Viewfield House
Portree, Highland
Good Hotel Guide Review
Set within a comfortable expanse of wooded acreage, the Macdonalds’ ‘fabulous’ country house is run in ‘an efficient but relaxing way’. The family is at the heart of everything, with Iona Macdonald (and her husband, Jasper), the latest generation to extend a ‘warm welcome’, while her father, Hugh is a fount of knowledge about the Garden Collective project managed by a team of dedicated volunteers. The property, a Georgian house extended in Victorian times, holds a rich collection of antiques and colonial memorabilia collected over 150 years, the hall sporting trophy heads and horns alongside taxidermy. Some guests may find it a little dated, but it all adds to the unstuffy atmosphere of an ongoing house party. The ‘excellent, comfortably appointed’ bedrooms, including two in newly converted stables, might have a fireplace, brass bedstead, period writing desk, or a window seat gazing out to sea or over woodland. In the evening, there is soup, cheeseboard, and a Scottish charcuterie plate on offer. ‘We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and hope to visit again.’ (A and EW, and others)
Hotel details
Address
Viewfield Road
Portree
Highland
IV51 9EU
Scotland
Telephone
01478 612217
Bedrooms
13. 1 on ground floor, 2 in adjacent converted stables, 1 suitable for disabled.
Open
Apr–Oct.
Facilities
drawing room, morning/TV room, dining room, free Wi-Fi, 20-acre grounds (croquet, swings), public rooms wheelchair accessible.
Background music
none.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed in bedrooms, not in public rooms.
Credit cards
MC, Visa.
Prices
per person B&B £73–£100, D,B&B £98–£125. Set dinner from £25. 1-night bookings only on application in high season.
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Viewfield House
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- Huffington Post: Ten of the Best Scottish Hotels
We stayed in two different second-floor rooms; both were excellent, large and comfortable with sea views. The staff were all fwelcoming. The food was superb. Their kitchen capacity is limited, so dinner was fixed at 7.30pm, and you were asked to select your menu choices at breakfast. I have very specific dietary constraints, and they were more than happy to help with this, to the point of creating a quite different starter on one day.The wine list is short but adequate and very reasonably priced. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay.
- Alan & Edwina Williams - June 2018
Last updated:
October, 2019. Information from the 2020 Good Hotel Guide
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