Dog-friendly castle hotels in Scotland

Level 5 True Castle

Mingary Castle

Kilchoan, Ardnamurchan, Highland

A late 13th-century curtain-wall castle, restored between 2013 and around 2016. All four guest suites are inside the historic castle enclosure.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• EV charging
• Restaurant

Guests 9.6/10

Level 5 True Castle

Crossbasket Castle

High Blantyre, South Lanarkshire

A 16th-century tower with a 19th-century house added, category A listed. Some bedrooms are inside that historic fabric.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

5-star · Guests 9.2/10

Level 5 True Castle

Braidwood Castle

Braidwood, South Lanarkshire

A fortified tower built around 1581 to protect against Border Reivers. Guests sleep on every floor of this historic structure.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed

4-star

Level 5 True Castle

Dornoch Castle Hotel

Dornoch, Sutherland, Highland

A bishop's palace with a tower dating from around 1500, whose south wall survives at about nine feet thick. Nine of the 21 bedrooms are inside this historic tower.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• EV charging
• Restaurant

3-star · Guests 8.3/10

Level 5 True Castle

Freswick Castle

Freswick, near Wick, Caithness

A 16th-century Sinclair and Mowat tower house, recast as a mansion in the late 18th century and Category A listed. Guests sleep inside the historic house, in six bedrooms.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Golf

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Glenapp Castle

Ballantrae, South Ayrshire

Built in 1870 as a Scottish Baronial mansion by architect David Bryce, with no earlier defensive structure on the site. Guests sleep in the mansion or a garden cottage, not a medieval fortress.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Spa
• Restaurant

5-star · Guests 9.5/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Cringletie House

Peebles, Scottish Borders

Rebuilt around 1863 by architect David Bryce with corner turrets in his baronial style, replacing a 1666 house, with no defensive history. Most bedrooms are in this Victorian house.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• EV charging
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.3/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Schloss Roxburghe Golf Resort

Heiton, near Kelso, Scottish Borders

A Category B Scottish Jacobean mansion built in 1853, with no defensive history. Most bedrooms are in later wings, though 20 rooms are in the original house.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Golf

5-star · Guests 8.9/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Inverlochy Castle Hotel

Torlundy, Fort William, Highland

A 19th-century Scottish castle, built as a private house rather than a fortification. Some rooms are inside the castle, others in a converted stable block nearby.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

5-star · Guests 8.8/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Stonefield Castle Hotel

Tarbert, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute

An 1837 Scottish Baronial mansion by architect William Playfair, category B listed, with no defensive history. Guests sleep in the historic house.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

4-star · Guests 8.8/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Meldrum House Hotel Golf and Country Estate

Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire

A tower house begun about 1236, but rebuilt in 1836 and 1934. Manor House rooms sit within this later fabric rather than the medieval tower itself.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• EV charging
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.7/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Dalmunzie Castle Hotel

Spittal of Glenshee, Perthshire

The hotel's own site dates the building to 1510 as a Laird's mansion, now shown in Scots Baronial style with turrets, a look usually added later.

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

3-star · Guests 8.5/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Fonab Castle Hotel

Pitlochry, Perthshire

A Scottish Baronial mansion built in 1892 as a private house. Some bedrooms are in the historic building, others in separate lodges.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Spa
• Pool

5-star · Guests 8.5/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Sherbrooke Castle Hotel

Pollokshields, Glasgow

Built in 1896 as a baronial villa for a private owner, with a tower but no defensive history. Some rooms sit in the original building.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• EV charging
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.5/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Ardoe House Hotel & Spa

Blairs, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire

A Scottish Baronial mansion built in 1878, a private house until 1947. Some rooms are in the original house, others in later extensions.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Spa
• Pool

4-star · Guests 8.4/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Mansfield Castle Hotel

Tain, Ross-shire, Highlands

A Victorian mansion built in the late 1870s, without a defensive history. Superior rooms are in the castle itself, standard rooms in a later garden wing.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

4-star · Guests 7.4/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Dalnaglar Castle

Cray, Perthshire, Angus & Dundee

A mid-Victorian baronial house built in 1864, listed as a Category C curiosity rather than a real fortification. Guests hiring the castle sleep inside this 19th-century building.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed

5-star

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Forter Castle

Kirkton of Glenisla, Angus

A 16th-century tower house stood roofless for about 350 years before a full 1988 to 1990 rebuild. You sleep inside the old walls, but the floors, roof and interiors are modern.

Sleep inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Family rooms

Exclusive-use castle

Lickleyhead Castle

Insch, Aberdeenshire & Moray

Pets are allowed according to the Booking.com listing. Check the rules when you book.

• Dogs allowed
• Hot tub
• Family rooms

Exclusive-use castle

Spedlins Castle

Templand, Dumfries & Galloway

Pets are allowed according to the Booking.com listing. Check the rules when you book.

• Dogs allowed

4-star

Castle hotel

Melville Castle

Lasswade, Midlothian

Up to two well-behaved dogs can stay in Superior Double, Classic Double or Twin, Family and Suite rooms for a fee of £20 per dog, according to the hotel's own site. Dogs are welcome throughout the hotel except in the restaurant.

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

Exclusive-use castle

Hallgreen Castle

Inverbervie, Perthshire, Angus & Dundee

Pets are allowed according to the Booking.com listing. Check the rules when you book.

• Dogs allowed
• Family rooms

Guests 8.8/10

Castle hotel

Kilconquhar Castle Estate

Kilconquhar, Fife

Pets are allowed according to the Booking.com listing. Check the rules when you book.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Dogs allowed
• Pool
• EV charging

Guests 8.4/10

Castle hotel

Tulloch Castle Hotel A Bespoke Hotel

Dingwall, Highlands & Islands

Pets are allowed according to the Booking.com listing. Check the rules when you book.

• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant
• Family rooms

3-star · Guests 8.2/10