Rampant Scotland Directory! 
The accommodation listed below consists of the hotel chains and other sources of lists of accommodation. On another page of Rampant Scotland there is a list of Individual Hotels, Guest Houses and B&B establishments.
Collections of Accommodation
Abade Self Catering (the name is derived from the old Scot's word meaning, "abode" or "home") has a selection of self catering holiday cottages in Perthshire ranging from a 19th Century chapel, a converted mill house by a loch-side, a secluded stables conversion and an architect-designed wing of a modern house with stunning views. AccomoDATA-Scotland is the Scottish section of a UK site giving hotels, bed and breakfast accommodation, country cottages and activity holidays. Accommodation in the West of Scotland has a selection of bed and breakfasts, self-catering chalets, hotels and guesthouses across the north-west of Scotland (including Skye and the Western Isles). The site covers not just in the major towns but also some of the more out-of-the-way locations Active Hotels offers instant on-line booking for more than 1600 hotels in the UK, with 291 located in Scotland. The site has helpful maps to help you find locations and illustrations of the properties on offer. Apex International Hotel is a Scottish contemporary hotel group with three hotels in Edinburgh (Apex City, Apex International and Apex European) and the new Apex City Quay in Dundee. Website contains a variety of short breaks and online booking. Association of Scotland's Self-Caterers is the official trade body for self-catering in Scotland. The site lists properties all over Scotland, ranging from cottages to castles, city centre flats to farm steadings, lodges to lochside locations. They are listed geographically within regions. Bookings are made direct with individual property owners. The Member's Handbook of the Automobile Association has long been a source of places to stay and eat. The Web site follows a similar format of graded establishments with the benefit of a search engine to narrow down the choice. The site appears to have the whole content of the printed handbook, covering the whole of the UK, not just Scotland. A winner! Avaweb Accommodation has hotels, bed and breakfasts, guest houses and self catering, rental accommodation in the UK. Properties are listed by various regions, including a number in Scotland. B&B in Scotland has over 385 Bed and Breakfast establishments and guest houses on its Web pages. Just pick a region from their map and view the bed and breakfast accommodation available. You can pay your deposit online via their secure server. Bed and Breakfast Scotland allows you to choose location, room type, price - then search to accurately produce a list of bed and breakfast establishments within miles of each other rather than over greater distances. Or find accommodation through a simple to use Interactive Map or by entering a County, Region, Town, Village or even Post Code. You can make an enquiry directly with the B&B through their simple online booking form. Best Western represent over 35 high-quality hotels throughout Scotland. Whether you require an Inverness hotel or an hotel in Aberdeen for your Highlands trip, or an Edinburgh hotel for sightseeing in the capital, Best Western can provide the ideal booking. Beul na Mara Guest House and Cottages on the Isle of Harris are located on the shore of one of the most beautiful beaches in Harris, overlooking Luskentyre and Taransay across the Seilebost estuary. The guest house is centrally heated and all bedrooms have ensuite shower and tea making facilities. There is a guest TV lounge and conservatory both of which overlook the beaches. The two self catering cottages sleep 7 and 5 respectively. B2C Worldwide Hotels - Edinburgh offers a selection of many hotels in Edinburgh with free online booking. Their special Internet rates give you up to 75% discount on Edinburgh hotels including Hotel Original Raj, Thistle Edinburgh, Carlton Green, Royal British, Learmonth Ramada Jarvis, Greens, Osbourne, Hanover, Albany, and Houston House hotels. B2C Worldwide Hotels - Glasgow offers a selection of many hotels in Glasgow with free online booking. Their special Internet rates give you up to 75% discount on Glasgow hotels including Carlton George, Marriott Glasgow, Novotel Glasgow, Jarvis Ingram and Quality Central Hotels plus low-cost establishments such as Greek Thomson Hotel, Theatre Hotel, Jurys Glasgow and Holiday Inn Glasgow Airport and City West. Classic Scotland has a selection of over 60 hotels in Scotland, all of which are individually managed and owned. Locations are all across Scotland from Wick to Dumfries and there is an active map which brings up the details of the individual properties. Clean Air Cottages is an off shoot of the highly successful Large Holiday Houses and Little Holiday Houses websites and brings together only those properties which do not allow smoking inside the premises. The site features both self catering cottages and larger properties such as castles, mansions, lodges and farmhouses where the air, fabrics and furniture are free of the smell of cigarette smoke. Cottages and Castles Holiday Accommodation offer a wide selection of holiday properties throughout Scotland including over 140 Self Catering Cottages ranging from traditional crofters' cottages to large lodges; Large Holiday Homes - lodges and country mansions situated throughout Scotland; Castles in Scotland featuring a selection of Scottish Castles, ideally suited to house parties and corporate entertainment. In Destination Scotland you select a region, a town and type of accommodation plus any local amenity you regard as essential and the technology provides you with a list of appropriate establishments. You can go to a smart page for each with all the essential information you need - including a photo. The number of establishments covered is not yet large but no doubt it will grow! Dumfries and Galloway Accommodation has a comprehensive and detailed accommodation directory covering hotels, bed and breakfats, guest houses, self catering, caravan and campsites in and around Annan, Gretna, Moffat, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, Castle Douglas, Dalbeattie, Newton Stewart and Stranraer. Disabled Accommodation Guide has a Scotland section of a World-wide resource to assist disabled people find suitable accommodation. There are hotels and self catering accommodation for locations all over Scotland listed here. Distinctive Hotels in the Highlands of Scotland includes The Lodge on the Loch, Ballachulish Hotel and the Isles of Glencoe Hotel. Drumcroy Lodges have self catering accommodation in Aberfeldy, Perthshire with spectacular views over the River Tay. The Web pages are well illustrated, including a special page on Aberfeldy itself. Dumfries and Galloway Accommodation Providers web site provides an accommodation search for the area, including an interactive map to view all the current members. You can move and zoom the map to find your desired location and provider. Local visitor attractions, maps and travel information are also provided. Easyways Accommodation is an accommodation booking service which can organise all of the administration involved in booking your accommodation for the West Highland Way and St. Cuthbert's Way. e-availability.com is aimed at accommodation providers rather than those looking for somewhere to stay. It offers a fully automated booking system, fully secured online payments with no special software or skills required and complete integration with accommodation providers' own website. Ecosse Unique Holiday Cottages specialises in country holiday cottages in stunning locations. You can search the full range of cottages by using the interactive map or order a brochure by post. There is also a monthly e-magazine with information on locations and ideas for vacations. Edinburgh Covered offers a large selection of quality hotels in Edinburgh and the Edinburgh area. All accommodation can be booked safely on line with instant confirmation. Edinburgh Hotels and Cottages is part of the World Stay accomodation guide and has a selection of hotels, guest houses and apartments in Edinburgh and surrounding area. Edinburgh Principal Hotels Association represents a collection of leading three, four and five star Edinburgh hotels in the capital of Scotland, with online availablity and reservations. They have a range to suit all needs and tastes, from large and small luxury five star hotels, to privately owned boutique hotels, town house hotels, as well as low cost budget hotels. Festival Apartments in Edinburgh City Centre provide a wide range of self catering accommodation all year round. Ideal for city breaks, romantic weekends, golf trips, family holidays, business trips, stag and hen nights and Edinburgh Festival accommodation in central Edinburgh locations, including The Royal Mile, Old Town, New Town and Holyrood. CKD Galbraith Holiday Cottages has are over 200 privately-owned, self-catering cottages throughout Scotland, with online availability checking and booking. There are Choose from a traditional crofters cottage, a Victorian villa or a bungalow by the sea. They also have a Best Kept Secrets section with castles, lodges and mansions for holiday or corporate let throughout Scotland. Forth Bridge B&Bs are group of properties in Rosyth, North Queensferry, South Queensferry, Burntisland - within a short distance of the Rosyth-Zeebrugge Ferry and Edinburgh is not far away either. Four Star Hebrides Accommodation offers an mix of accommodation, luxury guesthouses and self catering cottages on the Isle of Lewis and the Isle of Harris, all accredited by VisitScotland as 4 Star. They are the island specialists in comfortable, luxurious and affordable 4 Star Accommodation, whether you are visiting the Hebrides on business, a short break - or the holiday of a lifetime. Glasgow Covered offers a large selection of quality hotels in Glasgow and the Glasgow area. All accommodation can be booked safely on line with instant confirmation. GNWS Accommodation Directory provides online bookings and tourist information for the city of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee and most Scottish regions, ranging from 5-star hotels to low-cost accommodation. Greater Glasgow & Clyde Valley Tourist Board has a good selection of accommodation, from budget priced bed and breakfasts to deluxe country house hotels. There are photos and also Web links, where available. All establishments have been inspected under the Scottish Tourist Board's Quality Assurance Scheme. Highdays Cottages has a collection of holiday cottages, UK wide with a number in Scotland. You specify your requirements and if there are cottagers available on the database you supply your name and address and details will be posted to you. Highland Lodges arranges vacations at traditional Highland estates in a range of locations in Scotland. In addition to fully catered accommodation in private houses, the company can organise an itinerary of activities and events, transport, catering staff, special interest weeks and sporting packages. Holiday Cottages Scotland concentrates on quality Scottish private holiday homes and traditional cottages providing self-catering accommodation. Holiday Aviemore has been formed by a group of local property owners in Aviemore, a picturesque town in the heart of the Scottish Highlands to present a selection of self catering acommodation in the town and the surrounding area. Holiday Lets Scotland operated by TS Properties offering a selection of quality self catering cottages and apartments across Scotland including Edinburgh, Perthshire, Fife, Stirlingshire, Angus, Argyll and the Scottish Highlands and Islands. Accommodation is listed by location, category (coastal, luxury, budget, romantic etc) or can be found via an interactive map. Holidaynet has a good collection properties divided into Hotels as well as Self Catering holiday cottage rentals and Bed and Breakfast. Hoppo has information on Budget hostel accommodation in Edinburgh and they can book independent hostels, budget hotels and guest houses, bunkhouses and bothies throughout the mainland and islands of Scotland. Hotels in Glasgow have a good selection of Glasgow hotels which are ideal for a short break, business trip, or special occasion. All reservations are made on a secure server and there is no charge for the service. Hotel Net advertises a very good list of up-market hotels, frequently those with historic associations. The country is divided into regions and the hotels each have their own Web page with good descriptions and illustrations. There is an associated on-line e-mail enquiry service with an easy fill-in form. Holiday Rentals provides villas, houses, cottages and farm houses for rent around Scotland. Let's Go North has a search engine to find lots of accommodation of all kinds in Caithness and Sutherland. Large Holiday Houses specialises in providing quality self catering holiday homes throughout Scotland, England and Wales, in superb locations with a large selection of hand picked quality large holiday homes - including fully catered Castles, estate lodges, and a wide choice of country cottages, farmhouse and mansion houses, spread the length and breadth of Scotland. Little Holiday Houses specialises in providing quality self catering holiday homes throughout Scotland, with self catering cottages, lodges, apartments, crofts and farmhouses, in secluded glens, loch-sides, mountain locations or city apartments. The website is organised into popular categories and the clickable map of Scotland lets you find quickly what you are looking for in your preferred location. Loch Awe Community Web in Argyll has a selection of Hotels and Guest Houses as well as Self Catering accommodation as well covering tourism in the area in a well illustrated site. Low Cost Beds offer a wide range of deals on Edinburgh and Glasgow hotels and also cheap flights to Edinburgh and Glasgow, so you can book a low-cost Edinburgh or Glasgow weekend break online. Accommodation is not just in the budget range, but also includes four-star establishments. Mackay's Agency has over 1,500 self-catering holiday properties to rent but the site only has sample properties from their brochure - and tells you how to order their brochure. Milford - Scottish Lodgings has a wide range of accommodation, divided into the different regions and towns around the country. It provides brochures, reservations and, where available, e-mail addresses for accomodation in all parts of Scotland. Some of the hotels have links to their own advertisements and illustrations. Perthshire's Best has a range of graded B&Bs, hotels, guest houses and self catering properties, each with a photograph and price range. The site also lists related services and attractions in Perthshire, Angus and the Glens. Queensferry Hotels is a range of select hotels, including Bruntsfield Hotel, Edinburgh and Keavil House Hotel, Dunfermline. Scotland's Best B&Bs lists only those establishments which have gained Four od Five-Star rating from the Scottish Tourist Board. The many properties listed are easily accessed by region or by a geographical list of locations which is particularly useful if you know exactly where you are headed. Scotland-Breaks has a wide range of hotels, guest houses and B&B in all parts of Scotland. Searches can be by area, town or property type. Scotland's Group Guide is the extensive accommodation section of a large site designed to help you organise your visit to Scotland. Scottish Holiday Cottages provide self catering holiday accommodation to rent in locations throughout Scotland from the Borders to the Highlands. The holiday cottages are all privately owned and all are different reflecting the owner's taste. Choose from comfortable traditional crofter's cottages, luxurious loch-side lodges and home from home houses by the sea. ScottishHolidays.net has a growing number of sources of accommodation organised by using interactive, categorised maps. There are also pages with tourist information describing what each area has to offer. Scottish Hotel Guide has a list of hotels and guest houses with telephone numbers, addresses and number of rooms for each. Hotels belonging to large companies are excluded. Smooth Hound Hotels and Guest Houses has a good list of details for hotels and guest houses around the country including some more out-of-the-way places such as Alness. Some have e-mail addresses for on-line booking and a few even have discounts for quoting the Web site. Special-Edinburgh-Hotels and Special-Glasgow-Hotels offer a selection of 2-star to 4-star hotels in Scotland's two largest cities. Select a hotel in Edinburgh or Glasgow from their list and book online - with many special discounts and budget hotels offered. Stay in Fife is a small network of Bed and Breakfast establishments in Fife, mainly in the Falkland and Auchtermuchty area. All the featured establishments are members of the The Kingdom of Fife Tourist Board and VisitScotland and are all "Quality Assured" by the Scottish Tourist Board as "3 Star B&B". Strathmore Hotels consists of a small group of hotels in bothe Scotland and the north of England. The Scottish locations include the historic Salutation Hotel in Perth, the Royal Hotel in Oban, the Buchanan Hotel in Glasgow and the Nethybridge Hotel in Inverness-shire. StreetsAhead Self Catering is a well established provider of quality self catering accommodation in Glasgow. Properties include city centre apartments, houses with off road parking and private gardens, and apartments in the city suburbs. Lease or rent short term properties, flats or houses which have been independently graded by the regional Tourist Board. Thistle Hotels is a group of hotels in locations such as Inverness, Aberdeen, Dyce, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Irvine. Tomintoul and Glenlivet Highland Holidays is an association (not an agency) of owners of holiday businesses based on the Glenlivet Estate. The individual properties provide a range of self-catering cottages, hotels and farmhouse B&B's together with information about facilities and activities for visitors in the heart of Scotland's whisky country. The associated Glenlivet Estate Web site has lots of information on the area. The Scottish section of Travellers' World has hotels and guest houses in a searchable index; the individual entries have an illustration as well as details of the properties covered. TS Properties is a directory of self catering holiday or short term lets throughout Scotland. There is a late availability providing information on availability and special offers for stays within the next 30 days.Bookings can be made online and the site has a travel guide section for destinations in Scotland including Edinburgh, Fife, Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Angus. UK Lodging has a clickable map on the front page to allow you to zoom in to the area of interest. Properties have picture and e-mail contact. Unique Cottages have a range of carefully selected properties, many of the country cottages in outstanding locations. You can search their full range of cottages by using an interactive map or a search box. A number of Scottish Universities provide holiday/vacation accommodation and conference facilities outside of term time when students are not normally in residence and Napier University in Edinburgh and Glasgow University have Web sites providing details of their facilities. Vacations Scotland has a clickable map for the various areas of Scotland and details of properties covered. There is an e-mail address for each of the guest houses on the site. Visit Nairn is designed to help you find accommodation in and around Nairn on the Moray coast, listing Bed & Breakfast establishments, Guest Houses, Self Catering and Hotels. There are also pages about Nairn, events, an eating out guide and local news. Visit Us has 3,000 hotels and guest houses in the UK but currently the search engine could only find estblishments in Edinburgh and the Isle of Skye. Welcome to Britain covers 600 hotels in Britain including Edinburgh with a list of hotels, attractions and shops. Wotif.com is a global specialist in last-minute accommodation. You can obtain immediate booking confirmation for over 6000 hotels, motels, serviced apartments, resorts, guesthouses and bed & breakfasts in 36 countries. You can search within Scotland (outside of Edinburgh/Glasgow) or specific cities such as Edinburgh and Glasgow or Aberdeen.
This is a group of Scottish hotel owners who undertake to provide personal service and attention to detail. They are independent hotels, all privately owned and run. They cover a number of areas of Scotland and range from small country pubs, city centre hotels, village hotels to country house hotels. The locations include:
Hundreds of hotels throughout Scotland accessed by area from the site's maps or by selecting from a region. You can also check prices and availability and book on-line.
A collection of twenty nine privately owned Scottish hotels which are either working towards a 4 star rating or have attained 4 and 5 star standards. Most hotels are members of the Taste of Scotland scheme, many also belong to the Scotch Beef Club. There is a Hotel Finder menu allowing searches by region, town or facilities and each hotel entry has detailed information regarding facilities, leisure activities, area maps and location. In addition to new Hilton Hotels built in Scotland the company also took over a chain of hotels which had been created by Reo Stakis. The Scottish hotels are as follows:
Forte and Le Meridien Hotels have a worldwide network and the Scottish establishments which can be found via their search engine are shown below. (Their search engine does not permit copying results for an index such as this).
Ramada Jarvis can now offer you the opportunity to book your rooms on-line over the Internet on a secure booking connection. The hotels in Scotland are:
McMillan provides a beautifully illustrated list of quality establishments in south-west Scotland including North West Castle Hotel in Stranraer, Kirroughtree House Hotel in Newton Stewart and Cally Palace Hotel in Gatehouse of Fleet and Fernhill Hotel overlooking Portpatrick in Galloway. A group of hotels covering the UK. Those in Scotland include:
In addition to preserving and looking after scores of historic houses, gardens and countryside areas across Scotland, the National Trust also provides unique Scottish self catering holiday accommodation at a wide range of properties, including castles and croft houses, island country cottages, lodges, WWII radio towers, lighthouses and city apartments. Catering for single travellers to groups of up to 30, the National Trust for Scotland has around 70 of the most interesting and comfortable self-catering holiday properties. Note that there are reviews of some of the Trust accommodation in the "Great Places to Stay" section of Rampant Scotland - Eisenhower apartments at Culzean Castle and self-catering in the Georgian Harmony Mansion in Melrose, Scottish Borders plus Mar Lodge Braemar - amid 72,500 acres in the heart of the Cairngorms.
This is the Highlands of Scotland Tourist Board online booking system for hotels, bed and breakfast, guest houses, self-catering, campsite or hostel accommodation. It provides a one-stop guide to Highland accommodation. You can quickly search for accommodation to match your requirements, or you can browse full listings of establishments in each area. When you have found a place that appeals to you, you can contact the establishment directly or use the convenient online booking system. This is a group of thre and four star hotels in Aberdeen and nearby who have come together offer hospitality in the Granite City and Grampian Region. The site provides information in a standard format for them all, location maps and a link to the hotel's own Web site, where applicable. The individual hotels include:
This is a group of privately owned hotels, restaurants and tourism related organisations working together to bring you accommodation and dining in the Skye and Kyle of Lochalsh area. The establisments and their locations are: This is a privately owned company based in Edinburgh which has been providing hotel accommodation and hospitality in the UK since 1902. Most of their properties are in Scotland, including the following: Established in 1996, the group owns the the Normandy Hotel, Dean Park Hotel and Erskine Bridge Hotel, located just minutes from each other and close to Glasgow International Airport and major road links. A family owned group with four luxury 4 star hotels, each with a golfing theme:
This company arranges accommodation at Scottish castles and country mansions in a variety of formats - Serviced accommodation or Self-catering as well as Hotels and Estate Cottages. Luxury hotels with a difference are provided by this company who arrange accommodation at a variety of castles. Some of those with individual web pages include:
There is a List of 130 self-catering establisments around Scotland, divided into regions, including cottages in the grounds of Torrisdale Castle This company has an extensive list of quality hotels around Scotland, including the following castles:-
If luxury hotels are above your budget then you might consider a stay at a Youth Hostel. Locations and information are provided- including hostels with ghosts as well as the more usual residents. American Youth Hostels also has information and contacts for Scottish locations. If you are looking for Campsites in Scotland the Scouts have a list which covers Scotland as well as other parts of Britain. The Boy Scouts also provide a Where to stay in Europe which includes the Auchengillan Scout Outdoor Centre. |
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