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Welcome to Galloway... we're
closer than the Highlands!
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Welcome to the Real Galloway Tourist Route website which has been
set up by The Wigtownshire Chamber of Commerce to promote Galloway amid ongoing concern that the official Galloway Tourist
Route misses out most of Galloway and sends visitors into neighbouring Ayrshire instead!
Now, we've
nothing against Ayrshire, but we think it's a real pity that anyone following the official signposted Galloway Tourist
Route from the Border at Gretna leaves Galloway north of Castle Douglas on the A713 and misses out on all that Galloway has
to offer.
For visitors from England, we're much closer than the Highlands.
In fact, we're just over an hour from the M6 motorway at the border near Gretna, yet we're a world away in terms of
tranquility and the natural beauty of the area. Galloway has the lowest population density of anywhere in Britain which makes
it a haven from the hustle and bustle of modern life. Galloway also has more sunny days than the Midlands counties of England.
If you are coming from England, the Real Galloway Tourist Route starts in The Stewartry. Follow it through The Machars and The Rhins all the way to Stranraer! From Ayrshire and the Central Belt, take the A77 coastal road to Stranraer and begin the Real Galloway
Tourist Route trail from there all the way to Castle Douglas.
We look forward
to welcoming you to Galloway soon!
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© The Real Galloway Tourist Route is an initiative of the Wigtownshire
Chamber of Commerce, The Business Centre, 6-8, Queen Street, Newton Stewart, DG8 6JL. Telephone: 01671 403875
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