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Glencoe Farm Hostel & Bunkhouse

Glencoe

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Hostels in Glencoe

Address	Glencoe Farm & Bunkhouse, Leacantuim, Glencoe, Argyll, Glencoe The Highlands, Scotland
Price	from £8-£12

Location/Contact

Location	• Welcome to Glencoe hostel. Set in approximately 4 acres of land in Glencoe on the west coast of the Scottish Highlands, the hostel is in the heart of this magnificent glen and is surrounded by mountains, waterfalls, wildlife and history. • Under new ownership since July 2003, there is a friendly relaxed and warm atmosphere, • offering various types of accommodation and services. The hostel is open most of the year there is someone on site to help you from morning till late at night. Glencoe village is about 1¼ miles away and is easily accessible whether you are walking or travelling by car. • The nearby Clachaig Inn is at the east side of us and is just a 10 minutes' walk away. This offers live music mid week and weekends, with real ales, beers, spirits and an extensive selection of whisky also providing good food. We are also very close to the West Highland Way and can accommodate you as an individual or as a group. • Location • Glencoe Hostel is conveniently located just off the main A82 trunk road, one of the most stunning drives in the country through dramatic Highland scenery. We are approximately 500 yards before the Glencoe Visitor Centre. • Grid reference NN. 116577 • Fort William approx. 15 miles north • Oban approx. 34 miles west • Inverness approx. 84 miles north • Skye, Mull, etc. a full day trip • Click here for an interactive map • Local Transport • By Car • The main A82 can be accessed from either Glasgow or Stirling to the south or from Fort William and Inverness to the north. • Bus Services • The Citylink bus service drops off at Glencoe Visitors centre and Glencoe crossroads. The Kinlochleven bus also drops off at Glencoe crossroads. • Visit the Citylink website for bus timetable information. • Local Taxi Services • Rob Roy Private Hire, Kinlochleven, 01855 831320 or 07748572136 • John MacLennan, Fort Williaml: 01397 702 248 • Lochaber Taxis, Fort William: 01397 705 000 • Taxi services at Glasgow Airport: Glasgow Airport Taxis, 07703 262470 • Train Services • Trains available from Fort William or Bridge of Orchy. Ffor more information on train services visit the Scotrail website.
Website	www.glencoehostel.co.uk
Telephone	+44 (0)1855 811906
Fax	01855 811906

Details

Online booking is not offered for this hostel, contact them for availability and reservations (any contact info we have is listed above).

Description

Features

Kitchen
Lockers
Phones (public or in room)
BBQ
Washing Machine (laundry)
Bike Rental

Ratings & Comments

2.6 Average from 7 Ratings

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Comment by aaron huey, scottish

October 2008

Amazing, peaceful, homey
we stayed in the cabin for a long weekend! the cabin was great! really cosy and tranquil! the views of the surroundings are something else to wake up to! the owners were really friendly an helpful! definitely recommend this place.

Comment by Extremely Unimpressed

January 2007

After years of using hostels (usually SYHA hostels) my friend and I decided to try this hostel. Very poor accommodation with things such as leaking toilet, window pane in front door smashed (had been dodgily covered with a little plastic sheet?!), the "hostel" was damp particularly in the toilet (this had equally dodgily been painted over, as if to disguise). No bedding whatsoever, at least with the SYHA hostels you are given clean bedding. We asked about this and were told we could hire sleeping bags at £1.50 per bag. Having no choice (no refunds given) we accepted, sleeping bags I should add I never knew the thickness (or lack of) existed. To top the whole experience off the hostel was not heated whatsoever! We were told that it was on a timer and would go on -- it did not! My friend and I ended up joining the two sleeping bags together and shivered on the same mattress to try to keep warm! A miserable and freezing experience. I'll be sticking to SHYA hostels who at least are monitored unlike this lot.

Comment by Mandy De Bont

October 2005

I'm from the Netherlands. My friends and I were walking the West Highland Way. We stayed one night at this hostel and we enjoyed it very much. The next morning the people who run the hostel brought us back to the West Highland Way. They are very nice people. The bunkhouse was also very nice.

Comment by Andy

October 2005

Friendly, relaxed, warm atmosphere — what a joke! I've never met such a miserable hostel owner. The woman gave our (prepaid and reserved) beds away to other people who were deemed to be wetter and more in need of accommodation than we were (after we'd just returned to the hostel from a marathon climb up Ben Nevis). We received no apology for the extreme inconvenience, and the lack of apology very nearly descended into abuse from the owner of the hostel. We were then made to blatantly ignore all fire safety regulations displayed on the hostel notice boards by having members of our party sleep on the dorm floor or two to a bed. If you want to book a hostel in the knowledge that you'll have a room when you turn up, then don't book a room here.

Comment by Anonymous

February 2005

Not very good or responsive. I spent a miserable few days there till we were able to book alternative accommodations. Be wary. It's cheap but straw-shack basic.

Comment by Anonymous

January 2005

This hotel is very cold, and small, with no warm rooms and bad service. It is a freezer.

Comment by Anonymous

November 2004

The hostel was really nice, warm and comfortable. Everything was new and although the people there were renovating the whole place it did not affect my stay. The people who run it are very helpful and friendly and I found this so nice. I will definitely go back there for a visit.

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