Castle hotels for families 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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• EV charging

Guests 9.6/10

Level 5 True Castle

Menstrie Castle Stay

Menstrie, Clackmannanshire

A 17th-century courtyard house, Category A listed. All three self-catering apartments are inside the historic castle walls.

Sleep inside the walls

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

4-star · Guests 9.5/10

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

5-star · Guests 9.2/10

Level 5 True Castle

Dalhousie Castle

Bonnyrigg, Midlothian

A stone keep built around 1450 within later curtain walls, Category A listed. Some rooms are inside the historic castle, others in a separate lodge.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.4/10

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• EV charging

3-star · Guests 8.3/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Branxholme Castle

Hawick, Scottish Borders

A category A listed 16th-century tower house heavily altered and incorporated into a later mansion remodelled in 1837. It is not confirmed which part the two guest suites are in.

• Family rooms

4-star · Guests 9.8/10

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Spa

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• EV charging

4-star · Guests 9.3/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Cornhill Castle

Coulter, near Biggar, South Lanarkshire

Built in 1871 by architect William Leiper for Alexander Kay in a French Chateau style, with no defensive history. Guests sleep in the Victorian mansion or in separate garden lodges.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Family rooms
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Glengorm Castle

Tobermory, Isle of Mull

An 1860 Scots Baronial country house, category B listed, with no defensive history. Two of the three self-catering apartments are inside the historic castle.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Family rooms

4-star · Guests 8.8/10

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• EV charging

4-star · Guests 8.7/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

Carberry Tower Mansion House and Estate

Musselburgh, East Lothian

A tower house completed by about 1500, enlarged into a large mansion from 1760 and again after 1861. Guests stay mostly in the later mansion, not confirmed to be inside the surviving tower fabric.

• Family rooms
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.5/10

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.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Spa

5-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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Spa

4-star · Guests 8.4/10

Level 4 Castle-Style Mansion

The Atholl Palace

Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland

A Scottish Baronial hydropathic hotel built from 1874 to 1886, not a real castle. Most rooms are inside this Victorian building; some are in the separate Manor House and estate lodges.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Spa

4-star · Guests 8.3/10

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 7.4/10

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

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

Exclusive-use castle

Lickleyhead Castle

Insch, Aberdeenshire & Moray

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Hot tub

Castle hotel

Melville Castle

Lasswade, Midlothian

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.0/10

Exclusive-use castle

Hallgreen Castle

Inverbervie, Perthshire, Angus & Dundee

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

Guests 8.8/10

Castle hotel

Kilconquhar Castle Estate

Kilconquhar, Fife

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

Some rooms inside the walls

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Pool

Guests 8.4/10

Castle hotel

Tulloch Castle Hotel A Bespoke Hotel

Dingwall, Highlands & Islands

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

3-star · Guests 8.2/10

Castle hotel

Kincraig Castle Hotel

Invergordon, Highlands & Islands

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 8.1/10

Castle hotel

Broomhall Castle Hotel

Stirling, Stirling, Loch Lomond & the Trossachs

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

3-star · Guests 7.9/10

Castle hotel

Kinnettles Hotel & Spa

St. Andrews, Fife

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Spa
• Hot tub

5-star · Guests 7.8/10

Exclusive-use castle

Machermore Castle

Newton Stewart, Dumfries & Galloway

Family rooms are listed on Booking.com. Ask which part of the building they are in.

• Family rooms
• Golf

Guests 7.2/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Midhope Castle Cottages

Queensferry, Edinburgh & the Lothians

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Ness Castle Lodges

Inverness, Highlands & Islands

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

4-star · Guests 9.5/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Castle Gogar Cottage

Edinburgh, Edinburgh & the Lothians

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

4-star · Guests 9.4/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Cloncaird Castle Estate Cottages

Maybole, Ayrshire & Arran

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

Guests 9.4/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

The Lodges @ Barra Castle

Inverurie, Aberdeenshire & Moray

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Restaurant

Guests 9.4/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Lomond Castle Penthouse

Luss, Glasgow & the Clyde Valley

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Restaurant

4-star · Guests 9.3/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Loch Lomond Castle Lodges

Balloch, Glasgow & the Clyde Valley

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed
• Restaurant

5-star · Guests 9.1/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Foulis Castle Gate Lodge

Evanton, Highlands & Islands

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Restaurant

Guests 8.8/10

Level 2 Castle Estate Stay

Kilchrist Castle Cottages

Campbeltown, Argyll & the Isles

Listed as a stay on or beside a castle estate. Check whether your rooms are in the castle itself before you book.

• Family rooms
• Dogs allowed

Guests 8.3/10