Best Hotels near Highland Horse Fun, Kingussie

Just stayed 2 nights at this lovely hotel with my husband and family. Food was absolutely gorgeous, I had haddock on first night and salmon on the second and both were so good. Throughly enjoyed our starters and desserts. Powerful shower, one of the best, home from home. Also, a very comfortable bed. Enjoyed driving around the local area and seeing the sights. Would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone having a trip to the Cairngorm National Park.

Stayed on a Friday and a Sunday at a great price with Breakfast included plus a contribution to dinner. Had a good room with very modern bathroom. The bed was comfortable. Dinner menu was a bit limited but there were 4 main courses and 2 were gluten free. We both enjoyed our meal. Breakfast again was good and they adapted to give me a good gluten free selection. Staff were excellent from minute you arrived right through to bar and meals. Tip - there are not many good large hotels in the area so they often have coach tours. This help keeps your cost down and doesn't spoil your experience. Just find out what time they are eating and you can avoid the busy times. Tip - try visiting the nearby Highland Folk museum. Especially if from the UK as you'll see how your granny (or great granny) used to live.

Some of the reviews on here seem a bit harsh. It’s a bit faded (a lick of paint here and there and they could make more of the grounds) and at times, understaffed but we had a great time. It was great for little ones and the staff were generally working hard to give people a good time. We had a lovely meal (including fantastic service) at Giuliano’s; and a good dinner (with great service except towards the end when our waitress who was fab, just had too much to do and so it was slow to get plates cleared and get the bill). The food at both places was great. Kids’ activity centre and the evening entertainment were big hits for us. Ollie in the activity centre and the lady who was also in there were great to make sure we knew all the options for the kids and were happy in there. And loads to do in the different activity rooms and soft play etc. We also enjoyed the pool. It got a bit busy one day, as did other areas of the hotel like breakfast, but to be expected with it being the Easter holidays. Enjoyed breakfast - pretty standard selection but was good and decent and good coffee and juice etc and would rather than than more options but lower quality. Staff at breakfast were plenty and replenished things quickly and were clearing plates non stop - I actually didn’t think they needed to clear as much as they did. The dinner element of the dinner, bed and breakfast stay we had was a good offer. And a great location for wandering into Aviemore or to go to Loch and Eilen and elsewhere. And loads to do when it’s wet. We’d go back.

When we first arrived at the hotel we were greeted warmly and given checked in fairly quickly. I had chosen a “cosy double room” didn’t realise quite how cosy this room would be. The bed was smaller than a regular double bed and the bathroom was pretty small too. There was plenty of parking in front and behind the main hotel building. Our room was in the courtyard which was separate from the main hotel building. The courtyard is not well signposted and we were quite confused trying to find our room initially, we had to ask a cleaner for directions. Other than being small the room itself was fine. The bed was fairly comfy and there were spare pillows in the small cupboard. The room had tea/ coffee making facilities and a tv with multiple channels. The walls were pretty thin so we could hear everything the people next to us were saying so bare that in mind. The bathroom appeared clean at first but upon further inspection the shower had spilled soap/ shampoo on the floor from the previous people that stayed there. Next to the hotel is the woodshed. The Woodshed was cosy, clean and served a variety of different snacks and drinks. Amy who works there was very friendly and welcoming and showed good knowledge of the surrounding areas. It also had popular music playing and a pool table. Dogs were welcome in this area. There was a real fireplace in here however this wasn’t lit when we visited.

The all-inclusive resort hotel is convenient for skiing, but the rooms are relatively old, the resort facilities are very good, and the service staff are busy and almost hard to contact