Port Charlotte Hotel, Port Charlotte
About the Hotel
Rooms and Amenities
The Port Charlotte Hotel offers rooms with sea views, ironing facilities, and tea and coffee facilities. Each room includes a private bathroom with a shower and a hairdryer. Rooms feature a flat-screen TV, a wardrobe, carpeted floors, and free Wi-Fi. Guests can choose rooms with two beds.
Dining at Charlotte Hotel
The Port Charlotte Hotel's àlacarte restaurant serves meals prepared with local produce, including beef, venison, and lamb from local farms, plus game such as woodcock and red grouse. The restaurant offers fresh seafood, such as scallops and langoustine. A full Scottish breakfast and three-course dinner from the àlacarte menu are available, including a bottle of house wine on the first night. Special events, such as Hogmanay dinner, feature special menus.
Bar and Local Produce
The Port Charlotte Hotel features a whisky bar with an extensive whisky selection, including rare whiskies and Islay distillery expressions. The bar serves local Islay ales and gins, quality beers, wines, and spirits. The bar menu highlights local produce, including shellfish (lobsters, crab, langoustine) and local meats (venison and beef). Succulent oysters are delivered daily, with monkfish and halibut landed on the West Coast of Scotland. Mussels come from the west coast in summer and from the north east waters in spring and autumn.
Location and Access
Located in the conservation village of Port Charlotte, the Port Charlotte Hotel is a family-run 4-star hotel in a beachside location. The hotel is approximately 25 minutes from the airport and 35 minutes from either port. The hotel is 30 km from Glenegedale. Landmarks near the hotel include Nerabus Chapel and Carved Stones (3 km), Kilchoman Church (6 km), Loch Indaal Lighthouse (0.3 km), Kilarrow Parish Church (6 km), Museum of Islay Life (0.5 km), and Rockside Farm (6 km). Islay Natural History Trust Port Charlotte is 0.3 km away. The island is accessible on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with up to five ferries a day from Kennacraig.
Leisure and Culture
The Port Charlotte Hotel is a base for exploring the wildlife and scenery. Guests can view an art collection with a leaning to 'The Glasgow School' of artists. Distillery tours and tastings, plus visits to cultural places such as the historical site of Finlaggan and the Islay Woollen Mill, can be arranged. Loch Indaal spreads across the horizon, framed by low-slung hills.
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Getting around
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Facilities
General
- No smoking on site
- Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
- Safe deposit box
- VIP check-in/ -out
- Pets allowed
- Security
- Luggage storage
- Private beach
- Coffee shop
- Smoke detectors
- Fire extinguishers
Sports & Fitness
- Cycling
- Fishing
Guest Parking
- Electric kettle
Services
- Housekeeping
- Car hire
- Laundry
- Tours/Ticket assistance
- Grocery shopping service
- Welcome drink
Dining
- Restaurant
- Snack bar
- Bar/ Lounge area
- Picnic area/ Tables
- Packed lunches
Business
- Meeting/ Banquet facilities
- Fax/Photocopying
Children
- Children's buffet
- Board games
Spa & Leisure
- Beach access
- Live entertainment
- Garden area
Room features
- Terrace
- Garden furniture
- Tea and coffee facilities
- Ironing facilities
Bathroom
- Free toiletries
Self-catering
- Electric kettle
Media
- Flat-screen TV
- AM/FM alarm clock
Room decor
- Carpeted floor
