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2,338 reviews

Cairngorm Hotel

Cairngorm Hotel

Grampian Road, Inverness, PH22 1PE, United Kingdom

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Skiing

Free parking

Restaurant

Free wifi

Room service

Bar

Parking On Site

Terrace

Cairngorm Hotel

Welcome to the Cairngorm Hotel, a charming 3-star property located in Aviemore, United Kingdom. Just a short 0.5mi stroll from the city center, this hotel is ideally situated for exploring all that Aviemore has to offer. With 2338 positive reviews, you can trust that your stay at the Cairngorm Hotel will be a memorable one.

Upon arrival, you will be greeted by a friendly 24-hour front desk staff. The hotel offers a range of amenities to make your stay comfortable, including free WiFi, room service, and a delicious breakfast. After a day of exploring, relax in the picnic area or terrace, or take in the stunning mountain views. The hotel even welcomes furry friends, with pet-friendly accommodations available for an extra charge.

With a starting price of $119, the Cairngorm Hotel offers a budget-friendly option for travelers looking to experience the beauty of Aviemore. Whether you're hitting the slopes for some skiing or simply enjoying the peaceful surroundings, the Cairngorm Hotel is the perfect choice for your next adventure.

When it comes to dining, the Cairngorm Hotel has you covered. The hotel features a family-friendly restaurant with a cozy ambiance, perfect for enjoying a delicious meal with your loved ones. The cuisine offered at the restaurant is Russian, providing a unique culinary experience for guests. Whether you're craving traditional Russian dishes or looking to try something new, the restaurant at the Cairngorm Hotel is sure to satisfy your taste buds.

For your convenience, the hotel accepts various payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro. Please note that cash payments are not accepted at the hotel, so be sure to have your card handy when settling your bill.

The Cairngorm Hotel offers a variety of comfortable and well-appointed rooms to suit every traveler's needs. From cozy economy double rooms to spacious king superior guest rooms, there is an accommodation option for everyone. Each room is tastefully decorated and designed with your comfort in mind. With amenities like free WiFi and room service, you'll have everything you need for a relaxing stay. So whether you're traveling solo or with a group, the Cairngorm Hotel has the perfect room to make your stay enjoyable.

Closest airports

Inverness Dalcross Airport

25.8mi

Dundee Riverside Airport

59.3mi

Aberdeen International Airport

61.2mi

Most popular amenities

Skiing

Free parking

Restaurant

Free wifi

Room service

Bar

Parking On Site

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Mountain view

Non-smoking rooms

Picnic area

Garden

Bathtub

Free toiletries

Rooms

Double Guest Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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Double Room

1 Double Bed

130 sqft

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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An en suite shower, blackout curtains and tea/coffee making facilities feature in this room. A cot can be added if you're traveling with infants.

Twin Guest Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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Room - 2 Twin

2 Twin Beds

130 sqft

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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An en suite shower, blackout curtains and tea/coffee making facilities feature in this room.

King Superior Guest Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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Superior, King Size

1 King Size Bed

1 Sofa Bed

160 sqft

Mountain view

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

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The largest rooms of all, the superior rooms come with a king-size bed, en suite bath and shower, sofa bed and blackout curtains. An extra child's bed or cot can be added if required.

Cozy Double Guest Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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Cozy

1 Double Bed

110 sqft

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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An en suite shower, blackout curtains and tea/coffee making facilities feature in these rooms. These rooms are smaller than the Double Room and have a 4-foot (47 in) mattress on the bed.

King Guest Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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King Room

1 King Size Bed

130 sqft

Private Bathroom

Bathtub

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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A king-size bed, en-suite shower and tea/coffee making facilities are featured in this room, along with blackout curtains.

Single Guest Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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Room - 1 Twin, Single Use

1 Twin Bed

110 sqft

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

Free toiletries

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Welcome to our cozy Single Guest Room, perfect for solo travelers. Enjoy the comfort of a private bathroom, flat-screen TV, and free toiletries. Unwind in our comfortable Twin bed and take advantage of amenities such as a tea/coffee maker.

Economy Double Room in Cairngorm Hotel

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Economy

1 Double Bed

130 sqft

Private Bathroom

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

Free toiletries

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Our Economy rooms are comfy and perfectly formed for couples. All rooms come with blackout curtains, ensuite shower and a cot can be added if you’re traveling with baby. The room is located above the bar and as such can suffer noise disturbance during service hours.

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Room, Single Use

110 sqft

Flat-screen TV

Tea/Coffee maker

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An en suite shower, blackout curtains and tea/coffee making facilities feature in this room.

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Guest reviews

8.4

2,338 reviews

Categories of assessments

Cleanliness

Comfort

Location

Facilities

Staff

Value for money

WiFi quality

Breakfast

Featured reviews:

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Jennifer

9.1

October 2022

Excellent room was lovely and very comfortable and nicely decorated. Everything was very clean. The staff were very chatty and friendly. The parking was perfect as was the location and I loved my view from the window looking out to the train station.

The room was on the cold side for me and I had to sleep in 2 jumpers on top of my pyjamas. It would have been nice if there was a non-dairy/plant based milk option in the room for the tea/coffee. On leaving the staff were very friendly but did not ask me if everything had been ok.

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Lynn

8.2

March 2023

We’ve stayed a number of times and love the relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. Our bedroom had a really large comfortable bed, great shower and very clean. Breakfast bacon rolls were yummy!

We’d stay more often if the bar was dog friendly. It’s strange as you well behaved dogs can stay at the hotel and you can sit with them in the lobby area but you cannot take them into the public bar which is odd. Each night of our stay someone walked into the bar with a dog and was asked to leave. Real shame in this is located in a very outdoor, dog friendly part of the world. Cairngorm Hotel, please reconsider your bar policy?

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D

9.1

September 2024

Delicious food, both at breakfasts and in the evenings. Lovely friendly, hardworking staff, big shout out to Ann and Jerry, both a credit to the team. Fabulous location. A beautiful hotel. A piper each evening is a lovely touch. Can't wait to come back.

Menu restrictive on a long stay, we ate out alternate nights, so this didn't actually become an issue. First come, first served dining is awful, I do feel residents should be able to book ahead if desired. Housekeeping staff are chatty and loud. They woke us most mornings. All staff need name badges. Saturday night was horrendous; a wedding party took over the reception area for a good few hours, we were made to feel uncomfortable coming and going to our room as the stairs had become seating. Couldn't hear myself think. The management really needs to think when booking in weddings at the expense of the comfort and enjoyment of the paying staying guests.

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Claire

10

January 2025

The location is perfect, right in the heart of the town and opposite the train station. Aviemore is a very cute small town so it is easy to walk everywhere and the views of the Cairngorms is breath-taking. Everyone we spoke to in the hotel, around town and in the general area were just so lovely. The rooms were decorated with tartan checks and so cosy, great shower and bed and pillows were super comfy. The general feel of the hotel was so warm and welcoming. Breakfast was very good, really loved the haddock and poached egg, it was cooked to perfection. The staff were all very friendly, serving breakfast with a smile, those behind the front desk were all incredibly helpful and in particular a massive shout out to the bar staff; they really were very fabulous and friendly with fantastic banter and humour. The music every night was so good and the musicians were brilliant and very interactive. On the last night my husband was feeling poorly so unfortunately we didn't get a chance to say goodbye but thank you guys for making our stay so so good :-) We really loved our time here so much, thank you to ALL of the staff for making our stay so enjoyable xxx

It was perfect here, I can't fault a thing.

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Jessica

9.1

June 2024

Good location to explore Cairngorms National Park. My room was a little cramped - the bed took up most of the room, so if you have a lot of luggage it would be a bit of a squeeze. Breakfast was really good, staff were very friendly - they very kindly carried my suitcase up two flights of stairs as there's no lift.

My room was at the front of the hotel, overlooking the carpark, so you got the lights shining up into the room and some noise from the bar downstairs. Some blackout curtains would assist with the light. Couldn't do much about the noise from the bar, but it went quiet around 11pm/12am so it wasn't too bad.

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Rowena

9.1

January 2025

Rooms were very cosy and equipped with everything you could need! Even with the snow outside the rooms were always warm and my partner and I never felt chilly. Staff were so lovely, we had tea in the restaurant and the staff seemed very busy but were still very accommodating and kind. The food in the hotel is superb!! We had a lovely meal with generous portion sizes! The breakfast was included and was a very good hotel breakfast! The location of the hotel is perfect for walking around Aviemore. The shops and other restaurants are within walking distance. There are many other areas around the hotel that are easily accessible by bus or car if you want to explore. I would definitely stay here again and would recommend to friends and family.

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Dalia

9.1

March 2024

Loved the lady at the reception, she was gracious, friendly and professional. The whole hotel was nice. Restaurant was also clean and service is super and food was amazing so much better than 5* restaurants in London.

I loved the hotel, however the heating kept going off middle of the night and having my elderly mother with join issues made it extremely difficult. I had to call the reception and he said it’s on a timer and will take it off. Second night it happened again and I had to call again, we wanted to extend for another third night but because we felt it will happen again we decided to check out on the planned date.

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Donna

9.1

April 2024

Breakfast was perfect. All breakfast staff were exceptional, making us feel very welcome and remembering details from previous days. Nothing was too much trouble, even providing us with a couple of bacon rolls on our day of departure as we didn’t have time for breakfast. All staff were welcoming and helpful. Comfy, clean bed. Plenty of hot water for shower. Brilliant location.

Found hangers in wardrobe difficult but a light in the wardrobe would help. Would have preferred a slightly larger TV. We opted to only have room serviced midweek which was absolutely fine. The only problem we had was washing tea cups in bathroom in the interim. It would have been useful to have somewhere to put dirty cups and pick up clean ones. We ate in the restaurant a couple of times, but as it is very popular we had to wait (this is made clear though). It would be nice to have a couple of ‘specials’ each evening in addition to the regular menu, especially as we stayed for a week. We dined at other local restaurants though that were very good and no distance at all.

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Sandy

10

October 2024

Having visited Aviemore since the late 70s this was actually or first stay in this beautiful hotel, A very well run hotel, staff were excellent and nothing was too much trouble, my wife and I both enjoyed the breakfast , a varied selection of porridge, cereals, fresh fruit, yogurt, toast and a wonderful Scottish breakfast, I overheard one guest asking for a fried egg roll which was no trouble. The evening meal we had in the restaurant was also excellent, my wife having the beer battered fish and chips while I had the steak, ale and mushroom pie which was very tasty indeed

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Mike

10

September 2024

Booking Cairngorm hotel was a last minute trip. They had one economy room left which after I'd booked it informed me that it could be noisy as it was located above the busy public bar. However the quality and presentation of the room was really superior and better than some 5 star rooms we have stayed in...well appointed and comfortable. Moreover although there was a packed bar and live singer (which we'd enjoyed ourselves in the bar) we could hardly hear it when we retired to bed. Sinèad was really helpful and arranged for us to put our e bikes in a locked storeroom overnight. Fantastic service.

Points of Interest Around Cairngorm Hotel

Attractions

Cairngorms National Park

7.1mi

Glenlivet Distillery

21.3mi

Clava Cairns

21.7mi

Culloden Battlefield

22.4mi

Dalwhinnie Distillery

23.1mi

Cawdor Castle and Gardens

23.5mi

Loch Ness

24.4mi

Great Glen Way

24.6mi

Inverness Castle

24.8mi

Urquhart Castle (Caisteal na Sròine)

24.8mi

River Ness (Abhainn Nis)

24.9mi

Old High Church (Old High St. Stephen’s)

25.1mi

Loch Ness Centre and Exhibition

26.3mi

Cardhu Distillery

26.6mi

Fort George

28.8mi

Restaurants

Restaurant #1

Cuisines

  • Russian

Ambiances

  • Family Friendly

Amenities of Cairngorm Hotel

Skiing

Free parking

Restaurant

Free wifi

Room service

Bar

Parking On Site

Terrace

24-hour front desk

Mountain view

Non-smoking rooms

Picnic area

Garden

Bathtub

Free toiletries

Stay rules - Cairngorm Hotel

  • Check-in / Check-out

  • Pets

  • Internet

  • Age restrictions

  • Curfew

  • Parking

  • Children and beds

  • Cards accepted at this property

Frequently Asked Questions - Cairngorm Hotel

Are pets permitted at Cairngorm Hotel?

Yes, you can stay with your pet at Cairngorm Hotel. Pets are allowed on request, although charges may apply.

What's the check-in and check-out schedule at Cairngorm Hotel?

Cairngorm Hotel offers check-in timings from 03:00 PM to 11:00 PM. Make sure to check out by 11:00 AM.

Is there parking at Cairngorm Hotel?

Yes, there is free public parking available at Cairngorm Hotel. The parking is conveniently located on site and there is no need to make a reservation for parking.

How much does a stay at Cairngorm Hotel cost?

Cairngorm Hotel has a starting price of $119 for accommodations. Do remember that actual rates might deviate based on the room and date. Insert your dates for a detailed price view.

Which room categories can I book at Cairngorm Hotel?

The Cairngorm Hotel offers a variety of room types including Economy Double, Twin Guest, Single Guest, King Guest, King Superior Guest, Double Guest, and Cozy Double. All rooms are non-smoking and have different sizes ranging from 108 sqft to 161 sqft. The rooms can accommodate either 1 or 2 adults, with some rooms able to accommodate 1 child as well. The bed sizes vary from Twin to Double, Queen, and King, with some rooms also featuring a sofa bed.

How can guests spend their time at Cairngorm Hotel?

At the Cairngorm Hotel, guests can make the most of their time with a variety of leisure amenities. Skiing is a popular option, allowing guests to enjoy the nearby slopes. The bar provides a relaxing atmosphere to unwind and socialize with other guests.

For those looking to explore the surrounding area, bicycle rental is available, allowing guests to take in the beautiful scenery at their own pace. In the evenings, guests can enjoy evening entertainment options provided by the hotel.

Additionally, the hotel offers a selection of board games and puzzles for guests to enjoy.

When it comes to dining, the hotel has an on-site restaurant. While the name is not provided, it is mentioned that it has a family-friendly ambiance. Guests can indulge in Russian cuisine at the restaurant, providing a unique and flavorful dining experience.

Are there restaurants located within Cairngorm Hotel?

Yes, the Cairngorm Hotel has a restaurant on site. The restaurant does not have a specific name listed, but it is described as family-friendly and offers Russian cuisine.

Does Cairngorm Hotel accept credit cards and cash payments?

No, Cairngorm Hotel does not accept cash payments. They only accept credit cards such as Visa, Mastercard, and Maestro.