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scottish weekend break recommendations ?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:59 pm
by scott_e
Was thinking about a wee blast in the car up north some weekend. Can anyone recommend anywhere ?

Cheers
Scott

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:03 pm
by CSK_423
mcdonald highland resort, Aviemore, cairngorms are handy along with inverness

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:05 pm
by skellyjohn
Stayed at The Mcdonald highland resort, Aviemore last year and wasn't impressed at all. Looks a bit tired and run down in places and the staff attitude stinks!

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:14 pm
by kenny
North West.

Applecross,Torridon, Ullapool, Durness. Best roads, best scenery. No brainer.

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:36 pm
by scott_e
will have a look mcdonald highland resort.

Anymore places to stay people can recommend ?

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:47 pm
by ngaff1
skellyjohn wrote:Stayed at The Mcdonald highland resort, Aviemore last year and wasn't impressed at all. Looks a bit tired and run down in places and the staff attitude stinks!
Have to agree :thumbsdown but maybe I was just unlucky. Kenny's suggestion sounds good, some great roads.

Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 10:00 pm
by David Bryce
http://www.hilton.co.uk/craigendarroch

my girlfriend and I went there a few weeks ago, very nice, surprisingly cheap and of course, fantastic roads :D

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:55 am
by scott_e
thanks for that
scott

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:22 am
by MacK
skellyjohn wrote:Stayed at The Mcdonald highland resort, Aviemore last year and wasn't impressed at all. Looks a bit tired and run down in places and the staff attitude stinks!
It depends which hotel you stay in, they are all various 'old' hotels which have been re-furbished to varying degrees. The Highlands is probarbly the best..

Can't say I've ever noticed the staff to be anything other than friendly and helpfull.

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:20 am
by simon
kenny wrote:North West.

Applecross,Torridon, Ullapool, Durness. Best roads, best scenery. No brainer.
:withstupid

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:33 am
by mrbennybennett
Im just back from a weekend at the Plockton Hotel which is excellent - its the second time ive been and would definatley go back.

The roads around there are quality too - unfortunaltey I was in a VW Golf :roll:

http://www.plocktonhotel.co.uk/plockton.html

Anthony

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 11:13 am
by GilesM
Scott

I've stayed in the two Hotels below, both really good, if you use these ones you can have a great drive around lots of the best bits of Scotland.

http://www.muckrach.co.uk/

http://www.eilean-iarmain.co.uk/home.html

Giles

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:33 pm
by basil
http://www.corriegour-lodge-hotel.com/

Highly recomend this place, its dear but weell worth it.

Posted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 5:55 pm
by Victor Meldrew
http://www.muckrach.co.uk/

consider this a second recomendation....

we had New Year there once. Fabulous. Food was amazing, roads nearby are quality. Treated like family and made to feel really welcome.

Posted: Sat Jul 07, 2007 2:02 pm
by CSK_423
MacK wrote:
skellyjohn wrote:Stayed at The Mcdonald highland resort, Aviemore last year and wasn't impressed at all. Looks a bit tired and run down in places and the staff attitude stinks!
It depends which hotel you stay in, they are all various 'old' hotels which have been re-furbished to varying degrees. The Highlands is probarbly the best..

Can't say I've ever noticed the staff to be anything other than friendly and helpfull.
I agree was ready to post something similar, although I did visit it some time ago.