Glengarry Castle Hotel
Invergarry, Highland
Good Hotel Guide Review
A rambling Victorian baronial pile on the shore of Loch Oich, at the heart of the Great Glen, with the history-freighted ruins of Invergarry Castle in its grounds, has been run as a hotel by the MacCallum family for more than 60 years. A trusted reader who picked it pin-in-map fashion was not disappointed: ‘It was wonderful.’ Within you will find blazing log fires, patterned carpet, gilt-framed landscape paintings and stag heads – the authentic Scottish country house experience. Some bedrooms are huge, with loch views, lots of comfy seating, perhaps a four-poster or half-tester bed. ‘Ours was magnificent, with sheets and blankets rather than horrid duvets, and an amazing, long bath.’ You can relax in ‘large and wonderful lounges’ over a drink. ‘There is no bar, so all requests have to be to the reception desk, but it seems to work.’ At dinner, short menus bring a choice of dishes such as polenta, watercress purée, roasted garlic; confit Wester Ross salmon; Puy lentil, potato and vegetable pie. ‘We asked the waiter how long he had been there. It turned out he was one of the family.’ (JB)
Hotel details
Address
Invergarry
Highland
PH35 4HW
Scotland
Telephone
01809 501254
Bedrooms
26.
Open
8 Apr–31 Oct.
Facilities
library, lounge with bar service, in-room TV (Freeview), 60-acre grounds (gardens, woodlands, tennis, rowing boats).
Background music
none.
Children
all ages welcomed, not in deluxe bedrooms (ages 3–12 £25, over-12s £50 on extra bed, children’s supper by arrangement).
Dogs
allowed by arrangement in some bedrooms (no charge), and hall, not in deluxe rooms, lounge or library.
Credit cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £150, singles from £100. Fixed-price dinner £38.