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. Aberdour Hotels aims to provide the best rates on hotels in Aberdour, Fife and surrounding areas via an easy and secure online booking service. On the website you will find everything you need to plan, book or explore your destination, including car rentals and hotel reservations. You can browse through the featured hotels or find hotels nearby by customizing your search with your travel dates. Accommodation in Scotland includes a range of hotels, cheap hostels, bed and breakfasts, guest houses, timeshares and luxury hotels Scotland. The site also has a section on popular Scottish castles and another on popular walks to encourage you to travel around - and find appropriate accommodation in the area. 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. 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. Book Cottages and Holiday Properties Click on Scotland in the United Kingdom map for cottages and holiday properties in various parts of the country. All UK cottages are divided into regions and then locations in order to make finding a cottage as easy as possible. When you have selected a specific location, an extensive list of cottages is then displayed. 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. Country Cottages in Scotland has a wide selection of holiday cottages including sections on Log cabins, lochside locations, pet friendly country cottages and self catering cottages in Scotland with hot tubs. In addition to covering accommodation in various areas of Scotland the site also has information on popular areas in Scotland. 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. 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 Apartments has over 380 apartments in Scotland's capital. Find, choose and book your self catered apartment online. Live availability search lets you home in on properties available for the period you want to book althogh you can also search by property name or view all properties. 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. Edinburgh Flats Self Catering provides short term accommodation listings in and around the heart of Edinburgh. Probably the biggest range of Edinburgh self catering apartments available, with great value holiday flats and user reviews so you can see what other guests think. Online booking is available. Embrace Scotland Self Catering has holiday cottages and self catering accommodation from the Association of Scotland’s Self Caterers (ASSC). 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. Let in Edinburgh has well over 400 self-catering properties in Edinburgh. You can search for availability and get a listing of suitable apartments - with full details and with each location shown on a helpful Google Maps system. Compare prices and facilities and book on-line via a secure connection. 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. 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. George Goldsmith - Sporting Estates, Country Houses & Castles Rentalhas an extensive portfolio of sporting estates, country houses and castles throughout Scotland, for a perfect sporting or family holiday, memorable weekend, special occasion or corporate event. They will advise you on the perfect property for your requirements and also have a sales section, for those who are interested in buying a country house or estate in Scotland. Glasgow Airport Hotels provides information and links to hotels convenient to Glasgow airport, including Holiday inn, Holiday Inn Express, Ramada Glasgow Airport, Normandy Hotel and Ashtree Houde Hotel. The site also covers hotels some distance from the airport and 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. Go 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. Gosimply Airport Hotels searches reservation and direct hotel sites, then compares the total price, including taxes, fees and rebates to find you some of the cheapest hotel deals available. There are specific pages for airport hotels near Glasgow Airport, Edinburgh Airport and Aberdeen Airport. 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. Highlands' Best Bed and Breakfast Accommodation has a handpicked selection of high quality B&B's ranging from modern villas to period properties in pretty rural villages and bustling coastal towns. Each and every property has been independently assessed by tourism industry experts and all bed and breakfasts listed are committed to continuous improvement based on customer feedback and industry best practice. Highland Club Scotland Holiday Rentals and Self Catering Accommodation havs exclusive lakeside self catering cottages, lodges and apartments at Loch Ness, focused on Fort Augustus Abbey Recently redeveloped, the abbey now provides some of the best self catering holiday rental apartments and cottages in Scotland with many indoor and outdoor facilities to cater for family holidays. 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. Hoseasons Country Holiday Cottages has self catering country holiday cottages for all the family throughout the UK, including many in Scotland. There's wide assortment of holiday cottages and the site allows you to home in on specific areas of interest. Hostels in Scotland has one of the largest selections of Scottish hostels on the internet with over 100 all available to book online. Navigate to your area of interest using the tabs or the accommodation search function Hostels are the ideal solution for those who want to see Scotland but are travelling on a budget; many are in city centre locations and are available for as little as £12 per night. There is also an accommodation map showing all the hostels currently listed throughout Scotland showing their rates and property name. 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. 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, Guest Houses and Self Catering accommodation as well as 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 Self-Catering offer self-catering cottages all over Scotland. The company aims to provide "home from home" holiday accommodation which can range from a simple cottage to a grand country house with a private swimming pool. The website offers easy access to all their Scottish properties and you can check availability and book securely online at the click of a button. 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. McQuade Hotel Group in Scotland offers hotel and self catering accommodation to the west of the city centre of Glasgow. The group consists of a 4 star hotel, The Acorn Hotel; 3 star Ambassador and Albion Hotels and 4 star fully serviced self catering flats in their City and Embassy apartments. Pad Pod Self Catering is an Edinburgh holiday rentals listings and visitors city guide designed to help make your accommodation search in Edinburgh as simple as possible. Ideal for browsing a range of properties for the short breaks and holiday homes. 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. Premier Inn budget priced motel chain has premises at convenient locations across Scotland, including Aberdeen, Ayr, Dundee, Dunfermline, Edinburgh, East Kilbride, Falkirk, Fort William, Glasgow, Greenock, Inverness, Livingston, Lockerbie. Private House Stays is a cooperative of Guesthouses, private B & B, boutique Hotels and owner-occupied accommodation that shares overflow internet traffic and enquiries amongst its members. The booking process is made simple by providing information on properties locations and room availability at the first point of contact. Further information in relation to the accommodation can be found by direct access to the accommodation's own web site and by providing links to local sightseeing attractions, local facilities and local cultural events. Reserve Glasgow Self Catering in Glasgow with Online Booking. Live availability search lets you home in on properties available for the period you want to book although you can also search by property name or view all properties. ReserveGlasgow.co.uk website. Self catering accommodation in Glasgow that you can book instantly online. Wed Nov 24 2010 12:15:59 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time) Scotland Accommodation Directory lists several hundred Scottish hotels, country houses, self catering and bed and breakfast establishments, divided into the main regions and cities. Brief descriptions and links are provided for each location. 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 Cottages choose from a range of 17 self catering holiday cottages in Scotland (part of a larger site covering the whole of the UK). Scroll down to view Scotland cottages featured and to click through for more information, photographs, a price guide, property location maps and links to the property's own website. 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. 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. Travelodge for low cost motel accommodation in Aberdeen, Ayr, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. 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. Travel Supermarket allows visitors to compare more than 55 hotels in Edinburgh with one search. 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. 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. 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).
This budget-price motel-style group has over 100 hotels across the UK, Ireland and Europe. The Scottish locations are: Another part of the group is Holiday Inn with establishments in Edinburgh (Corstorphine Road, Edinburgh (Queensferry Road) and Glasgow-Theatreland and East Kilbride and Glasgow Airport 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 and Erskine Bridge Hotel, located close to Glasgow International Airport and major road links. 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. This company has an extensive list of quality hotels around Scotland, including the following castles:-
Mackay's Agency has been offering self catering holidays in Scotland since 1970 - everything from a simple Scottish cottage to a grand country house with a private swimming pool. They are dedicated to providing the widest selection of value-for-money cottages in Scotland. They are one of the leading independent cottage letting agencies in Scotland and have around 475 properties throughout the country including over 60 apartments in Edinburgh.You can check availability and book securely online at the click of a button.
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. If you are looking for Campsites in Scotland the Scouts have a list which covers Scotland as well as other parts of Britain. |
Where else would you like to go in Scotland?
