The Royal Hotel , Campbeltown, Machrihanish – 4 Star
The Crown of Campbeltown.
A mere 5 miles from Machrihanish in the heart of Campbeltown, The Royal Hotel makes the most of its premier location overlooking Campbeltown Harbour. Guests at The Royal Hotel in Campbeltown enjoy unforgettable views of the harbour area, with its stone piers and scenic walkways. Within the hotel, you’ll find all the contemporary conveniences and amenities you’d expect in a modern luxury accommodation, set in surroundings steeped in old-world elegance. In addition to its 23 sumptuously appointed guest rooms, The Royal is also home to
The Black Sheep Pub and the elegant Harbourview Grille, which is sure to become recognised as one of the finest dining establishments in all of Kintyre. Shuttle service is available for guests who wish to stay “in town” but fancy a visit to The Ugadale Hotel and Cottages, Kintyre Club Restaurant, Serenity Spa, The Old Clubhouse Pub or the Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club.
Accommodations :
Superior Rooms
The Superior Rooms pay homage to the Royal Hotel’s rich history of luxury accommodation, with all the modern-day amenities for the most discerning traveler. Views of bustling Campbeltown Harbour will delight you, while a deep brown palette with blue accents and rich walnut wood furnishings welcome you into these spacious enclaves. Each features a flat screen HD television and cozy seating area. Several rooms feature a fireplace and most offer a spacious bath tub as well as shower. Available in super king, regular king and twin bed configurations.
Classic Rooms
The Classic Rooms at the Royal Hotel provide a cozy retreat for any traveler. Deep brown and black colors are highlighted with blue accents and satin nickel finishes. Outfitted with a regular king bed and flat screen HD television, the Classic Room will be a welcome sight after a day out on the links at Machrihanish Dunes or exploring around Kintyre. Views of the activity in Campbeltown Harbour complete this tranquil space.
All of the rooms at The Royal Hotel have an enviable list of amenities that include:
- High-speed Wi-Fi internet access
- Flat-screen HD TV’s
- Out of Eden toiletries
- Iron, hairdryer, safe
- Access to the Fitness Centre at The Ugadale Hotel
- Spa services at Serenity Spa at The Ugadale Hotel
- Discounted green fees at Machrihanish Dunes and neighbouring Machrihanish GC
- Guest dining privileges in The Kintyre Club
- Shuttle service to The Ugadale Hotel, Machrihanish Dunes and the Campbeltown Airport
Dining :
THE HARBOURVIEW GRILLE
A luxurious, restaurant located right on the Campbeltown Harbour in the historic Royal Hotel. The Harbourview Grille transports guests back to the early days of The Royal, when Campbeltown was known as “the whisky capital of the world” featuring no less than 34 working distilleries along with a thriving fishing industry that had Campbeltown Harbour and The Royal Hotel bustling with businessmen, vacationers and locals alike. The Harbourview has an atmosphere of relaxed elegance where guest can enjoy perfectly seared steaks, skillfully prepared seafoods and everything in between along with an impressive selection of fine wines, single malts and draught beers.
THE BLACK SHEEP PUB
A lively setting for a night out in town, or a place to simply top off the evening with a nip and a bite. The Black Sheep Pub is located inside The Royal hotel next to the Harbourview Grille and features indoor and outdoor seating along the waterfront. The Black Sheep Pub serves as a welcome gathering place for Campbeltown residents and visitors – a great place to soak up local culture through food, drink, and general revelry.
THE KINTYRE CLUB
The Kintyre Club at The Ugadale Hotel, named for the eponymous local charitable organization begun in 1825, is a warm and inviting restaurant and pub in a private club setting offering an appetizing menu of skillfully prepared dishes featuring the freshest locally sourced ingredients. The pub offers friendly, prompt service and a world-class selection of local and regional malt whiskies, draughts beers and fine wines from around the globe. The Kintyre Club is an elegant dining experience in a refined setting with a charming sense of history and grandeur. As a guest of The Village at Machrihanish Dunes, we welcome to you to dine with us and the other members of The Kintyre Club during the course of your stay. After your dinner and a wee dram to cap things off, you’ll be quite sure that life cannot get any better.
THE OLD CLUBHOUSE
The Old Clubhouse Pub has been the site of good times and warm welcomes since 1876 when it served as the original clubhouse of the Machrihanish Golf Club back in the days of Old Tom Morris. The atmosphere at The Old Clubhouse is one of a relaxed old-world style golf pub serving up full Scottish breakfast, delicious pub food and gourmet dinner offerings before becoming the site of nightly revelry for locals and guests alike. The meticulously restored interior has been masterfully crafted to recreate the pub as it may have looked more than 100 years earlier. The cozy, well-appointed space offers a sense of history and times past as you gaze out the windows overlooking the historic 1st tee at Machrihanish teetering on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. As regulars and visitors will attest, the pub food and drink here are truly some of the finest you will find.
THE GOLF HOUSE
The Golf House at Machrihanish Dunes Golf Club offers a respite to gather, refresh and relax right at the course itself. Enjoy snacks, homemade soups and sandwiches as you rest up for that next nine, or meet up with friends before experiencing one of the top courses in the United Kingdom.
The Heart of Links
Nowhere else can a golfer play six of the world’s top 100 courses (Machrihanish, Turnberry, Royal Troon and Royal Prestwick in Ayrshire and Portstewart and Royal Portrush in Ireland) and a few of the hidden gems (including The Machrie, Western Gailes and Shiskine), in a matter of days, and still enjoy the same accommodation each night.
From your home base at The Village at Machrihanish Dunes you can enjoy easy access to world-renowned links courses of The Kintyre Peninsula, Isle of Islay, Isle of Arran, Ayrshire and Northern Ireland for a links golf vacation unlike any other.
KINTYRE PENINSULA
Machrihanish Golf Club
Our neighbor, Machrihanish Golf Club, was laid out by Old Tom Morris himself in 1879 and has long been regarded as one of the finest links courses in the world (a perennial Top-100 course currently ranked 39th of Golf Digest’s Top 100 Courses Outside the U.S.) and is always on the “short list” of serious golfers worldwide. Machrihanish Golf Club is known among other things for arguably having “the best opening shot in golf.” The first tee teeters on the edge of the mighty Atlantic Ocean and dares golfers to bite off as much of the corner of the Atlantic as they can stomach to a fairway that runs adjacent to the beach.
Machrihanish Golf Club is a joy to play and usually very quiet, allowing the visitor to relish the ups and downs of the fairways and the tussle with undulating greens. There are also arresting views across to the islands of Jura and Islay, which provide a delightful backdrop on an idyllic summer’s day with the firm Machrihanish turf underfoot, the majesty of the dunes, and wheeling seabirds providing the only sound.
It is a varied test for the competent golfer; the layout is not just a predictable nine out, and nine back. Some of its more memorable holes – in addition to the 1st – are the 5th, another par 4 with its fairway like an elephant’s graveyard, the 7th, with its blind second shot up and over the corner of a towering dune, the 10th, a clever dogleg par 5 and the 15th, a one-shotter that becomes quite difficult if the elusive green is missed from the tee.
Dunaverty Golf Club
Dunaverty Golf Club is located just 15 minutes south of Machrihanish in Southend. The course occupies a stunning setting on the south coast of the Kintyre peninsula overlooking Sanda Island to the south, Ailsa Craig and Ayrshire to the east and Northern Ireland to the southwest. The course is a fun, 18-hole, par-66, natural links course with jaw-dropping views and a great mix of golf holes that will be enjoyed by both low and high handicappers alike.
ISLE OF ISLAY
Located just off the coast of the Kintyre Peninsula, the island of Islay (pronounce Eye-la) is probably best known for its famed whisky distilleries, which include the likes of Ardbeg, Laphroaig, Lagavulin,Bowmore Distillery, Bruichladdich and Bunnahabhain, but it may be the links course at The Machrie that is Islay’s greatest feature.
The Machrie Golf Links
Set in the dunes of Islay and designed in 1891 by Willie Campbell, The Machrie is an 18-hole traditional Scottish links that Planet Golfrates as a strong candidate to join its list of the Top 100 courses on Earth. The magnificent Laggan Bay is one of the most beautiful locations in world golf, but true links golf lovers will be more interested in the golf course than anything else. Although the yardage is not long by modern standards, holes vary in length according to the strength and direction of the wind and feature a number of blind shots that will test both your nerve and imagination.
