Chilly B&Bs with even colder landladies and candlewick-bedspread hotels serving school-dinner-style meals have been replaced by an enormous choice of accommodation options suitable for family holidays in Scotland, from caravan sites with Sky TV and on-site kids’ playrooms to serviced apartments and five-star deluxe hotels complete with miniature dressing gowns, cookies and milk by the bed and toy-boxes on tap.
See our hand-picked recommendations below. If you're on a tighter budget, check out one of the many holiday parks. See also our feature Green Places to Stay with Kids: Europe.
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A vast Scottish estate including riding stables, activities such as bushcraft and woodland combat, and its own cinema.
Located across the Scottish Highlands; cottages. com offer a large selection of family-friendly self-catering holiday accommodation
This family-friendly hotel in the Isle of Arran in Scotland has everything a family could wish for, wish plenty of fresh air thrown in for free.
Located off Scotland's west coast, this island-based all-inclusive activity centre makes for a fun family holiday experience.
Luxury holiday cabins on the edge of Loch Long in western Scotland, with outdoors activities for all the family.
Luxury cottages in rural Ayrshire just a short drive from the coast.
You wont get a family-friendly hotel more central in Edinburgh, especially for such great value.
Located close to Loch Ness and Inverness, this hotel offers spacious family rooms and the perfect base for exploring the Scottish Highlands.
Family rooms, en-suite facilities and free parking make for a great value family hotel in Dundee.
Glamping site with canvas tents on country estate in the Scottish Borders with private hot tubs.
A quirky option for family-friendly glamping holidays on the edge of a loch in Perthshire, Scotland.
With direct access to the beach, child-friendly facilities, crazy golf and children's menu in the restaurant in Ayrshire.
A family-friendly hotel set within a grade-II listed building in Gretna Green, Scotland, offering large rooms, toys and games and a hearty breakfast.
Modern, spacious serviced apartments sleeping up to 4, each with a well-equipped kitchen, in the heart of Edinburgh.
Family rooms sleeping three plus a hearty breakfast in the heart of Edinburgh – great value for money.
Great landscape and costal views and lots to do!.
Spoil the family with five star luxury hotel in the Scottish capital.
Located in Perthshire with a range of leisure facilities for the whole family and the ideal base to explore the Highlands.
A stunning park with superb log lodges, most with outdoor hot tubs.
An ideal location from which to explore the Scottish Highlands, with cosy lodges sleeping up to 6 people.
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