National Trust places in Aberdeenshire

One of Scotland's largest tower houses, with a listening hole, secret stairs, a Raeburn and a walled garden that feeds the tearoom.

The pink Aberdeenshire tower house of 1626 said to have inspired Disney's Cinderella castle, seen by small guided tours.

16th-century Deeside tower house with painted ceilings, the Horn of Leys and a walled garden famous for its 1702 yew hedges.

One of Scotland's oldest tower houses on Deeside, held by the Irvines for 24 generations, with a 4,000-book library, rose garden and ancient oak wood.

800-year-old Aberdeenshire castle of five towers with Raeburn portraits, Edwardian interiors and a loch walk, seen by guided tour.

William Adam's Palladian house of 1732 with opulent Victorian interiors, the Gordon family's portraits and 85 castle paintings by James Giles.

Ten generations of one family's home and belongings, with a hillside garden, moon gate, rock garden and three woodland trails.

Britain's largest National Nature Reserve in the Cairngorms, with the Linn of Dee, fifteen Munros and a reborn Caledonian pinewood.

Re-created 17th-century walled garden with six miles of box hedging, 30,000 bedding plants, an apple orchard and the Museum of Farming Life.