Grand country sojourn near Aberdeen

Ardoe House Hotel & Spa, Scotland

Property details

A Telegraph-recommended Victorian hotel and spa with an award-winning restaurant close to Aberdeen - includes breakfast and dinner credit options

  • Grand architecture: Ardoe House Hotel & Spa is a beautiful Victorian mansion, nestled amongst 30 acres of peaceful Scottish countryside. Constructed in the neo-Baronial style of 19th-century Scottish architecture, this hotel boasts soaring turrets and castellated walls, and interiors with grandiose staircases and rich wood panelling.

  • Award-winning dining: The award-winning Blairs Restaurant offers a la carte dining in an elegant, classically designed dining room with garden views. Informal bar food is served up at Soapies, the opulent Drawing Room offers an indulgent afternoon tea, while the Lairds Bar is a perfect place for a nightcap.

  • Relaxing spa: Pamper yourself at this elegant retreat by visiting the hotel's spa area, complete with a sauna, steam room and 18-metre swimming pool. There's also a fully equipped gym to hand so you can work up a sweat, or take a Zumba or MetaFit class in the fitness studio.

How to get there

Ardoe House Hotel & Spa is around a 10-minute taxi ride from Aberdeen train station. By car, take the A90 by merging from the M90 or A9 northbound up to Dundee, continuing for an hour until you reach Aberdeen.

Entry requirements


The passport, visa and health requirements at the time of booking can be viewed on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for UK citizens, and on the Department of Foreign Affairs website for IE citizens. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and all members of your party are in possession of all necessary travel and health documents, and in compliance with any other immigration/entry requirements before you travel, including whether your passport must be machine readable or which visas/waivers may be required for entry, such as ESTA for USA travel and/or ETIAS for EU travel. Please also be sure to check the validity of your passport and allow up to 10 weeks for passport renewals.


  • Grand architecture: Ardoe House Hotel & Spa is a beautiful Victorian mansion, nestled amongst 30 acres of peaceful Scottish countryside. Constructed in the neo-Baronial style of 19th-century Scottish architecture, this hotel boasts soaring turrets and castellated walls, and interiors with grandiose staircases and rich wood panelling.

  • Award-winning dining: The award-winning Blairs Restaurant offers a la carte dining in an elegant, classically designed dining room with garden views. Informal bar food is served up at Soapies, the opulent Drawing Room offers an indulgent afternoon tea, while the Lairds Bar is a perfect place for a nightcap.

  • Relaxing spa: Pamper yourself at this elegant retreat by visiting the hotel's spa area, complete with a sauna, steam room and 18-metre swimming pool. There's also a fully equipped gym to hand so you can work up a sweat, or take a Zumba or MetaFit class in the fitness studio.

How to get there

Ardoe House Hotel & Spa is around a 10-minute taxi ride from Aberdeen train station. By car, take the A90 by merging from the M90 or A9 northbound up to Dundee, continuing for an hour until you reach Aberdeen.

Entry requirements


The passport, visa and health requirements at the time of booking can be viewed on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website for UK citizens, and on the Department of Foreign Affairs website for IE citizens. It is your responsibility to ensure that you and all members of your party are in possession of all necessary travel and health documents, and in compliance with any other immigration/entry requirements before you travel, including whether your passport must be machine readable or which visas/waivers may be required for entry, such as ESTA for USA travel and/or ETIAS for EU travel. Please also be sure to check the validity of your passport and allow up to 10 weeks for passport renewals.

Location and what's nearby

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Deeside Road, Aberdeen, Scotland AB12 5YP

Ardoe House Hotel & Spa lies a few miles from both the centre of Aberdeen and the Aberdeen Castle Trail, which takes you to royal and Baronial mansions in the region. Golf-lovers feel right at home here with a myriad courses to choose from, including the Royal Aberdeen Golf Club and the Kings Links.

Other nearby highlights include the royal residence of Balmoral – whose grounds, gardens and exhibitions are open at various points in the year – and the distinctive 16th-century castles of Crathes and Cragievar.