about the hotel

Bridge of Orchy's only hotel sits in Glen Orchy beside the A82, the main road from Loch Lomond to Fort William, running through the west central Highlands. Bridge of Orchy is - well almost literally a bridge, save for a few small houses scattered around it, and of course a renowned Scottish highland hotel, known to thousands of UK and international guests.

The hotel was rebuilt in 1958 and the architecture is typical of the postwar 'fifties' style; it is white painted, has a turret affair and features attractively leaded windows with small panes. It's built on the banks of the River Orchy in an area where the osprey, or fish eagle, happily returned to nest after a period of extinction in Scotland, also in the '50s. Nearby Loch Awe now has several mating pairs of these majestic birds.

The story of Bridge of Orchy is a story of travel and travellers. To the average motorist on the A82 the reason for the name isn't at all obvious... but just turn west at the small crossroads by the hotel and you'll move from the 'new' A82, built in the first half of the 1900s, to its highway predecessor complete with arched bridge, dating back to 1751.