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Hafton Castle

Hafton Castle is a magnificent building with views across Holy Loch, set in its own delightful gardens with its own magnificent indoor swimming pool.

The Castle is a superb house with its wonderful indoor pool, large billiard room, toy room, big conservatory and lots of outdoor space in fact plenty of space for the large number of people it sleeps. The magnificent front hall is large with seating space, woodburner and a grand piano. The castle was built by James Hunter, and its architect was David Hamilton who also designed Dunoon Castle.

The bedrooms are very comfortable and all have en-suite bathrooms. The building has some magnificent features, beautiful ceilings, carved doors and a superb staircase. There are a large number of spacious public rooms. The large drawing room has a bar area and double doors onto the small drawing room and when the doors are open it makes one very large room, perfect for weddings or other large gatherings.

Outside the gardens have large old trees, lawns and the views across the Loch are beautiful. The castle can be reached from Glasgow Airport in approximately 45 minutes by car and guests usually arrive via the ferry, a very romantic and atmospheric start to their stay at Hafton. There are many local activities, golf, swimming, clay pigeon shooting, sailing, fishing and quad biking to name but a few.

On the ground floor there is the large reception hall, small drawing room with beautiful views across to the sea, the large drawing room with bar area, library, dining room, conservatory which leads to the garden via French doors, billiard room, large heating indoor swimming pool in its own room and a play room.

Dinner is available on request at a charge of £50 per person.

Entertainment of classical/traditional Scottish music can be available by special request.

The castle is also available for exclusive rental for:

Self-Catering
Weddings
House Parties
Anniversary Celebrations
Reunions etc

Visits to Wemyss Bay, Bute and Rothesay can easily be taken and the immediate area is incredibly beautiful and full of history. Nearby a visit to the Younger Botanical Gardens with its spectacular trees is recommended.