Glencoe

Kingshouse Hotel

The old drovers' inn at the head of Glencoe, rebuilt as a hotel and bunkhouse, with a climbers' bar and red deer grazing by the door.

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Welcome

Where the road across Rannoch Moor drops into Glencoe, the Kingshouse stands alone beneath Buachaille Etive Mor, one of the most famous mountain views in Scotland.

There has been an inn here for centuries: drovers bringing cattle over the moor stopped here, and in the 18th and early 19th centuries the innkeeper paid no rent and was given a grant by the government to keep it open.

Today it is a hotel of dark timber and white walls, with rooms, a bunkhouse, a restaurant serving Highland dishes, seafood and game, and the Climbers Bar, where dogs are welcome and walkers come in for coffee, scones and hearty meals. The Way Inn, in a building from the 1750s, looks after walkers on the West Highland Way.

Red deer stags graze by the burn outside, and the hills, Glen Etive and the ski slopes are all close by.

Before you go

The Climbers Bar serves from 10am, with lunch until 4.15pm and dinner from 5pm to 9pm; the restaurant serves dinner from 5pm to 9pm, best booked.

Where: At the head of Glencoe, off the A82.
Stay: Rooms and a bunkhouse.
Dogs: Welcome in the Climbers Bar.

Opening hours

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Monday: Open all day and night
Tuesday: Open all day and night
Wednesday: Open all day and night
Thursday: Open all day and night
Friday: Open all day and night
Saturday: Open all day and night
Sunday: Open all day and night

Did you know

An illustrated interpretive sign about "The Kingshouse" stands before a timber-clad hotel building, a river and misty moorland behind.

Did you know

A rent-free inn.

In the 18th and early 19th centuries the Kingshouse innkeeper paid no rent and received an annual government grant, so vital was the inn to travellers crossing the moor.

A red deer stag with antlers stands beside a stream, a distinctive pyramidal mountain rising behind pine trees.

Did you know

Neighbours with antlers.

Red deer stags graze by the burn below the hotel, with Buachaille Etive Mor rising behind them.

Hidden Scotland

From our guide to Lochaber

Where the road across Rannoch Moor drops towards Glencoe, the Kingshouse stands alone beneath Buachaille Etive Mòr. There has been an inn here for centuries, and drovers bringing cattle over the moor once stopped for the night. Today it's a hotel of dark timber and white walls, with a restaurant serving Highland dishes, seafood and game. The Climbers Bar is where walkers come in for coffee, scones and hearty meals, and dogs are welcome. Red deer stags graze by the burn outside, so keep your camera handy.

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