Craigston castle. Experience our family home

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A large, historic building with multiple towers and a central arched entrance, surrounded by a well-maintained lawn and trees.
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A spacious room with a grand piano, a sofa, a patterned rug, and a large mirror.
A garden with tulips in front of a white building with a tower.
A marina with various boats docked, surrounded by residential buildings and hills.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional

Highlights

  • Family fun awaits
    Top-rated for families.
  • Arcade/game room
    A rare find - fun for all ages with on-site arcade/game room.
  • Unmatched views, unforgettable moments
    Guests like the location for the scenic views.

Popular amenities

  • Dog-friendly
  • Toys
  • Refrigerator
  • Dryer
  • Internet
  • Onsite parking available
The current price is £3,637
£1,212 per night
includes taxes & fees
26 Oct - 29 Oct

Explore the area

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Turriff, Aberdeenshire
  • Place, Delgatie Castle
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Place, The Haughs
    ‪13 min drive‬
  • Place, Turriff Golf Club
    ‪16 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

7 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Barracks room

1 King Bed

Blue room

1 King Bed

Frasers room

2 Double Beds

Holly room

2 Single Beds

Kings room

2 Single Beds

Old Nursery room

1 King Bed

White room

1 Queen Bed

6 bathrooms

Blue room's bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Bathtub or shower · Bidet · Toilet · Hair dryer

Frasers room bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Holly room bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Kings room bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Bidet · Toilet · Hair dryer

Old Nursery room bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Hair dryer

White room bathroom

Soap · Towels provided · Toilet · Shower only · Hair dryer

Spaces

Kitchen
Separate dining area
Garden
Dining area
The current price is £3,637
£1,212 per night
includes taxes & fees
26 Oct - 29 Oct

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Frequently asked questions

Is Craigston castle. Experience our family home pet-friendly?

Yes, this castle allows dogs (limit 2 total) with a maximum weight of up to 25 kg per pet. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much does it cost to stay at Craigston castle. Experience our family home?

As of 24 Oct 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Craigston castle. Experience our family home on 26 Oct 2026 start from £3,637, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Craigston castle. Experience our family home?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Craigston castle. Experience our family home?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Craigston castle. Experience our family home?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is Craigston castle. Experience our family home located?

Located in a rural location, this family-friendly castle is within 6 mi (10 km) of Delgatie Castle, The Haughs, and Turriff Golf Club. Macduff Marine Aquarium and Turriff Cottage Hospital are also within 9 miles (15 km).

Craigston castle. Experience our family home Reviews

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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Cleanliness

10/10

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10/10

Communication

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Location

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Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Preparation until guests check-out, Elisabetta has done a wonderful job to create the family holiday. Guests stayed here have enjoyed their stay, and once in a life time memory created! Elisabetta was very honest around the children's safety with stairs near the room so suggested a better/safer room for them. Well looked after by lovely family at this castle :)
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Craigston is a magical old-fashioned place, well-equipped and clean. We got to live like Lairds for a week as the family opened up their home, complete with fascinating old magazines, artefacts and paintings. Everyone in our group (aged from 10-79) loved it. Thank you to our hosts and to Elisabetta for your kind hospitality.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing hidden gem!

Beautifully unique property, excellent welcome from Elizabetta! Definitely worth the time to stay here! Side note: highly recommend booking Nelson to be your private chef during your stay. Ask Elizabetta for details!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A wonderful retreat from the real world.

The property and everything involved therein was exactly as described on vero. Beautiful out of the way Castle perfect for family time. Good for one day trips to the coast. Elisabetta was absolutely fantastic and a key part of our wonderful experience.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2023
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A True Fairytale!

From the time we arrived, Craigston Castle felt like our Scottish home. Elisabetta was a great help and the staff was terrific. We came for our daughter’s wedding at Fyvie Castle and decided to have a family reunion too. I loved the castle and also the surrounding land. It was a true fairytale. We hope to return one day!!!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2023
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful Castle!

The stay at Craigston Castle was amazing! Exploring the castle and the grounds was wonderfully beauty. We had a trap shoot on the grounds with Frank Henderson that was so castle-like! What a lovely man...and his charming grandson helped too. A grand meal in the grand dinning room was so much fun! Elisabetta was such a gracious host. So responsive and helpful...an absolute lovely soul! This made our trip so much more exciting and we hope to be back one day!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Dream Castle

Our multigenerational family of 10 stayed at the castle for 3 nights and wished it were more. While the photos of the castle and surrounding property online are stunning, it is magical in person. The home feels inviting and every room is lovely. The beds are very comfortable and baths for everyone. We were busy on our 16 days in Scotland so intended just to relax and enjoy the castle and grounds. It did not disappoint! We did not have a car in Scotland to go into town so hired a chef recommended by our host, Elisabetta. The chef and food were beyond our expectations. Elisabetta has great communication and we enjoyed the tour of the castle during our stay. We will reminisce about this stay for years to come.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Urquhart Stay

We had an incredible time! As a family of 9 Urquhart's, the history of the castle was important for us. It meant the world to us to be able to experience it as a large group. The bathrooms were fully updated and functioning. The kitchen was fully stocked for large groups. We were able to cook several meals on our own, including the fresh haddock we caught in Macduff! The walled garden was a little piece of heaven to walk around in. We were able to enjoy fresh herbs/vegetable, offered by the wonderful house manager, Elisabetta. The kids would walk down to feed and be with the horses who lived next to the garden. We were able to plan clay pigeon shooting, which occurred on property. Was an absolute blast! Elisabetta was such a pleasure to work with and made our stay very easy. Looking forward to staying again in the future.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Absolutely Magical Stay at Craigston

I have to admit that my very first instinct is to gatekeep the wonder that is Craigston Castle because it is such a jewel, but if others had done the same, I'd never have found it myself! My husband wanted to stay in a castle in Scotland for his 50th birthday. It's a relatively daunting process to evaluate all of your options when you're planning on taking a group of 12 from the States to partake. What if it doesn't measure up? What if its amenities are not as described? What if it feels too dilapidated/too modern/too stuffy/too anything and everyone's arrived and there's nothing you can do about it? I am here to say that Craigston is absolutely stunning and simply wonderful in every regard. It took us about a year to plan our trip. Elisabetta, our host, was extremely responsive throughout and gave us an amazing list of resources to make our trip memorable and smooth. (She's also just a lovely person). We were recommended to work with Alister and Daniel of ADR Hospitality Group and that was an excellent suggestion, too. Because VRBO wants me to be concise - I'm forced to bullet point from here on out:- The castle itself is unbelievably gorgeous, authentic, and comfortable. it is legitimately an historic family home with all that that entails, if that makes sense, and it makes all the difference.- The grounds are beyond compare.- It was amazing. - Just see the pics. - Can't wait to return.
Croquet tournament on the front lawn.
The spectacular grounds with well laid out paths far from the hustle and bustle.
It's a real bona fide castle with the stairways to prove it. The rope is ingenious.
Whisky tasting in the drawing room.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Wow wow wow! This is the stuff bucket list dreams are made of! For a milestone birthday, I always said I wanted to sleep in a real castle in Scotland. I have heritage there and wanted to connect with it by immersing myself in the history of a true castle. Craigston was the most perfect place to make this dream come true. My fiance and I along with 6 friends rented the castle for one week and used it as our home base to explore northern Scotland. Elizabetta, the property manager is such a lovely host! She was easy to talk with in advance of our stay. She helped me plan a full day of special experiences for my friends. She gave us a tour of the castle with all its history. We coordinated a chef to come cook dinner, clay shooting during the day and finally a story teller to come share some magical folklore of the Urquhart clan and its motto - Will. Well. The castle shows its age in the most charming ways! The bedrooms and bathrooms (too many to count) are comfortable and well appointed with family heirlooms. The drawing room and dinning rooms make you feel like royalty, yet have a cozy, family home vibe. The surrounding property is beautiful and offers lovely morning and evening walks to visit the horses, sheep and out laying buildings. While in a fairly remote location, we were able to easily plan day trips to Aberdeen, Inverness, Loch Ness, Speyside Whiskey region and some of Scotlands epic castles! Craigston was an experience beyond my wildest dreams!
Stayed 7 nights in May 2025
Verified review

10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Visit of a lifetime

Our stay at Craigston Castle - will be etched on all of our minds for the rest of our lives :) From the moment Elisabetta welcomed us, to the moment we hugged her goodbye ... the entire stay was like being in a dream. It warmed our hearts when Elisabetta said, not long after we first met, "this is now your home now" ... Our home? A castle? That was mind blowing ... We had 10 guests who all flew in from California to celebrate a marquee birthday and also to gather, rest, relax, and explore some new experiences. The 10 of us took up 5 rooms. All of the rooms were beautifully furnished, which we later found out to be authentic and antique ... much of the furniture was built at the castle, in the actual rooms (as it would have been impossible to make off-site and bring up the spiral staircase). All of the photos in the rooms of family members were also of the Urquhart family and their friends and the paintings are all catalogued. We had invited a private Chef, Roma (who Elisabetta had recommended) to help with meals (Breakfasts, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner), which made all the difference. We also booked some activities on the castle grounds, which we could have done off-site, but "hey, we're staying at a Castle" ... so why not?! Activities included, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Whiskey Tasting, Archery and Falconry. All of them we coordinated/contracted with directly, but all were recommendations from Elisabetta. Each expert that came onsite, was super nice, knowledgeable and stayed as long as we wanted. Elisabetta, who lives on premise in her own separate/private wing of the castle, also agreed to give our group a tour. It was then, that the majesty and history of the castle came alive and there were many moments afterwards that we would imagine what it would have been like for the owners/families and staff moving around the castle and grounds. We would gather throughout the morning at the breakfast table and also outside in the mornings. We had dinner in both of the large dining rooms, and gathered in the evenings in the drawing room, playing charades, laughing and telling stories. This is truly a magical place. Well worth the drive up from Aberdeen (closest airport) and only 10mins to Turriff (the closest town) and 20mins to the coast. We will recommend Craigston Castle to all our friends and look forward to returning one day soon. Thank you.
Stayed 5 nights in Aug 2022