Rusko Holidays offers secluded, quality-assured, traditional self-catering cottages set amid magnificent Scottish scenery in the heart of one of Scotland’s National Scenic Areas

Our holiday accommodation comprises a beautiful large holiday house and 3 charming, cosy, comfortable cottages (one of which is accessible for wheelchairs for disabled holidays), on a lovely private estate on the edge of the Galloway Forest Park. There is an all-weather tennis court, loch and river fishing with tuition given. Stabling and grazing is available for your own horses and well-behaved pets are very welcome too.

Rusko is ideally placed in the centre of this beautiful, unspoilt and undiscovered region of Scotland for touring and enjoying the wonderful walking, cycling, horse riding and driving, sailing and bird-watching – making this the perfect “get away from it all” break for people of all ages and interests. Even Edinburgh and Glasgow, Arran and Northern Ireland are within reach for a day trip!

This a well-equiped Victorian cottage set in the grounds of an 18th century mansion house with many fine trees and rhododendrons.

The accommodation is all on the ground floor and comprises a sitting room with open fire, dining room, spacious kitchen and bathroom, one double bedroom and one twin.

This cottage has a fenced-in garden making it especially suitable for guests with small children and dogs.

As the stables and paddock are nearby, it is ideal for people bringing their own horses.

Facilities include: digital colour TV, video, Hi Fi, washing machine/tumble dryer, microwave, payphone, garden furniture, barbecue and golf club / bike store.

Has been graded 4 star by VisitScotland and has proved to be a great success with disabled visitors from as far away as the south of France and several local visitors who come to stay on a regular basis. We try to accommodate as many special needs as possible, with help from the local Social Work Department who lend us special equipment as and when we need it. We are most grateful to the Stewartry Coalition of Disabled People for their continuing help and advice and to all our visitors for their suggestions and comments, which help us to be as “inclusive” as possible.

Facilities include: Colour digital TV, Video, Hi Fi, Microwave, Telephone, garden furniture and barbecue.

We have recently constructed a wildlife pond and garden at Rusko House, which is wheelchair accessible and has been enjoyed by many of our visitors, both disabled and able-bodied. At the suggestion of one of our guests we have provided a bird table at Upper Rusko Cottage and will shortly be putting together some “identification sheets” to add interest. There are many wheelchair friendly walks in the area, both in the Galloway Forest Park and in the Cally Woods and the quiet road outside the cottage is a fantastic place for watching moorland birds! Cardoness Beach is wheelchair friendly as they have rubber mats (for launching boats!) leading down to the sand and, apart from a short bit of soft sand, most of the beach is hard enough for wheelchair and pushchair access. There is also access to the foreshore at Carrick, but not to the beach itself. There are several wheelchair accessible fishing lochs in the area (Whiteloch and Penninghame lochs) and most of the local Visitor Centres are fully accessible. Even some of the 7 Stanes Mountain Bike trails are accessible – they even have specially adapted “buggies” for hire! We are also compiling a list of wheelchair friendly restaurants – see our “Links” page. In Gatehouse the Masonic Arms, Murray Arms, Anwoth Hotel, Bank of Fleet, Galloway Country Style and Mill on the Fleet are all accessible.

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