The Stirling Highland Hotel

4.0 star property
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December 2024
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Exterior
Exterior
Sauna, hot tub, steam room, body treatments, aromatherapy
Bar (on property)
Deluxe Double Room

Reviews

8.6 out of 10

Excellent

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Explore the area

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29 Spittal Street, Stirling, Scotland, FK8 1DU
  • Old Town Jail
    2 min walk
  • Darnley Coffee House
    1 min walk
  • Stirling Station
    13 min walk
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    34 min drive

Room options

Family Room, Multiple Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Twin Bunk Bed

Standard Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Deluxe Double Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed

Standard King Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Deluxe Double or King

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Premium Double

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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About the area

Stirling

With a stay at The Stirling Highland Hotel, you'll be centrally located in Stirling, steps from Old Town Jail and Tolbooth. .This eco-certified hotel is 0.5 mi (0.8 km) from Stirling Castle and 0.9 mi (1.4 km) from Smith Art Gallery and Museum.

What's nearby

  • Old Town Jail - 2 min walk
  • Tolbooth - 2 min walk
  • Stirling Castle - 9 min walk
  • University of Stirling - 5 min drive
  • National Wallace Monument - 8 min drive

Getting around

  • Stirling Station - 13 min walk
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 34 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Molly Malones - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Morrisons Cold Beer Co - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪BrewDog Stirling - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Nicky Tams - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪HBW Coffee - ‬5 min walk

About this property

The Stirling Highland Hotel

Eco-certified hotel with a full-service spa and a health club
The Stirling Highland Hotel offers 96 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels.

Bathrooms include showers and complimentary toiletries. This Stirling hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Housekeeping is provided daily.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool, a health club, and a sauna.

Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club, or spa tub without adult supervision.

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

Leisure Club has 4 treatment rooms. Services include deep-tissue massages, facials, body wraps, and body scrubs. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy. The spa is equipped with a sauna, a spa tub, and a steam room.

The spa is open daily. Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa without adult supervision.

Stay in one of 96 guestrooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, and housekeeping is provided daily.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers massages, body treatments, and facials. You can take advantage of recreational amenities such as a health club, an indoor pool, and a sauna. This hotel also features complimentary wireless internet access, wedding services, and a fireplace in the lobby.
Satisfy your appetite for dinner at Scholars Restaurant, a restaurant which specializes in international cuisine, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are served on weekdays from 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include express check-out, complimentary newspapers in the lobby, and dry cleaning/laundry services. Planning an event in Stirling? This hotel has 1302 square feet (121 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and 6 meeting rooms. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM on weekdays.
Scholars Restaurant - This restaurant specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner only.
Headmasters Study - This bar specializes in international cuisine and serves dinner and light fare. Open daily.
24-hour room service is available.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Tourism Program, a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

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
  • Free off-site parking

Food and drink

  • Buffet breakfast available for a fee weekdays 7:00 AM–10:00 AM: GBP 12.00-14.95 for adults and GBP 7.50-12 for children
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • Scholars Restaurant
  • Headmasters Study

Things to do

  • Fitness classes
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Indoor pool
  • Sauna
  • Steam room
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Indoor pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • Ballroom
  • Banquet hall
  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception
  • Reception hall

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Conference space (1302 square feet)
  • Meeting rooms - 6

Outdoors

  • Pool sunloungers
  • Terrace

Spa

  • 4 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massage - deep-tissue
  • Massage/treatment rooms
  • Sauna
  • Spa open daily
  • Hot tub
  • Steam room

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • Fireplace in reception
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bed sheets
  • Heating

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Shower
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Iron/ironing board

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 20 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
Pets cannot be left unattended
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 25.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately GBP 12.00 to 14.95 for adults, and GBP 7.50 to 12 for children
  • Pet fee: GBP 20 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 25.0 per night

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
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
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

Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms
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
Construction is underway at a neighboring building and there may be noise disturbance from the construction work
Children under 16 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, health club, or spa tub without adult supervision
Children under 18 years old are not allowed in the spa 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

Highland Hotel Stirling
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Hotel Stirling Highland
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Barcelo Stirling
The Stirling Highland Hotel Scotland
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The Stirling Highland Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.6

Excellent

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 1001 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

ADRIANA MEDELLIN

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
It is very well located but the room was not entirely as we would´ve likee it to be
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Michelle

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

10/10 Excellent

Futoshi

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

10/10 Excellent

jakob

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

alan

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachelle

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
great location in beautiful historic building
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alfred

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Interesting building (former high school). Rooms big enough for 2 adults. Quiet and clean. Able to walk to castle and other interesting sites.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Clayton

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It looked like a castle :)
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Scotland vacation
Great location easy access to Stirling Castle, church of the Holy Rood, The old jail, several dining and dining establishments. Fantastic staff very welcoming and accommodating. Cool and unique converted building.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Wm Reid

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff was excellent at every turn!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, nice amenities, helpful staff, convenient parking.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Jacqueline

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel needs upgrades. The tub faucet had rust around it, the sheets were yellowed, the door jam had been gouged and not repaired, only painted over. Went down for the breakfast buffet stay 9am, all the fried eggs were gone and the rest was barely lukewarm.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Cristiano

Liked: Staff & service
Tired Expensive for what you get Food average No lifts for bsgs
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Anne-Marie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Susan

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is in an excellent location to see Stirling Castle and it is walkable to the city center for multiple dining options. The staff were all lovely and helpful. The buffet breakfast was very complete with multiple options and was tasty. The building itself is very old - which is fine, I have no problem with historic buildings. It’s more that the furnishings, etc are worn and outdated. We had “family room” with 1 queen and a set of bunk beds. The sheet on the bunkbed did not stay in place so I had a horrible night’s sleep fighting with it all night. Also, the bunk above had a black tarp between the bottom of the mattress and the frame. This seemed concerning - what are they trying to prevent from leaking through the top bunk?? It was strange. The room was incredibly hot in early Sept. There was no AC - only windows, which should be fine in Sept but they had cords on them that only allowed them to be opened a few inches. It did little to cool the room off. This would be a really nice hotel if they did some upgrades to the interior. Overall an awful value for the money spent. Disappointing.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Stephen

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kim

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel. Staff friendly. Rooms were clean. Only thing I would say could be upgraded would be charging outlets near bed. We enjoyed our stay.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Shannon

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities
The hotel is in a good location but it needs some updating. The bar area and restaurant are small with limited options/menu. Check in staff didn't provide any information and we had to figure out where things were on our own. Our beds had old mattresses on the floor under our bed.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Heather

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Great location! Layout a little challenging but lovely. Room was very warm. Bd was on the softer side.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rhonda

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

8/10 Good

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Unbeatable location in a clean hotel. This is great value.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Lindsey

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Cheryl

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

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
A lacklustre 4 star which is now probably a 3 - fine for what it was but I suspect it has seen better days
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Marta

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel staff was wonderful and friendly, good breakfast buffet and decent restaurant for dinner, simple but fair in price. The room we got though was terrible, very run down, shower liking the whole 2 days we were there, even when we alerted the reception and they came to repair it they couldn’t. We were facing the parking lot, at the same level, couldn’t open the windows, it was noisy. We ask to change to another room on an upper level, specially because we had a baby… and they told us it was not possible. So we didn’t sleep the whole 2 nights we stayed. It was a shame, we were very much looking forward staying at this hotel. It was not worth it.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024