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Macdonald Spey Valley Resort

Riverside aparthotel with golf course and fitness centre

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Indoor spa tub
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Lobby sitting area

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8.0 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Bar
  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly
  • Kitchen

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  • Place, Loch Morlich
  • Place, Strathspey Steam Railway
  • Place, Rothiemurchus Estate Visitor Centre
  • Airport, Inverness (INV)

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  • 3 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 8
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Double Bed, 2 Single Beds and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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  • 592 sq ft
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  • Sleeps 4
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  • 5909 sq ft
  • 2 bedrooms
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  • 5909 sq ft
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
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  • 484 sq ft
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
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  • 646 sq ft
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About the area

Aviemore

Located in Aviemore, Macdonald Spey Valley Resort is in a rural area and on a river. Cairngorm Brewery and Spey Valley Championship Golf Course are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's natural beauty can explore Cairngorms National Park and Speyside Wildlife. Travelling with kids? Consider Strathspey Steam Railway and Landmark Forest Adventure Park. Kayaking offers a great chance to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with hiking/biking trails, mountain biking and horse riding nearby.
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What's nearby

  • Strathspey Steam Railway - 2 min drive - 1.6 km
  • Spey Valley Golf Course - 2 min drive - 1.6 km
  • Rothiemurchus Estate Visitor Centre - 5 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Speyside Wildlife - 5 min drive - 3.6 km
  • Loch an Eilein - 8 min drive - 7.7 km

Getting around

  • Aviemore Station - 3 min drive
  • Inverness (INV) - 40 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Costa Coffee - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Cairngorm Hotel - ‬4 min drive
  • ‪Glenmore Forest Park Information Centre - ‬16 min drive
  • ‪The Winking Owl - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪The Inverdruie Restaurant - ‬8 min drive

About this property

Macdonald Spey Valley Resort

Riverside aparthotel with golf course and fitness centre
Along with a golf course, this smoke-free aparthotel has an indoor pool and a restaurant. Self parking is free. Additionally, a fitness centre, a bar/lounge and a snack bar/deli are on-site. Each apartment provides a kitchenette with a fridge, an oven, a stovetop and a microwave. For a bit of entertainment, a TV comes with satellite channels, and guests can also appreciate conveniences, such as a dining area and an electric kettle. Limited housekeeping is available.
Macdonald Spey Valley Resort offers 95 accommodations with a hairdryer and free toiletries. Accommodation at this 3-star aparthotel has kitchenettes with fridges, stovetops, microwaves and separate dining areas. Bathrooms include a shower.

In-room wireless Internet access is available for a surcharge. Televisions come with satellite channels. Housekeeping is offered on a limited basis and an iron/ironing board can be requested.

Guests can play rounds at the 9-hole golf course and enjoy other recreation facilities including an outdoor tennis court and an indoor tennis court. In addition to an indoor pool, other recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness centre.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

Our prices include all fees. No hidden fees.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-certified property
This property participates in Green Tourism Programme – a programme that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural heritage and the local economy.

Amenities

Pool
Kitchen
Pet-friendly
Parking included
Restaurant
Laundry

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 5 PM; check-in end time: 7:00 PM
Contactless check-in and check-out are available
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in
For any questions, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets are allowed for an extra charge of GBP 15 per accommodation, per night (maximum GBP 75 per stay)
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
2 total pets
Specific rooms only, restrictions apply; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property on the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
Cots (infant beds) are not available

Payment types at the property

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for in-room wireless Internet: GBP 15 per stay (rates may vary)
  • Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: GBP 15 per stay (rates may vary)
  • Pet fee: GBP 15 per accommodation, per night (maximum GBP75 per stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and debit cards; cash is not accepted
Host has not indicated whether there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property; consider bringing a portable detector with you on the trip
Host has not indicated whether there is a smoke detector on the property
This property is professionally cleaned
If you cancel your booking, you'll be subject to the host's cancellation policy. In accordance with UK consumer law, property booking services are not subject to the right of withdrawal.

We should mention

This property does not have any lifts

National rating

This establishment has received its official star rating from VisitScotland, the National Tourist Board for Scotland.

Frequently asked questions

Does Macdonald Spey Valley Resort have a pool?

Yes, this property has an indoor pool.

Is Macdonald Spey Valley Resort pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows pets (limit 2 total). There's a fee of GBP 15 per accommodation, per night. Service animals are exempt from fees. Some restrictions may apply, so please contact the property for more details.

How much is parking at Macdonald Spey Valley Resort?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Macdonald Spey Valley Resort?

Check-in start time: 5 PM; check-in end time: 7:00 PM. After-hours check-in is not available.

What time is check-out at Macdonald Spey Valley Resort?

Checkout is at 10 AM.

Where is Macdonald Spey Valley Resort located?

This family-friendly Aviemore aparthotel is located on a river, within a 5-minute walk of Cairngorm Brewery and Spey Valley Championship Golf Course. Dalfaber Neighbourhood Centre and Aviemore Kart Raceway are also within 1 mile (2 km). Aviemore Station is 21 minutes by foot.

Reviews

Macdonald Spey Valley Resort Reviews

8.0

Very good

7.6/10

Cleanliness

7.2/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.6/10

Eco-friendliness

7.0/10

Check-in

7.8/10

Communication

8.0/10

Location

7.0/10

Listing accuracy
Rating 10 - Excellent. 70 out of 211 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 82 out of 211 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 36 out of 211 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 16 out of 211 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 211 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication
The apartment was spacious for the two of us, the beds were comfortable, the kitchen had a good range of appliances and the lounge had comfortable seating.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
The property is brilliant the only issue was finding the place. There are a lot of hotels with similar names I suggest what three words is put on the address of the booking in point😀
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication
Overall pretty clean however the windows were needing cleaned.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Alex

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication
Enjoyed the stay, all the staff very friendly and helpful.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023

6/10 Okay

Miss Louisa

Liked: Communication
Disliked: Cleanliness

Needs some work to get it back to standard

Cleanliness was poor - we booked a dog friendly lodge (at a extra cost) but still don't expect to have mould on the curtains, lots of other dog hair as an extra carpet and on soft furnishings. Needs a bit of TLC all round and a lick of paint. Used the pool and sauna which was good, but the jacuzzi was out of use. Staff that we spoke to were welcoming and helpful but we didn't address cleanliness until we left. They offered a small refund of half of our dog fee.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Great location within a wonderful setting. Lodge was ideal and had everything we needed.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Functional accommodation

Nice stay, clean place, hade everything we needed. Ran out of time so didn’t get to use the other facilities.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rhona

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, communication
Loved the villa, 3 negatives, the villa could do with some vacuuming, dog hair everywhere, there’s not enough cooking pot and pans( a small frying pan and small pot) and check in at 5pm(too late!).
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Paul

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Repeat customers

We enjoyed our stay. This was our 3rd stay there. The apartment was clean and comfortable however had really noisy floorboards, and really poor wifi. Bar/restaurant staff really friendly.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Nico

Liked: Cleanliness, communication
We stayed at the hotel for 2 nights with our 3 children (4 and 7 years and 1 baby 6 months). We rented a small cottage The cleanliness could be better, but is okay

8/10 Good

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Whole issue with missing bed linen and towels when we arrived, but once that was sorted out we really enjoyed our stay. We were in a 'standard' chalet, so werent expecting too much, but it was clean, had everything we needed and we absolutely loved it. Weather helps as always, but the chalet was warm and cosey when we came back from walks or golf. Great place and we will definitely be back!!!
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephen

Liked: Cleanliness, communication
Our chalet did exactly what we needed it to do. One suggestion for improvement would be to include full sized towels - it's rather difficult to dry yourself with a hand towel.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marc

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities, communication
Lodge was very nice but a little tired looking. Could be doing with an uplift. Comes with everything you need and very cosy.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort

Good but..

The place is good but the cabins do need a bit of TLC, particularly so on the outside. I’d give it a 7/10.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Alexandra

Liked: Amenities
I like the Spey Valley apartments cause they are spacious for a family with 2 kids. Great location getting into town and lots of food options around. What can be better: - we payed for 4 people but the apartment was set up for 2 and we needed to ask for extra bedding and towels. The pool is only 25 degrees and it’s too cold for a play. The restaurant can be more encouraging for people to eat and spend time there.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

4/10 Poor

Melanie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Needs a major refurb. Old chalet definitely showing it's age. Not a comfortable place to hang out in.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

6/10 Okay

Hannele

Liked: Communication

Nearly great but not quite

Good location, parking and friendly staff. We arrived late at night and it was disappointing not to have any tea or coffee at all but I understand. The Wi-Fi was patchy and didn’t work at all on the morning of our departure and the bed was very soft. The staff were very helpful and the site felt safe.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

6/10 Okay

Liam

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We had a nice stay but the property is extremely dated, the one we stayed in (Spey 15) needs new mattresses and carpets, the pool to cold for children but we were able to use the sister resort for free which was great as we stayed their previously. The electricity is not included in the price!!! Expedia should communicate that. Staff were friendly and helpful it’s just a shame the Macdonalds aren’t updating it. :/
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

6/10 Okay

Karen

Cabin is in need of a paint job and upgrade of bathroom.Was clean and bed comfy and had the styff ti cook a meal,if needed.Tv was broken on 1st nt,couldnt get ut fixed till nxt day as no maintenance on site after 5pm.Had to call back on day 2 to get fixed while we were out.No hot water for showers on leaving day.Swimming pool and restaurant looked good but never used.Bar closed at 9pm on Friday.Wasnt great for a 4 star,wont be going back.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023

8/10 Good

Andrea

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Great location and the grounds were well maintained. Food in the restaurant was also to a high standard. What let them down was the cleanliness off the chalet. Glass was all finger marks from previous lodgers and the oven looked like it hadn’t been cleaned in months. Spider webs and heavy dust on all lamp shades . I had to was all crockery before I used it as there was food still on most .Bedding and towels to a high quality and cleanliness . A good deep clean would make such a difference . Lodge was looking a bit tired in need of a face lift . We as a family had a great time as location is perfect fantastic bike route at your door step adventure park a short drive away and some nice eating spots in town . Just a little TLC for the chalets and this review would have been 5 star .
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2022

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Cleanliness, communication

Ok stay at best.

Location is great. Facilities are good but the pool was different temperatures in different areas on different days?? It also had loads of sand in the bottom despite there being no obvious sand nearby. The changing rooms aren’t very clean and when using the spinner to dry our swimming stuff when I pulled my daughters swimsuit out there was a bug on it. Check in: the staff were flustered and there were only 3 people needing served. We arrived on a day it was -6 and yet there was no heating on in the lodge and as you can’t check in prior to 5 pm, it took about 4 hours for the lodge to heat up! There was also mention of having to pay for electricity on the welcome letter but this didn’t apply for us. If you want a shower, have one at the pool as there’s very little hot water. The hot water tap in our bathroom sink wouldn’t even turn on. There was no hot water at any point in the kitchen so we had to boil a kettle to do dishes. There’s a lack of home comports that I’d expect such as no hand towels or bath mats provided which is dangerous when you are on holiday with young kids. Aside from the mould in the lodge etc if the lodges were given an update and modernised and the staff seemed to enjoy their jobs, it would have been a pleasant trip. Having stayed at both the resort and the hotel in aviemore, we would not return to the resort unfortunately.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Perfectly functional accommodation. It was clean and well appointed, but certainly nothing special. We had expected more and were a bit underwhelmed. Pool was out of order for our stay
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Lesley

I have stayed previously but found the apartment quite run down. Broken kitchen plinth, broken conservatory chair, chipped & stained paintwork, stained carpets. Definitely needs a repaint and new, easily cleaned flooring
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication

Great couple short stay

Another good stay at this resort, this time in a one bedroom Alvie unit. Everything great apart from the bed being double not king. Enjoyed the golf on the doorstep but didn’t use many other facilities this visit.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

8/10 Good

Anthony

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort, communication
Property was in a very poor state of repair which was reported to the Reception the following day. Missing cutlery (i.e. only had 1 dinner knife and 3 side plate knives, 2 dinner forks and 2 desert forks). Pillows were lumpy and hard. All the staff would say it would be reported to maintenance tea. The balcony was split and totally unsafe and should have been addressed immediately and it was not/
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025