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Macdonald Aviemore Highland Hotel

4.0 star property
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Waterslide
Exterior
Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board
Lobby lounge
Property grounds

Reviews

7.8 out of 10

Good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
    Bar
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Breakfast available
    Breakfast available
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Hot tub
    Hot tub

Explore the area

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Macdonald Aviemore Resort, Aviemore, Scotland, PH22 1PN
  • Cairngorm Brewery
    8 min walk
  • Spey Valley Championship Golf Course
    13 min walk
  • Spey Valley Golf Course
    3 min drive
  • Inverness (INV)
    46 min drive

Room options

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Classic Room, 2 Single Beds (Highlands)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Twin Beds

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Classic Room, 1 Double Bed (Highlands)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Executive Room, 1 Double Bed (Highlands)

Executive Room, 1 Double Bed (Highlands)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Family Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Suite

Suite

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, desk, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board

Family Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Room, 1 Double Bed, Accessible

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Aviemore

With a stay at Macdonald Aviemore Highland Hotel in Aviemore, you'll be in a national park, just a 5-minute walk from Dalfaber Neighbourhood Centre and 8 minutes by foot from Cairngorm Brewery. .This family-friendly hotel is 13 mi (20.9 km) from Cairngorms National Park and 0.7 mi (1.2 km) from Spey Valley Championship Golf Course.

What's nearby

  • Strathspey Steam Railway - 2 min drive - 1.7 km
  • Spey Valley Golf Course - 3 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Speyside Wildlife - 5 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Rothiemurchus Estate Visitor Centre - 5 min drive - 3.7 km
  • Loch Morlich - 10 min drive - 10.6 km

Getting around

  • Aviemore Station - 3 min drive
  • Inverness (INV) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Cheese & Tomatin - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Boathouse Cafe Loch Morlich - ‬11 min drive
  • ‪Luxury Woodland Lodges at Macdonald Aviemore Resort - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Route 7 Café - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪The Old Bridge Inn - ‬5 min drive

About this property

Macdonald Aviemore Highland Hotel

Family-friendly hotel with a golf course and a fitness center
Macdonald Aviemore Highland Hotel offers 149 accommodations with hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. 28-inch Smart televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

Guests can play rounds at the 18-hole golf course. An indoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness center.

Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. There are 2 treatment rooms. Services include facials, body wraps, body treatments, and manicures and pedicures. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy.
Stay in one of 149 guestrooms featuring Smart televisions. 28-inch flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and irons/ironing boards, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Pamper yourself with onsite massages, body treatments, and facials. After practicing your swing on the golf course, you can enjoy other recreational amenities including an indoor pool and a spa tub. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and an arcade/game room.
Stop by the hotel's restaurant, Aspects, for dinner. Dining is also available at the 2 coffee shops/cafes, and 24-hour room service is provided. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Full breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 10:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Event facilities at this hotel consist of a conference center and 10 meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Full breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 10:30 AM.
Aspects - This restaurant serves dinner only. Reservations are required.
Giovanni's - This family restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required. Open select days.
Highland Fish Bar - Onsite family restaurant. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open select days.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available
  • Ski shuttle nearby

Food and drink

  • Full breakfast available for a fee daily 7:00 AM–10:30 AM: GBP 18.00 for adults and GBP 12.50 for children
  • 1 restaurant and 2 coffee shops
  • 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • Aspects
  • Giovanni's
  • Highland Fish Bar

Things to do

  • Arcade/games room
  • Archery
  • Bike rentals
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Golf course
  • Golf driving range
  • Hiking/biking trails
  • Indoor pool
  • Mountain biking
  • Playground
  • Sauna
  • Shopping
  • Spa services
  • A hot tub
  • Steam room

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Children's games
  • Children's pool
  • Children's toys
  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Playground
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Front-desk safe
  • Gift shop/newsstand

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Ski equipment hire
  • Ski passes
  • Ski storage
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Conference centre
  • Meeting rooms - 10

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • 2 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massages
  • Massage/treatment rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices available
  • Bathroom emergency pull cord
  • Braille signage
  • Lift
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • In-room accessibility
  • Low-height worktop and sink
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible fitness centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant
  • Wheelchair-accessible spa
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Fireplace in reception
  • Smoke-free property
  • TV in lobby

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Heating
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding

Bathroom

  • Hairdryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • 28-inch smart TV
  • Satellite channels

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Contactless check-in available
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
Dinner is not included in half board rates for children age 12 and under who share existing bedding with a parent, and can be requested onsite for a fee.

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for full breakfast: approximately GBP 18.00 for adults and GBP 12.50 for children

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, a first aid kit, and window guards
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Reservations are required for golf tee times, massage services, and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool or fitness facility without adult supervision

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitScotland, the National Tourist Board for Scotland.

Property is also known as

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Macdonald Aviemore Hotel At Macdonald Aviemore Resort Scotland
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Macdonald Aviemore Highland Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.8

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 216 out of 715 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 276 out of 715 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 130 out of 715 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 65 out of 715 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 28 out of 715 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

7.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Manish

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Abigail

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
10/10
Amazing stay at the Mac Donald resort! Really friendly staff 😊
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Barry

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Helen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Lots of thanks
Great experience. Fabulous room and service. Loved the pool area. Would stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Hannah

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Looking tired
Macdonald hotels used to be much more pleasant to stay in, but the touch of class just isn't there anymore. Our bathroom was dirty, the bedding had tears in it, there were no sockets next to the bed, the shower water pressure spluttered and scalded me every so often, the supposed sofa bed for my daughter was actually a camp bed... The resort itself was ok, although with just one slide the pool was lackluster. The team did make an effort to put in events for the children but we didn't bother using them as we really just wanted to explore the beautiful surrounding area. There was lots of choice at breakfast time but none of it was especially tasty.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Gary

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Tired overall but excellent facilities for children and reasonable value. Staff are mediocre but I would gladly return.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Maureen

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Poor poor hotel service!
The hotel is in desperate need of an upgrade. The beds are comfortable & clean but the furnishings carpets etc are in a bad state of repair. The Bedside lamp continually flickered on & off & made a spark! We were given wrong information twice about the time that the swimming pool opened which in turn meant we missed the time to go in for the flumes & wave machine to be on at! So 2 very unhappy grandchildren indeed! We had been informed that breakfast was served until 10.30 but when we got there at 9.55 & they were finishing the service. All they could offer was making us 2 plates of anything left lying in the hot plate (so we received 2 plates of cold bard bacon sausages eggs (which you could bounce off the floor cold everything!)! We did get some fresh tea though !!! We then asked when we take our grandchildren to the soft play area could we buy a coffee there & maybe some kind of food/croissants/ sandwiches etc & the receptionist Sofia said oh yes you will get coffee etc there - low & behold nothing there & the assistant on the soft play desk said oh they stopped serving there weeks ago & she had apparently been told they were going to put in vending machines! (Ashame the receptionist of the hotel didn’t know this?)! Unhappy indeed we were with our (planned) fun time of swimming & having fun at the pool then going to soft play which the 2 kids enjoyed 👍 So, lastly the advertised kids play in the craft room was just a ‘help yourself’ not at all organised so we are unhappy.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Nareen

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sandeep

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Magnus

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room and the hotel itself was very dated, but the breakfast each morning was delicious. A real highlight for our 4yr old son was the soft play and swimming pool.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jagjit

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Absolutely disgusting. Definitely not 4 star more like 2 star.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Iain

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nicolle

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Adventure Base Station
Wonderful stay with my 4 year old son. A great campus with swimming pool (wave machine and flume a huge hit!), play park and the kids disco in the evenings were fantastic. Centrally located to the town with plenty of parking for a great base for an aviemore adventure holiday
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

KATY

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Staff were all incredible - friendly and helpful! Hotel itself is very dated though and made room seem like it needed a good clean!! and therefore not good value for money in my opinion! Breakfast wasn’t great either with all stations again seeming untidy.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Kyle

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bar staff awkward and poor.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

ronald

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Perfect location, and plenty activities to do.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Poor from start to finish. Handed schedule of activities which was incorrect both times we tried to access the pool. Sons bed was for a toddler and despite requests wasn't changed. Breakfast poor and staff rude. Was promised a call from the manager, but I'm still waiting. Hotel was full of tourists, who I felt most sorry for if their was their first impression of Scottish hospitality.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Graham

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

thomas

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gill, Inverurie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing stay, the hotel was spotless, the staff very helpful and friendly, great service and do much to entertain the family. Great for all ages.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katrina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely walks hotel was well equipped with things to do
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Jamie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Aviemore 2024
The food was good , bar prices for a 4 star but actual hotel is not 4 star. Very dated rooms. Quite grubby tbh Hotel needs investment to bring it up to date. Swimming changing rooms quite grubby. Broken lockers etc Staff where nice as was the food. Again 4 star prices.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024