Tarland Hotels

"Lovely hotel. The rooms were comfortable, the staff were excellent and the bar area was a great place to unwind in after a long day. The breakfast was superb. Highly recommended. "

"Spotless and great location "

"Beautiful building, excellent food! Great staff what else is there to say!"

"Very clean & comfortable, easy check-in and out"

"everything was absolutely spot on, room was lovely, food was excellent and service was first class. found the hotel to be nice and warm with the fire's roaring"

"Staff super friendly and room was clean and cosy "

"Just wow! Secluded location within 3 mins drive of the centre of Ballater. One, if not the best place we have stayed at. The Host was really helpful and was able to accommodate an additional night when we were snowed in. The house was floor heated down stairs with an open fireplace in the seperate lounge with no shortage of wood. Heating was also great upstairs and the beds were the best we have slept on in our 3 weeks of travel so far in the UK. The Host has thought of everything, but for the coffee lovers out there, there is no coffee machine. The ‘Magical Cottage’ name pretty much sums up the place. We were fortunate to be there when it snowed, picture postcard stuff. Ballater itself was gorgeous, and we loved the Balmoral Bar as the staff and patrons were all so engaging, so too were the pooches that also frequented the Bar. The is a COOP supermarket within 50m of the Balmoral. We have some great memories to take home to Australia!"

"Very comfortable. Great facilities. Spotlessly clean "

"Great rooms and food"