Macdonald Forest Hills Hotel & Resort
Safe Hands For Cancer Accredited
How does hiking, pony trekking, tennis and a game of croquet with the spectacular backdrop of Ben Lomond sound? With a sun terrace for afternoon teas and cosy fires for evening drinks, this hotel is an ideal spot for getting some fresh air and relaxing. The spa also enjoys an enviable view and boasts a pool, hot tub and sauna as well as a gym and a menu of luxurious Elemis treatments, including massages, facials, scrubs and wraps.
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At a glance
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Safe Hands for Cancer
Accredited by the SATCC and part of the Spabreaks.com Safe Hands for Cancer Collection, this spa welcomes people living with or beyond cancer and offers a number of specialist trained therapists.
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Family Friendly
The hotel welcomes families with apartment accommodation, kids menus, a kids club, children’s play area and plenty of activities within the grounds of the hotel including a giant game board for chess or draughts.
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Leisure Venue
Choose from hotel or apartment accommodation, which is particularly popular with families (even welcoming pets), and groups. Meanwhile, the grounds and the spa offer easy going relaxation and pampering.
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Activities
The hotel offers a range of activities from tennis, putting, croquet, archery and bike hire to a five a side football pitch, table tennis, squash, pool and snooker. Meanwhile, nearby you can try clay pigeon shooting, water skiing, pony trekking, golf, windsurfing and plenty of excellent hikes.
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Accessible Spa
The pool area and changing facilities are wheelchair accessible and there is a hoist into the pool. There is a step into the leisure club, and a portable ramp to assist.
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Local Attractions
Looking for more to see and do? Try the Go Ape activity course, the Glengoyne Distillery, Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park or the Sea Life Loch Lomond Aquarium.
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Group Venue
The hotel welcomes groups with activities including Go Ape nearby.
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Scenic Location
In the shadow of Ben Lomond and on the banks of Loch Ard, one of the hotel’s great assets is the view. It’s perfect for exploring the Trossachs National Park, and is also just a few miles from Aberfoyle for those who fancy a little boutique shopping.
Spa & Leisure
Set against the backdrop of Ben Lomond, Macdonald Forest Hills has an enviable view of the Scottish landscape in which to work out and wind down, with facilities including an 18 metre swimming pool, gym, sauna, steam room, Jacuzzi and a relaxation lounge.
There are also four treatment rooms which, using the always decadent Elemis product range, offer massages, facials, scrubs, wraps and pre-natal treatments, hot stone massages, Jessica manicures and pedicures, and a selection of finishing touches.
Hotel & Accommodation
A short trip from Glasgow and Edinburgh, this four star hotel has 49 bedrooms and 65 self-catering apartments decorated in a classic style within the 25 acre estate. Characterised by a quintessential touch of tartan, if you opt for one of the Feature Rooms there is also the option of a four-poster bed, and perhaps a private balcony as well. Meanwhile, apartments are perfect for family or group getaways with options of one, two and three bedrooms alongside a fully equipped kitchen, Nespresso machine, DVD player and satellite television, a balcony or terrace, and some even have their own sauna.
The Garden Restaurant offers a fine dining menu inspired by the Scottish Highlands, which is all the more fitting given its view across Loch Ard in the Trossachs. For a more relaxed setting there is also Rafters Bar and Bistro – a wood panelled environment serving lighter meals and afternoon snacks.
Location
Kinlochard,
The Trossachs
Aberfoyle,
Stirlingshire
FK8 3TL
Spa & Hotel Reviews
Condition of Spa
8.4 out of 10
Quality of Treatments
9.4 out of 10
Staff
9.4 out of 10
Quality of Food
8.2 out of 10
Quality of Facilities
7.6 out of 10
Value for money
8.2 out of 10
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We were already staying at the hotel for our anniversary and had opted for an indulgent Spa day. We had lovely treatments but were not given any instruction about the day. We had to ask and they thought we had only booked treatments not a spa day. The mistake was corrected but spoiled the experience a little. The pool was nice and both steam rooms & sauna were good however the shower by the pool wasn't working properly and the water was very hot. The cream tea was served in the hotel and that was lovely with warm scones.
Disappointing. We had booked a spa deal but noone welcomed us or explained the deal. We discovered as we were leaving that we should probably have been given gowns and had access to a tranquillity room. I think it was assumed we were hotel guests. The reception was not manned the second time we went in and the first time we were served while the receptionist was on the phone. Pool, sauna and steam room were nothing special. Hot tub was out of action. The redeeming feature was an excellent treatment.
We had a couples massage and the therapists were great, very professional and made the experience very enjoyable.
The Jacuzzi was only open for a short period but the other facilities were great.
For those arriving the day we left it would have been a very different experience as a notice in reception said that the pool and Jacuzzi were closed due to a technical issue. Very disappointing if you'd booked a spa break!
Was very disappointed to find out on arrival that the swimming pool was closed. These things happen but feel we should have been notified before we made the journey there. We had chosen this spa because it had a pool.
The pool area itself was very noisy due to the jacuzzi running constantly, this wouldn’t be an issue if it wasn’t so violent for lack of a better word, it wasn’t enjoyable to sit in as it was very small.
Changing rooms were having problems too, they had switched them around do ladies in the men’s and vice Versa, there was no individual changing room in the “ladies” and the men’s had 2 showers blocked off, the only working one was very poor flow making it difficult to shower.
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Staff
8.8 out of 10
Room Comfort
9.4 out of 10
Quality of Bars & Restaurants
8.4 out of 10
Location
9.4 out of 10
Quality of Facilities
9.2 out of 10
Value for money
8.2 out of 10
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We went to celebrate our ruby wedding along with my brother in law and sister in law (who were also celebrating 40 years together) the scenery on the way was spectacular With the autumn shades we arrived at the hotel just before 3 and the very cheerful receptionist checked us in promptly and we headed to our lovely rooms on the first floor with a wonderful view over the garden and water the hotel had also very kindly left a lovely complimentary bottle of Prosecco and glasses with a hand written card to wish us a very comfortable stay for our special occasion. Dinner was booked for 7.30 and yet again complimentary drinks were served followed by a great meal served by very attentive staff. After a great nights sleep lovely breakfast we headed for the spa to spend 4 hrs being pampered and relaxing in the Sleepy room (I am sure I could have stayed all day but Prosecco Afternoon tea was due to be served) and I must say not to be missed. To sum up just a wonderful few days away from the fast pace of life. Thank You !!!
The hotel is set in a beautiful location and the rooms are stunning. We had booked an afternoon tea for lunch when we arrived but the restaurant had no reservation. We were in no hurry though so were happy to wait. I would say that it was the worst quality afternoon tea I've had. 4 sandwiches, 2 small warmed up fruit scones (no plain available) and a selection of cakes. All for £18 each.
The food available for dinner was just a very limited al a carte menu. The bar food stopped being served at 5pm.
We drove into Aberfoyle for dinner and noticed that in the small pub we found another 3 couples from the hotel eating there so we obviously weren't the only ones who didn't want to eat in the hotel.
Apart from the food in the hotel, we really did enjoy it but having to look for alternative arrangements that night could have proved difficult if we had had a few drinks beforehand.
Unfortunately the hotel was massively understaffed. They were under a lot of pressure to deliver and through no fault of them, this could not happen. We paid a lot of money and actually felt sorry for everyone who was hardworking and polite but could not cope with the amount of quests. Veey dissapointing
We stayed one night and it was a fantastic location, the hotel is beautiful. Everything about the hotel is excellent. I was extremely impressed and would be happy to recommend the hotel to friends and family, extremely good value, it is one of the nicest hotels I have stayed in 10/10 for everything.
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