Craigard House Hotel - Images
Craigard House Hotel - exterior view from Campbeltown Loch
This grand Victorian House, built in 1882, has stunning sea views over Campbeltown Loch.
Craigard House with the luxuriant flowers and foliage ensured by the Gulf Stream.
This also ensures that winters are less severe, with little chance of snow.
A warm welcome awaits you at Craigard House Hotel.
In the Lochside Restaurant, there is an ever changing variety of local seafood, shellfish, meat, produce and game. Our Chefs offer a varied menu to suit all tastes, and can provide for all dietary requirements.
The Specials Menu is mostly seafood and changes regularly to reflect the delicious array of fish and shellfish delivered daily. Loch Fyne Langoustines, Scallops and Mussels are regulars, along with Gigha Squat Lobster, and locally landed Turbot, Halibut, Sole and other delicacies.
There is also an extensive Wine List with favourites from the old world and the new, as well as a fine range of Single Malts, including all the local Springbank and Glen Scotia expressions.
The reception hall is worthy of the name.
Craigard House Hotel has a warm and welcoming ambience.
There is also free WiFi in all rooms and public areas, along with a free guest PC and printer.
Aerial view of Machrihanish Golf Club
A hidden treasure - two World Top 100 Golf Courses within ten mintutes' drive. Where can you find a championship classic links Golf Course that is not inundated with people? Look no farther than Machrihanish GC, re-designed by Old Tom Morris and recently voted one of the finest first holes in golf. Residents of Craigard benefit from 10% off green fees.
Also nearby is Machrihanish Dunes GC, designed by David McLay Kidd, who designed Bandon Dunes GC in Oregon (a World Top 40 Course) and the Castle Course in St Andrews. Built on a site of special scientific interest, this classic links course takes the player back to the way golf began, with most greens and tees on the unspoilt dunes overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Along with Dunaverty GC overlooking Sanda Island, a stay at Craigard is certainly a haven for the golf enthusiast.
We also specialise in organising stress free group visits - with tee times, transport, accommodation and food all arranged to your individual specification. Why not hire the whole hotel?
The Lochside Restaurant overlooks Campbeltown Loch.
Chef Robbie Wales offers a succulent range of local produce and seafood, lovingly prepared. The menus and 'specials' on offer are carefully thought out to make full use of the regular fresh deliveries from local fishermen and farmers, along with artisan cheese and smoked products from the local dairy and Old Smokehouse.
Menus regularly include Loch Fyne Langoustines, Scallops and Mussels, Gigha Squat Lobster and locally landed Halibut, Turbot, Dover Sole, Sea Bass and more... If you prefer meat, try the succulent Ifferdale Lamb and Beef, and Pork from Killocraw Farm - both from just a few miles up the road.
Craigard Lounge and Bar
Relax and enjoy the view in the comfortable lounge area. Whether for pre-dinner drinks or afternoon tea, the informal atmosphere of this homely room reflects the country house ambience of the hotel.
Some people like to hire the whole hotel!
In this instance, a Norwegian Choir sang a tribute in our honour after a successful AGM weekend!
Beanie - the canine member of the Craigard Team - is ready to welcome you!
Beanie offers a Guest Walking Service - this is free on demand. She likes you to throw things which she can fetch back to you - she does get tired eventually!
View from Craigard - PS Waverley
Waverley is the last sea-going paddle steamer in the world. She regularly plies her trade between her home base in Glasgow and the islands and holiday resorts of the Firth of Clyde, and beyond.
Craigard Car Park - Car Club
There is also a large car park to the rear of the building.
Kintyre offers quiet roads with tremendous island views on either side of the peninsular. This Car Club enjoyed a quiet respite at Craigard.
The quiet roads are perfect for walkers, cyclists and motorcyclists.
There is also the Kintyre Way a walking track stretching the entire length of the peninsula. Why not use Craigard as a base - and come back to comfy rooms, a piping hot bath or shower, bathrobe and huge fluffy towels
Carradale Bay
Kintyre boasts some stunning scenery. From Carradale and Saddell, with the Arran backdrop in the East, to the rugged Western coast with its continuous island vista - Jura, Islay and Gigha and Rathlin in Northern Ireland - only 12 miles away.
Dunaverty Golf Club
The nearby Golf Clubs also offer stunning views. Dunaverty is also a fine test of golf - with the added bonus of wonderful island vistas and the chance of sea otter photos!
Saddell Sunset
Saddell - famous for its Abbey, carved stones and castle - is equally famous as the beach used by Paul McCartney in the video of 'Mull of Kintyre'. A very picturesque location and ideal for that evening stroll...
