Come for the whisky, stay for the roaring fires and pub grub says Rosalind Erskine. A sleepy Highland village is not the first place you’d expect to see the famous faces of Naomi Campbell, Sadie Frost and Kate Moss, but guests at the re-opening of the 19th-century Craigellachie Hotel did just that.
The models and celebrities may have left, but the style and charm have remained. With just 26 rooms, the mustard-coloured building will become a familiar site for those touring the popular malt whisky trail.
The hotel is owned by London-based businessman Piers Adams and this celeb-filled re-opening took place in 2015 after a reported £3 million revamp.
As with any good hotel in this region, the bar’s almost become as much as a selling point as ‘staying in Kate Moss’s room. ’ At Craigellachie you’ll find the Copper Dog bar (a namesake whisky was developed by the hotel and sold to Diageo) and the fabled Quaich Bar, whose walls are lined with single malt whiskies and, style-wise, wouldn’t look out of place in a Wes Anderson film.
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