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Kinloch Lodge
Sleat, Isle of Skye, United Kingdom · Independent · Core Luxury
Built in 1676 as a farmhouse and later a shooting lodge for the Macdonalds of Skye, Kinloch Lodge became a hotel in 1972 under Lord and Lady Macdonald. Their daughter Isabella still runs the 18-room house on Loch na Dal in Sleat: ancestral portraits, a serious whisky bar, a ghillie for foraging and stalking, and one Michelin Key in 2025.
- 18 rooms
- Opened 1972
- Neighborhood: Slèite
About Kinloch Lodge
- Built 1676 as a farmhouse; converted to a Macdonald shooting lodge before the 1972 hotel opening.
- Isabella Macdonald, daughter of Lord and Lady Macdonald, still runs the house.
- Michelin One Key in 2025; the restaurant cooks Skye produce.
History
Kinloch Lodge began in 1676 as a farmhouse and was later converted into a shooting lodge for the Macdonalds of Skye. Lord and Lady Macdonald opened it as a hotel in 1972. Their daughter Isabella Macdonald still runs the 18-room house on Loch na Dal in Sleat, a family home with ancestral portraits, a whisky bar, and a restaurant cooking Skye produce. Michelin One Key in 2025.
Amenities
- Extensive whisky collection and cozy bar with roaring log fires
- Wilderness experiences including foraging, fishing, and stalking with a local ghillie
- Individually designed bedrooms and suites with Egyptian cotton linen and loch views
- Accessible ground-floor rooms with roll-top baths and walk-in showers
- Ancestral drawing rooms filled with Macdonald clan portraits and memorabilia
- Spa
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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