Hôtels Rowardennan

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Rowardennan Hotel - Hotel - Information sur les alentours

Situated on the banks of Loch Lomond in the magnificent Queen Elizabeth Forest, the hotel offers spectacular views of Ben Lomond, the loch and mountains to the north. It would be difficult to imagine a more beautiful situation for any building. The hotel lies at the foot of Ben Lomond (3,192 feet high) and is beautifully ringed round by woods. It stands practically on the loch which is magnificent in all its moods. It is part of the turbulent history of the district which was the stamping ground of that almost legendary outlaw, Rob Roy MacGregor. It was to the Rowardennan Inn, as it was then known, that Robert, one of Rob Roy's sons, brought a kidnapped heiress and forced her to go through a ceremony of marriage; a ploy which brought him eventually to the gallows in Edinburgh. Earlier, in 1716, residents of the inn must have witnessed the passage of the odd little fleet that came against the MacGregors and retired in triumph after burning a few small boats. In its peaceful capacity, the inn served as a wayside halt for the wild drovers who brought their equally wild, shaggy cattle across the loch by ferry on their way to the famous markets that were held at Stirling and Falkirk. The ferry, too, still runs in the summer months for the use of pedestrians and cyclists. The Ferry Field, between the hotel and the pier, also commemorates those stirring days.

Rowardennan Hotel - Hotel - Information sur les transports

From Glasgow Airport: - At roundabout take the 2nd exit onto White Cart Road (signposted M8). - Continue forward onto White Cart Road. - Enter Paisley and at the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Sanderling Road (signposted Greenock, M8). - At roundabout take the 1st exit (signposted Greenock, Linwood). - At next roundabout take the 3rd exit, then join the M8 motorway (signposted Greenock). - Leave the M8 at junction 30 then join the M898 motorway (signposted Erskine Bridge). - Continue forward onto the A898, entering Erskine. - Cross Erskine Bridge, continuing along the A898 and enter Clydebank. - Branch left, then merge onto Great Western Road (A82) signposted Crianlarich. - At Dunglass Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Dumbarton Road (A82). - Take right-hand lanes and at traffic signals continue forward onto Stirling Road (A82), entering Dumbarton. - At Barloan Roundabout take the 2nd exit onto the A82, signposted Crianlarich, Stirling. - Continue along the A82 and enter Alexandria. - At Stoneymollan Roundabout take the 3rd exit onto the A811, signposted Stirling. - At the next 2 roundabouts take the 2nd exit onto Lomond Road (A811), signposted Stirling. - At T-junction turn left onto the A811, signposted Stirling. - Turn left onto the B858 signposted Drymen. - Enter Drymen and turn left onto the B837, signposted Balmaha. - Turn right and arrive at the hotel (G63 0AR).