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Culdearn House, a small country house hotel in Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland has been chosen for an Editors Choice award the 2015 Good Hotel Guide.
The Good Hotel Guide is the leading independent guide to hotels in Great Britain and Ireland. It is written for the reader seeking impartial advice on finding a good place to stay. Hotels cannot buy their entry as they do in most rival guides. No money changes hands, and the editors and inspectors do not accept free hospitality on their anonymous visits to hotels.
Culdearn House received the award as one of the recommended fishing hotels, and it has been a popular choice for anglers for a number of years.
One of the guest reviews commented on the excellent rooms and commended the owners on the decor and the standard of cleanliness and tidiness.Â
Culdearn House lies within the heart of Speyside in the Cairngorm National Park. Owners Sonia and William Marshall were delighted to be recognised for the award, particularly as it is based on independent feedback from guests.
Culdearn House is a small and intimate country house with six guest rooms, each with their own unique character. They specialise in offering luxurious accomodation and fine dining to their discerning guests.
The River Spey is within walking distance of Culdearn which has an international reputation as a classic Scottish salmon river and produces excellent catches of both salmon and sea-trout.
Guests can obtain salmon fishing permits, through the Strathspey Angling Assocation which has rights on both banks of a six mile stretch of the nearby River Spey.
Guests can fly-fish between February and late September and the hire of all fishing equipment is available from an excellent fishing shop in the village which the hotel uses and where the hire of an experienced ghillie can be arranged for private tuition. Drying facilities are offered at Culdearn House as use of the freezer to store the all-important catch.
As well as fishing, Culdearn is situated within a glorious area of magnificent scenery for walking, skiing, climbing, shooting, steam trains and golf. There are also 50 distilleries within a radius of 25 miles and the area is part of The Castle Trail.
Whisky tours can be arranged for nosing and tasting sessions and the owners have an in-depth knowledge of local whiskies. Many guests combine a longer trip with fishing and whisky, and the house itself has an extensive selection of cask and malt whiskies.
Whatever the reason for guests coming Sonia Marshall says that they will be assured of a warm Highland welcome. Most of the guests At Culdearn House are repeat visitors, from The United States and Canada, as well as the UK and Europe, and have been coming back over the past 12 years.
The owners of Culdearn House are delighted to have received The Good Hotel Guide award and hope it encourages others to visit Speyside and see what this magnificent part of Scotland has to offer.
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