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The Airds Hotel is a 17th century converted ferry inn situated in Port Appin, originally used by travellers taking their sheep to and from the neighbouring island of Lismore.

It is now a small luxury hotel and award winning restaurant, part of the Relaix & Chateaux group , set in the remote natural landscape of Appin, overlooking Loch Linnhe. The hotel has 11 bedrooms & suites and a 2 bedroom self catering cottage in the grounds; and the restaurant (open for lunch, afternoon teas and dinner to the public) seats up to 34. The hotel proprietor is S McKivragan, who took over the hotel in December 2002.

Location
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35 minutes drive, 19 miles, North of Oban

30 minutes drive, 19 miles, South East of Glencoe

2 hours 30 minutes drive, 111 miles, North of Glasgow

Local History
Appin was the setting for the historical novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson which is set around 18th century Scottish event, notably the Appin Murder, which occurred near Ballachulish in the aftermath of the Jacobite Rising.

Glencoe was the scene of the infamous Massacre of 1692.