The Caledonian Hotel

3.0 star property

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Restaurant
Restaurant
Restaurant
Lobby sitting area
Property grounds

Reviews

7.2 out of 10
Good

Popular amenities

  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Bar

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Achintoe Road, Fort William, Scotland, PH33 6RW
  • Place, West Highland Way
    ‪4 min drive‬
  • Place, West Highland Museum
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Place, Great Glen Way
    ‪5 min drive‬

Room options

Double Room (with Loch View)

8.2 out of 10
Very good
(32 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Twin Room (with Loch View)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(35 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Double Room, 1 Double Bed

7.0 out of 10
Good
(46 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Double Bed

Twin Room

7.6 out of 10
Good
(41 reviews)
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

Single Room

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(26 reviews)
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Single Bed

Family Room

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Double Bed and 1 Single Bed

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About the area

Fort William

With a stay at The Caledonian Hotel in Fort William, you'll be within a 15-minute drive of Ben Nevis and Loch Linnhe. .This hotel is 2 mi (3.3 km) from West Highland Way and 2.2 mi (3.5 km) from Lochaber Geopark Visitor Centre.

What's nearby

  • West Highland Way - 4 min drive - 3.9 km
  • West Highland Museum - 5 min drive - 4.5 km
  • Great Glen Way - 5 min drive - 4.8 km
  • Old Fort of Fort William - 5 min drive - 4.8 km
  • Belford Hospital - 5 min drive - 4.8 km

Getting around

  • Fort William Station - 5 min drive
  • Inverness (INV) - 122 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Great Glen (Wetherspoon) - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Black Isle Bar - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬5 min drive
  • ‪The Wildcat - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪The Tavern Restaurant - ‬4 min drive

About this property

The Caledonian Hotel

Hotel in Fort William with a restaurant and a bar
The Caledonian Hotel offers 81 accommodations with coffee/tea makers and hair dryers. Each accommodation is individually furnished and decorated. Cable television is provided.

Bathrooms include bathtubs or showers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones. Housekeeping is offered daily and irons/ironing boards can be requested.

Make yourself at home in one of the 81 individually decorated guestrooms. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have bathtubs or showers and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and coffee/tea makers.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and tour/ticket assistance.
You can enjoy a meal at the restaurant serving the guests of The Caledonian Hotel, or stop in at the snack bar/deli. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Buffet breakfasts are available daily from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour front desk, luggage storage, and an elevator. Free self parking is available onsite.
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
The Caledonian Hotel has a restaurant on site.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Internet access
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Daily buffet breakfast available 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM for a fee: GBP 10 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant
  • Snack bar/deli

Family friendly

  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • 2 accessible parking spaces
  • Lift (81 centimetre wide door)
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • TV with cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle

More

  • Desk
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Individual furnishings
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of GBP 10 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for buffet breakfast: approximately GBP 10 per person
  • Pet fee: GBP 10 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Cashless transactions are available

Property is also known as

Caledonian Hotel Fort William
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The Caledonian Hotel Hotel
The Caledonian Hotel Fort William
The Caledonian Hotel Hotel Fort William

The Caledonian Hotel Reviews

Reviews

7.2

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 332 out of 1258 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 373 out of 1258 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 283 out of 1258 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 162 out of 1258 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 108 out of 1258 reviews

7.4/10

Cleanliness

8.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Harry

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Great Staff ,food Great
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jacob

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cute spot, hallway rugs could be updated. Otherwise a nice cheap room for the night.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Siddartha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Its located right opposite the lake so evening and morning view from the lobby bar looks beautiful
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Annette, Wareham

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff were great, very helpful, can't thank them enough. We will be returning.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A beautiful location on the Loch. The staff were helpful and very polite, a n ice relaxing place to stay
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Steven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very basic. Overdue renovation. Looks a bit like a bail hostel on the outside. 2nd floor rooms have threadbare carpet, no hot water. Overall, facilities fine - breakfast not great, but cheap. Believe there’s renovations to the 2nd floor next month, but think the whole place needs some work. Probably a 2 star with 3 star facilities - ie a bar, a restaurant of sorts, a lift.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Michael

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

margaret

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jayne

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Ben D

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We were told since we were not in a group we could not be served until 8:00. We had drinks and then tried to be seated. We were then told that they were too busy to take care of anyone not in the group. We had too much to drive-accordingly we didn’t get dinner that tight!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very nice!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Dugald

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A nice bar and a lounge with a lovely view over and across the loch. Friendly staff and a good selection of food for breakfast
Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

JANE

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Behind our door hadn’t been vacuumed- for ages. Lumps of dust - not seen if door was open but closed it drew the eye - what is that on the carpet? Apart from the above all was good
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

ken

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
FRIENDLY HELPFUL STAFF; GOOD FOOD
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Rebecca

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The hotel is lovely and staff are helpful. The food was not so great at all. I ordered a chicken curry and it was 100% out a jar and the garlic bread was cooked from frozen and very hard. I did not have breakfast but it would be nice of the hotel had some home cooked food. The drinks were extremely over priced! The rooms were lovely and clean and parking was great too - the views were great!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Pam

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Good overnight stop.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

8/10 Good

Isobel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Dawn M

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nelda, Apple Valley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Thomas

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel in real need of some upgrades. Not enough staff to cover a 'full' hotel. Woken up numerous times in the middle of the night by a fire alarm going off, with three different explanations from staff as to what the problem was.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Scott, Boulder

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
This is a difficult hotel to review. My room was very small and felt very old, dated and cheap. However, the staff were great and the dinning options within the hotel were really good. I ate some food in the bar/lobby area at night and it was great and the breakfast included with my stay the next morning was fantastic.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean room and property. Helpful staff. Beautiful views of the Loch Linnhe.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Sam

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Annabelhe, Mirabel

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel on the road. Face the water, great view. Nice bedroom. Easy parking. 5 min from fort william city center
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

6/10 Okay

Lynn

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
If you have sensitivity to mold and mildew I would not recommend staying here. The room was soooo hot, no AC, and the window didn’t have a screen so we couldn’t leave it open without a ton of bugs in the room. Beautiful loch view though.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025