Tea room revamped (has it lost its character?? The lady who served us was wonderfully helpful and polite); house as marvellous as ever, but one of the guides seemed more interested in his rugby match than helping us!!
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Duff House
Banff AB45 3SX, Scotland
+44 (0)1261 818 181
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Ranked #4 of 6 attractions in Banff
Type: Historic Sites
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A magnificent early Georgian mansion, designed by William Adam for the Earl of Fife. It is considered to be an Adam masterpiece and is one of the most...
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A magnificent early Georgian mansion, designed by William Adam for the Earl of Fife. It is considered to be an Adam masterpiece and is one of the most important buildings in the North. The foundation stone was laid on the 11th June 1735 and the building was finished five years later, although it took over 100 years to complete the interior. Duff House is a jewel set in a stunning triangle of coast, river and parkland. There is a tea room and shop on ground-floor level, as well as temporary exhibitions by visiting artists and societies.
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Superb house with excellent exhibitions. Well worth a visit for lunch. All food is home made and the staff are welcoming. There is lots for children and their is a play park in the grounds.
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moray
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stumbled upon this review site by accident, so though i have been to Duff house many times over a number of years i havnt been for a couple of years, am interested to note that they have had the tea room done up, thats good though the last one passed muster for us as well. the reason for my review...
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Huntly, United Kingdom
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Family came to stay with us so we went here for a days outing. Only thing that spoilt it was the showers as there was an excellent play park outside for children and grounds to walk around which we missed. The house though was very interesting full of history and very friendly staff. A real bonus was that they provided...
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Dallas, Texas
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Enjoyed the marvelous grounds of Duff House before making our way inside the beautiful old house. We enjoyed our visit at the recently updated cafe, having a mavelous soup and coffee and a very nice cake for dessert. Staff were attentive, helpful, and very friendly. Fortified, we made our way to the gift shop to purchase our tickets, then watched...
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Aberdeenshire
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Nice for walks, exhibitions and cafe has a lovely old fashioned feel great for snacks and lunch- good all year round place to visit. Has a park for children
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Dunipace, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Loved our visit here. Loads to see in the house and huge grounds. There are playgrounds for kids and walks for the dogs.
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Lovely building and wonderful suroundings. has little gift shop and lovely cafe with very lovely cakes
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Turriff, United Kingdom
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When Arriving,i asked Scaffolders if the Place(DH) was opened.(it looked dead) In the large entrance hall with all the Souvenirs on display,you have to get /purchase your Tickets for the DH.the Woman behind the Desk ignored me (i was invisible) for 5 Minutes,while my relatives from the US and Germany and a look through the Souvenirs.After 5 minutes i had...
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ByDuffHouse, General Manager at Duff House, responded to this review
October 29, 2012
Thank you for taking the time to provide a review and we're really sorry to hear that your visit in August fell short of your expectations.
We pride ourselves in our customer service and can only apologise that you were not greeted in the customary warm welcome.
Please do feel free to contact me directly to provide more information so...
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Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Duff House is an impressive building, with lovely grounds and even an adventure playground for the children. However, once you actually enter the building you soon start to feel a bit let down. A fifteen-minute video introduction is given which will leave you wishing for a fast-forward button. Your bag is then confiscated from you to prevent you taking photographs,...
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ByDuffHouse, General Manager at Duff House, responded to this review
October 29, 2012
We really appreciate you taking the time to give us feedback and we are pleased that you and your family enjoyed the play park. We are only sorry that you didn't enjoy your visit inside as much. The paintings are on loan from the National Galleries of Scotland so they are of the very best but we appreciate that art...
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