The Best Scottish Highlands Budget Hotels

recommended two star and other cheap hotels in the Scottish Highlands


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offers simple but comfy rooms and a cosy bar and restaurant, after a day on the Great Glen Way refresh with a real ale from the local brewery

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just 10 minutes drive from the city centre, and easily accessed from the A9/A96, a modern hotel with well-appointed, good-value rooms

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traditional Highland hotel set in a quiet hamlet near Loch Ness, there are quirky touches throughout and it has fishing rights on Loch Knockie

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with a lively sports bar, featuring darts, billiards and snooker, this relaxed hotel also offers neatly decorated rooms and easy A9 access

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enjoy award-winning, locally sourced seafood dishes in the stylish restaurant of this relaxed, loch-side inn close to the ferry terminal

Benleva Hotel

Drumnadrochit

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priding itself on the use of local produce and the sale of local ales, this welcoming inn offers simple, comfortable rooms, near Loch Ness

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friendly & welcoming atmosphere awaits at this traditional inn offering simple, cosy accommodation and within a stone's throw of Loch Watten

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a welcoming hotel offering a range of rooms and a relaxed restaurant serving traditional Scottish dishes within easy reach of Inverness

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in a village on the shores of Moray Firth and offers simple, traditional rooms and is convenient for Inverness, Inverness Airport and Nairn

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spacious well-presented motel-style rooms with the bonus of an adjacent pizzeria and great views of forests and the Cairngorm mountains

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on the NC500 route and ideally placed to explore this unspoiled corner with sandy beaches, RSPB Dunnet Head and the Castle of Mey nearby

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at the gateway to the Western Highlands, this welcoming hotel features a convivial bar and relaxed restaurant serving locally procured produce

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located next to the Corran Ferry and Loch Linnhe and offers simple style accommodation, shared kitchen facilities and even a steam room

Seaview Hotel

John O' Groats

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an ideal exploring base for discovering this far north tip of Britain with many natural wonders and car and passenger ferries to Orkney nearby

Lochalsh Hotel

Kyle of Lochalsh

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a large, well-established hotel, in a great location for views of the nearby Ske Bridge and the Isle of Skye, offers traditional hospitality

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this intimate hotel, traditionally furnished, boasts an Italian restaurant and a cosy bar, all within easy reach of the beach, harbour and town centre

Tuckers Inn

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with views across Cromarty Firth, this traditional inn offers cosy, hotel accommodation with an on-site restaurant serving plentiful, local dishes

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offers simple, but comfortable, rooms a handy location to explore the Black Isle, Cromarty and Moary Firths, Inverness and Strathpeffer

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situated at the foot of Ben Nevis amidst the spectacular scenery of Glen Nevis and offers easy access to high and low-level walks and bike trails

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with parking right outside your room, this motel-style hotel is family-run and boasts a relaxed restaurant serving locally caught seafood

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