The Keep at Craigiehall

Peaceful location even though it’s next to the airport. Really clean, great layout for us & 2 teenage kids.

Great property; plenty of space for our family of four. Close to airport.

This is a beautiful, comfortable place to chill and relax. The whole place is beautiful

Everything was great

Very clean and large, warm rooms. Nice new bathrooms. Very good communication with the friendly owner, who is living abroad. For summer nice garden areas but mind the noise.

Directly in the aircraft entry lane for Edinburgh Airport, so during rush hours there is a landing or starting plane passing the house in about 200m every 5 min. Very noisy, no way to open the windows and you shouldn't have a light sleep. The fridge doesn't have a freezer zone, so you can't store frozen pizza or the like. All in all a bit costly for these issues

Lovely space and views from the property

Close to the runway but wasn’t a problem

Fully self contained it was wonderful to come “home” at the end of a busy day exploring. Rosanna was so attentive and helpful.

The Keep at Craighie Hall is a hidden gem right outside the city of Edinburgh and close to the airport. Our welcoming and warm hostess, Roxana, stayed late to ensure we would be able to get our keys and to show us the house features. She brought bread, marmalade, honey, butter and milk and fresh raspberry croissants for us as well. Roxana impressed us with her warmth and care and had suggestions for taxis, restaurants and nearby stores. We loved her! The Keep is beyond gorgeous in a splendid setting on the rise of a hill overlooking the tree line of the River Almond below a rippling expansive field of wheat. There is a cluster of picturesque white cottages in the distance to the right while the airport is to the left. Do not let the fact there is a nearby airport deter you from staying here! Planes were occasionally taking off and flying overhead in early morning until evening but it wasn’t a constant noise factor for us. The view from the upstairs living room was so breathtaking that I wanted to imprint this visual memory forever in my heart. It is a painter’s dream of paradise! There is a lovely upstairs terrace with plants and a beautiful garden surrounds the front and back as well. The tower was built in 1759 and is a masterpiece in stonework. This is only available for two people whereas my adult children and I stayed in the beautiful added on house and had our own lovely downstairs bedrooms with private bathrooms to use. The bathrooms have wonderful modern showers! The house is tastefully decorated. The cozy green kitchen is downstairs as well and has an efficient washer/dryer combo, refrigerator, microwave, stove, coffee maker and electric kettle and dishes, pans for use. The most wonderful feature however is the wooden clothes rack suspended over the kitchen table and you feel so at home that you can almost visualize your grandmama clad in her apron cooking something marvelous at the stove, with dish towels drying on the wooden pulley rack above!

The experience at the Keep was total spa-like perfection for my children and me. There are no negatives, only positives! This place is one of the highlights of our trip to Scotland! Five Stars!