A great place to stay! Michael and Eddie are so welcoming, and do everything to ensure you have a…read morenice stay. Breakfast is superb (Michael is an ace cook!) - you can choose what you want and select the time the day before. I have stayed in a single room with shared facilities - despite being shared, toilet and bathroom were pristine clean. My room had everything I needed and more - toiletries, tea, coffee, and even cookies. I really enjoyed my stay there!

An absolutely wonderful stay. Eddie & Michael are simply divine hosts. The rooms are comfortable,…read moreand the breakfast is positively first rate. Honestly, I'm looking for an excuse to come back to Spean Bridge just to hang with those two again!

Our first stay in Scotland and it was fantastic! Mark served us at the bar for dinner and…read morebreakfast! Very friendly and gave us great tips on where to visit. The hotel is beautiful and cozy. Their bar had a large whiskey selection to choose from as well.

The Balavil is a cute little Hotel in Newtonmore, located conveniently on the main road. A big…read moreparking space faces the hotel, so parking is easy and included. We drove to the north from Edinburgh and decided to find a place to stay in Newtonmore. All B&Bs from our AA's guide were either booked out or closed. It was a rainy late afternoon, and then we crossed the Balavil Hotel. We didn't plan to stay in hotels, but this one looked like a cute guest house. So we entered. The guy at the reception was uber friendly and really funny. Of course they had a room for us he said, and also one with two single beds. The rate: £35 per person, including breakfast. Awesome! The hotel is quite old, but it totally matches the cute town of Newtonmore. Staying in a fancy new hotel would have been weird. The room was nice and clean, and the beds comfy. There's a bar in the lobby with a local ale on tap and some other scottish beers, and obviously Guinness. They also serve food I believe, we dined out though. After dinner we had a couple of beers and it was really cosy. Breakfast is served in the spacious dining room next to the lobby. It's buffet style, toast and coffee is served by the waitress. The food was okay, nothing very special. The breakfast is probably the hotels weakest part, but it was fine. A big plus: free WiFi for all guests! I would stay again.

incredibly service from he very handsome Ewan Green his beauty and kindness knows no bounds…read more.However i believe his costumer service talents are wasted in the bnb industry and i believe he should peruse a career in fast food. Domino's seems like a perfect fit for him as not only is he efficient and punctual ,while we where there he expressed his fascination for the pizza restaurant in fact during the tour we saw into his room and the walls where furnished with dominoes paraphernalia,and when i was sleeping i heard him tailing in his sleep and i was able to make out him saying "three pizzas and three slides for 33 dollars delivered and "all large two topping pizzas $5.99 each". in fact i believe he could one day replace Richard E. Allison Jr. as the company CEO.

Modern hotel and restaurant located just outside of Spean Bridge with a great view of Ben Nevis…read more Comfortable beds and pillows with large rooms and modern bathroom with shower. Television and good WiFi. Complimentary cook to order breakfast and afternoon tea with scones or biscuits. Friendly and helpful staff and management. Hiking trail nearby that starts from the Commando Memorial and passes the old High Bridge historical site. This hotel also serves a five star home cooked dinner to guests and travelers. Great menu of starters, main course and desserts prepared with locally grown produce and meats such as venison, beef, chicken and fish. They also have several tasty vegan/vegetarian meals available and full bar service. This is a great location for a nice peaceful retreat. #oldpines #speanbridge

Amazing! Everything! Emailed about rooms and they responded immediately. Fastest check in ever…read more They had our keys waiting and we walked in and they took us right to our rooms. Rooms were very clean, decorated well, comfy bed. There were homemade cookies in the room. And hot chocolate. We went on a walk that leaves right from the property down through a meadow of ferns and into the forest, then along the river to some Jacobite ruins from the 1700s. Then back for dinner at the inn which was amazing. I highly recommend one of the non alcoholic cocktails. They brought out bread and butter, and nuts and olives as soon as we sat down. The meal was really good and all of the staff was very nice. And the view from the restaurant is incredible. Everything was perfect. And it was awesome to be in such a quiet, peaceful and beautiful spot. If your passing through the highlands this place is a must stop. We'll be back for sure.

This was the worst lodging we have ever had. For the cost of the EF Go Ahead tour there is no…read moreexcuse for this place to be on the accommodations list. This isn't one of their cheap school education tours. We contacted the place ahead of time to make arrangements for a larger bed, multiple beds, anything to help us because we unfortunately are not small people. The place said that EF would have to contact them. I contacted EF twice on this subject well in advance of departure and was told they would make a note for us to be accommodated. We received the world's smallest room with an equally small bed. When I inquired about a different room with other bed options I was informed twi all rooms were the same. After speaking with other guests that is not the case. We found a room with two twin beds. We found a room with a queen and two twins. Our room had wallpaper peeling off. There were large swatches that were dirty. We had no hot water and had to go ask to have it turned on for our room. When we finally got hot water it couldnt decide if it wanted to burn off our skin or freeze us like ice cubes. The room was stifling hot even with the window open and there were only multiple blankets on the bed. No top sheet to use as a blanket. The bathroom floor feels like we are walking on sponges. Not a comforting feeling wondering if you are going to fall through. Everything felt dirty. Though they advertise that they have WIFI, DO NOT plan on it working. For kids away from their parents this is probably okay. For adults that still need to check into work and take care of adult things this was unacceptable. With the exception of the food server Patience, who was very sweet, the rest of the staff was unpleasant and gave off the impression that we were just bothering them. They would interject themselves into private conversations then get mad because we had somehow interrupted them. Left us scratching our heads in bewilderment. Would NEVER stay at this place again. If you have to stay here, avoid room #2. This hotel does not reflect well on EF Go Ahead tours!!!

Great service from Leanne and her team. Good meal and good people. Keep up the good work and…read moreimprovements!