Cairnryan where there are approx 20 crossings per day to Belfast and Larne respectively where you could discover Northern Ireland or just go shopping for the day!
All this could be yours to explore, all year round, if you owned your own holiday home by the sea at West Barr. No need to book, just come and go as you please, home from home!
 Cycling - 7Stanes Scotland's Biking Heaven
www.7stanes.gov.uk
The 7stanes are a series of mountain bike centres in Forestry Commission Scotland forests in the Borders and Dumfries and Galloway: Glentress & Innerleithen, Newcastleton, Glentrool, Mabie, Ae, Dalbeattie and Kirroughtree. There are 400km of all-weather trail – more than enough for a week's holiday in the South of Scotland!
Bike Hire, Bike Repair & Bikes Sales (Newton Stewart)
www.hdi-online.biz
Books & Literature
Wigtown Book Festival
Wigtown is a historic market town on the Galloway coast that is home to 900 people, a malt whisky distillery and a quarter of a million books. Each year the autumn book festival provides ten days of readings, performances, exhibitions and debates, which prompts a mass migration of bibliophiles from all over Britain to this pastoral corner of Scotland.
Wildlife
Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Festival
Monreith Animal World
Walking & Hillwalking
Newton Stewart Walking Festival
Local Produce
Cream O' Galloway
Music Festivals
Creetown Country Music Festival
Horse Driving
Castle Kennedy Horse Driving Trials
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 Port William
A small harbour village which has a grocery store, newsagent, post office, petrol station and doctors surgery. There is a hotel and restaurants in the village as well as a tennis court and bowling green. The popular St Medan's Golf Club is only a short drive along the coast.
www.portwilliam.com
Stranraer
The well known ferry port to Northern Ireland and attractive prices make a day trip very enjoyable. Contact Stena Line 08705 70 70 70. Stranraer also has a leisure centre, Ryan Centre 01776 70 35 35. This has swimming pool with flume, spa, health suite, theatre and cinema.
www.stranraer.org
Newton Stewart
This is the local market town where there are the usual range of shops, coffee shops and cinema-01671 40 33 33.
www.newtonstewart.org
Whithorn
This has been a centre for pilgrimage as far back as the Dark Ages, the archaeological dig and visitor centre provide fascinating details of history in Scotland’s first recorded Christian community.
www.whithorn.com
www.whithorn.info
 Wigtown
The park is also a stones throw away from Wigtown which is known as Scotland's national book town. You will find lots of book shops, new and second-hand, where you can spend hours browsing through books old and new!
South West Scotland is a wonderful area with lots to do indoors & outdoors whether you enjoy hill walking, nature, cycling, fishing or just relaxing! This area has lots to offer everyone.
Monreith
Monreith village is situated 2 miles south-east of the harbour village of Port William and lies on Monreith Bay, looking out over Luce bay and on to the Rhinns of Galloway.
http://home.btconnect.com/monreith
Monreith Animal World
Glorious Galloway
Food, Art and Books are just three of the components the theme towns can offer the potential visitor to the Glorious Galloway but as we know there is so much more...
www.gloriousgalloway.com
Aldouran Wetland Gardens
Aldouran Wetland Gardens Wetland Habitat with Birdwatching Bird Hide, Community Garden & Woodland Walk.
Glenwhan Gardens
12 acres of beautiful gardens, lochs, pathways and vistas. Open from March - September.
Logan Botanic Garden
Logan is an exotic paradise tucked away on the south-western tip of Scotland and set amidst some of the most majestic scenery the country has to offer.
Wigtownshire County Golf Club
Stranraer Golf Club
Lagganmore Golf Club
Newton Stewart Golf Club
St. Medan Golf Club
Portpatrick Golf Club
Tigh Na Mara Hotel
Bladnoch Inn
Gallie Craig Coffee House
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