Location: Alloway
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The 6 Best Things to do in Alloway, Scotland
Alloway (Gaelic Allmhaigh, pronounced [aɫ̪avaj]) is a conservation village that is now a suburb of Ayr. It is best known as the birthplace of Robert Burns and the setting for his poem "Tam o' Shanter". Tobias Bachope, the mason responsible for the construction of Hopetoun House, Craigiehall, and Kinross House, also hailed from Alloway.
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1. Scruffy Dog Tours - Day Tours
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
Ghost walk in Historic, Haunted Alloway, birthplace of Robert Burns
2. Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
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4.5 based on 29 reviews
Reviewed By 9kirks - Pennsylvania, United States
I am not familiar with Robert Burns, nor his writings. Yet after seeing his birthplace and touring the museum I have become quite interested in his life. The museum is laid out in a way that piques the interest of the visitor. Also - and I love this as much of his writing is in the Scots Gaelic language - when his writing is listed on a wall or exhibit area, the curators translate many of the words below. Very helpful to one not graced with a great literary background. The kirk in the town of Alloway is beautiful and a short walk from both the museum and the birthplace residence.
3. Alloway Auld Kirk
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4.0 based on 9 reviews
Reviewed By hairdy - Preston, United Kingdom
You have to spend some time here, and absorb the spooky location, and take yourself back in time to when Burns wrote of this Auld Kirk featuring heavily in Tam O'Shanter, very evocative
4. Chris Swaine
Chris is a retired Learning & Development manager. He now manages their self catering accommodation as well as managing their 4.5 acre woodland garden on the banks of the River Doon, along with their ducks, chickens and Norwegian Forest cat. And of course, their wonderful honey bees whose only purpose in life is to do good stuff for the environment!
