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Balmacara Hotel

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Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Bar
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi

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Balmacara, Kyle, Scotland, IV40 8DH
  • Eilean Donan Castle
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Skye Bridge
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Caisteal Maol
    ‪9 min drive‬
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  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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  • 12 sq m
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

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Superior Double or Twin Room, Mountain View

  • 25 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Single Beds

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  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 Double Bed

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Superior Double Room

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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  • 40 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Super King or Twin Room, Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds OR 1 King Bed

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Double Room, Sea View

  • 30 sq m
  • Sea view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

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  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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The price is €100
for 1 room
includes taxes & fees
4 Feb - 5 Feb
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About this property

Balmacara Hotel

Beach hotel with restaurant and bar/lounge
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free hotel has a bar/lounge and tour/ticket assistance. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a front desk safe and a banquet hall.
Balmacara Hotel offers 34 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and a hairdryer. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Bathrooms include baths or showers and complimentary toiletries.

Guests can surf the web using complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.

Our customers tell us that they can't get enough of the helpful staff at Balmacara Hotel. During your stay, you'll be close to Eilean Donan Castle. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas and free self-parking, plus a restaurant.
  • Free WiFi
  • Free self-parking
  • Grab something to eat at the restaurant or stop for a drink at the bar/lounge
  • Continental breakfast served daily for a fee
  • Services include tour or ticket assistance and luggage storage
  • 6 minutes by car from Eilean Donan Castle and 6 minutes from Skye Bridge
There's a restaurant on site. You can enjoy a drink at the bar/lounge. WiFi is free in public spaces. Balmacara Hotel also features tour/ticket assistance and a front desk safe. Self parking is free.

This 4-star Kyle hotel is smoke free.

For a fee, guests can enjoy a continental breakfast daily from 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM.
On-site venue – This restaurant specialises in British cuisine and only serves dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.

Languages

English, German, Hebrew, Italian, Polish, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Daily continental breakfast available 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM for a fee: GBP 15 for adults and GBP 15 for children
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Conveniences

  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Outdoors

  • In the mountains

Accessibility

  • No lift

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Laptop workspace

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 8 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours

Renovations and closures

The property is closed between 25 November and 1 February.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • No pets allowed

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are available for GBP 40.0 per stay.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Fee for continental breakfast: from approximately GBP 15 for adults and from GBP 15 for children
  • Rollaway bed fee: GBP 40.0 per stay

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
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; cash is not accepted
The front desk at this property is open daily from 8 AM - midnight.
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.
Property Registration Number 13764418

Property is also known as

Balmacara Hotel
Balmacara Hotel Kyle
Balmacara Kyle
Hotel Balmacara
Balmacara Hotel Isle Of Skye
Balmacara Isle Of Skye
Balmacara
Balmacara Hotel KYLE OF LOCHALSH
Balmacara KYLE OF LOCHALSH
Balmacara Hotel Kyle
Balmacara Hotel Hotel
Balmacara Hotel Hotel Kyle

Balmacara Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 107 out of 214 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 214 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 32 out of 214 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 9 out of 214 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 11 out of 214 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Nicole

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
We didn’t receive the warmest welcome when we arrived. Said after he had us mixed up with another traveller arriving later than us. We had only booked an hour before so that might have been frustrating for them. We were planning to travel further but we didn’t know the area that well so thought we better get a room for the night and this place looked great and had nice reviews. Hotel was very nicely decorated, it was clean, as were the rooms and bathrooms and it was quiet. It was a nice respite from a long day of travel.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Vanessa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The hotel stands on quite a busy road in to Skye so during our stay there was quite a lot of cars and trucks going past. There is a spar shop located next door for any essentials and the town itself is a few miles down the road. I believe that the hotel has a few arrangements set up with companies who drop large groups off there as a stop over before / after their trips over to Skye. We found as customers on a one night stay there was no great customer service given when we arrived and we didn’t see anyone at all when we left? Both times we did notice most of the staff who were possibly family members grouped in areas talking or eating and completely switching off from their customers? It’s a nice enough hotel for one night, we didn’t eat there as the prices were very inflated. Clean, warm and enough free parking. Best feature was the view over looking loch Alsh.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This hotel was beautiful. The room was clean, bed was huge/comfortable & bathroom beautifully clean with an excellent shower. Had breakfast and evening meal & both were delicious. It was lovely to have additional choices from full Scottish breakfast or continental and the Eggs Benedict was lovely. Staff very friendly & welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matt

Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the place to stay at if you're visiting Skye but don't want to pay island prices. Price is great, accommodations are well maintained (albeit a little cozy), and the dining staff are very friendly. It's 15min from Plockton for live music, and ~5min from the Skye bridge. There's also a convenience store next door for all your snacks before heading to see the Fairy Pools or have a dram at Talisker. There's also good taxi service. Mavis is the person/company we used in order to have a couple drinks up in Plockton. She was very friendly.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Over hyped
Overall, I wont be staying here again. The "King bed" is slightly smaller than a queen bed, walls are paper thin to where you can hear your neighbors conversations. The dinner was delicious though.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice enough
Nice little hotel, modern enough rooms in an older building. I didn’t eat, or go in the bar but both looked nice. The bin in my bedroom was however full of somebody else’s rubbish. Made me want to check the cleanliness of everything else but it seemed okay…
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jake

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
All of the Staff was amazing. Super friendly. Room was great. Had a great view of Loch Alsh
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great spot to stay near Bridge of Skye. Wonderful friendly staff. Good rooms and food.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Cindy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great stay
The hotel was beautiful with a great location. We struggled with the door handle and the heat in our room. We had a great stay but there might need to be more maintenance at the hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Steven

The front desk has friendly people. Beds need update. Not comfortable ! Restaurant has good food but the waiters needs more customer service. Breakfast was ok. They brought us different items that the ones we ordered. We did not complain and did not send it back. Overall the hotel was ok.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Katherine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was not satisfied with the response from the staff when I tried calling them
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Joseph

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Cindy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent view of the water! Staff was outstanding
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Michael

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Hotel was quite nice and the food was excellent. The trouble was all the confusion when asking questions about dinner and our room. When we got into the room, it hadn’t been cleaned and there was an empty bottle of juice sitting on the dresser – the beds weren’t made either! When I went to reception to ask about this, their response was “I don’t know how that happened.” A bit inconvenient overall as we have been staying in a few places around Scotland and they were rated 3* which offered 5* service. I hope this was a one off.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Monica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Randall

Travelled with partner
Your average country hotel yes it has been fixed up to make look newer but it’s not a 4 -5 star property Clean neat with nice people. Hotel restaurant was efficient with limited options but they were good
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Bret

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful view
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Shelly

Travelled with partner
Very average hotel, charging incredibly high prices. Very small room, tiny sink in bathroom, mold on shower corners, heat didn’t work well, very noisy in hallway especially when door in corridor opens and closes. Breakfast was good and included in price, but was the most expensive place to stay our whole trip including Marriott Edinburgh.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

8/10 Good

Marie-Claude

Travelled with partner
Beautiful view, comfortable beds good amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

2/10 Terrible

Colin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super noisy - heard people upstairs walking around. Heard neighbour room talking; their TV and later on their snoring. Place isnt clean and outside could do with some renovation
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

colin

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The hotel has been renovated but it lacks class and style. It seems like a low budget hotel charging high rates. Lacks attention to detail. For example bed lights weren’t working, the tv login was in French - Took time to mitigate this. It is located optimally for touring the highlands and lochs; staff were warm & friendly ;
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

John Alexander Conway

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Turned up, ate, slept, ate, carried on touring Scotland without distractions. See you again. Vaya can Dios!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Expensive for very basic accommodations. Breakfast and location were excellent.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Stacy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff were excellent - so friendly.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024