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With origins in the eighteenth century the hotel was originally
built as a stopover for passengers travelling by stage coach
along the old A9 to Inverness and the North of Scotland. The
facilities and atmosphere experienced in the hotel together
with the hospitality and welcome extended by our staff make
the Duke Of Gordon the ideal place to stay when visiting the
Highlands.
The
hotel is honoured that it is used as a base by the powerful
MacPherson Clan when clan members from all over the world
visit the Highlands every year for their international rally
at the ‘Duke’
The
Hotel prides itself on its restaurant and excellence of cuisine.
The experience of dining in the elegance of our impressive
Gynack Room with its heavily corniced ceilings and Peddie
murals depicting Scottish Highland history and local scenes
of great natural beauty is not one easily forgotten. (How
many men can you spot in the picture?)
On
the 8th October 1861 the Duke Of Gordon Hotel was honoured
by a visit from Queen Victoria and her devoted consort Price
Albert. During her expedition to the Highlands Her Majesty
recorded the incident in her personal diary thus: We drove
along the road over several bridges…. Close below the
ruined Castle of Ruthven, which we could just descry in the
dusk and on a long wooden bridge over the Spey to an Inn at
Kingussie, a very straggly place, with very few cottages.
Already, before we arrived there, we were struck by people
standing at their cottage doors, and evidently looking out,
which made us believe we were expected. Grant and Brown kept
them off the carriages, and gave them evasive answers, directing
them to the wrong carriage, which was most amusing. One old
gentleman with a high wide-awake was especially inquisitive.
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