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Elgin is well served by public transport, with the Aberdeen-Inverness train stopping here several times a day. The bus station is on Alexandra Road (tel 01343/544222), a block from St Giles Church, while the train station is slightly less convenient, on the south side of town on Station Road (turn right out of the station, left at the island and up Moss Street to reach the centre).

The tourist office , 17 High St (July & Aug Mon-Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 11am-6pm; April-June & Sept Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm; Oct-March Mon-Sat 10am-4pm; tel 01343/542666), will book accommodation . Central Belleville B&B , 14 South College St (tel 01343/541515, belleville@talk21.com ; under £40) is good value; five miles east of town in Urquhart, the Old Church of Urquhart (tel 01343/843063; £40-50) is an unusual and comfortable B&B in a striking converted church on Meft Road.

For food , the Abbey Court restaurant (tel 01343/552849) on Greyfriars Street offers good food at low prices, while the Emperor (tel 01343/551133), next to the Elgin Museum on North College Street, serves commendable Thai and Chinese dishes. For great picnic foods, head to the old-fashioned high-street store Gordon & McPhail, 58-60 South St, an Aladdin's cave of aromas, colours and delicacies, which sells one of the widest range of malt whiskies in the world.