Glencoe is Scotland's most dramatic and atmospheric glen, a wide U-shaped valley of volcanic rock enclosed by the Three Sisters ridges and the distinctive pyramid of Buchaille Etive Mor at its eastern entrance — a landscape that combines sublime natural beauty with the sombre legacy of the 1692 Massacre of Glencoe. The Glen is a premier rock climbing and winter mountaineering destination, and the A82 road through it is one of the most scenic drives in Scotland. Hotels in Glencoe village and the surrounding Lochaber area provide the best base for exploring this iconic Highland landscape.
Our Picks — Scottish Highlands
Fort William
Queen Victoria stayed here in 1873 and wrote that 'I never saw a lovelier or more romantic spot' — Inverlochy Castle remains one of Scotland's greatest hotels, a Victorian neo-baronial castle at the foot of Ben Nevis with 17 opulent rooms and a cooking style of exceptional refinement.
Auchterarder
Scotland's most famous hotel — a vast 1920s Edwardian palace in Perthshire with three championship golf courses, equestrian centre, shooting, falconry, and a spa of enormous size and quality. Gleneagles operates at a level of service and scale that has no peer in Scotland.
Dornoch
Andrew Carnegie's extraordinary private castle on the Dornoch Firth is now one of the world's most exclusive private clubs and hotels — a vast baronial estate with 12,000 acres of Highland countryside, its own golf course, falconry, and salmon fishing. Madonna was married here.
Sleat, Isle of Skye
The ancestral home of the High Chief of Clan Donald on the southern peninsula of Skye, Kinloch Lodge has been transformed into one of Scotland's finest country house hotels with 19 beautifully furnished rooms and a kitchen of genuine excellence overlooking a sea loch.
Torridon
A Victorian shooting lodge in the spectacular and remote Torridon glen — one of the most scenically dramatic places in all of Britain — The Torridon offers 18 rooms of real warmth, outstanding local Highland cuisine, and extraordinary walking from the door.
Inverness
A historic country house hotel on the southern outskirts of Inverness — the Highlands' capital city — Kingsmills delivers 147 well-appointed rooms, a leisure club, and a genuine Scottish warmth that makes it the most popular choice for exploring the Northern Highlands.
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