Accommodation for Leisure Activities in Scotland

Scottish Outdoor Activity Centres

Scotland is the home of outdoor activities and adventure holidays, with a range of sports and watersports available. Activity holiday centres abound, particularly around the Aviemore and Cairngorm area, the Highlands, Speyside and the Isle of Skye and top surfing hotspots including the Isle of Lewis and Harris and the north coast of Scotland around Thurso.

The Scottish Tourist Board inspects Scotland Activity Holiday centres (look for the logo). Operators featuring under the scehme have been inspected under the STB's accreditation scheme for activities and have a statutory licence from the Adventure Activities Licensing Authority (AALA). Alternatively, the Activity Centre will have been approved by a recognised National Governing Body of Sport or Trade (for example the British Surfing Association/BSA).

You've every possible activity centre you can think of here in Scotland, from top surfing school centres, to riding school group holiday accommodation, to climbing and walking centres. Learn to rock climb in the Sutherland Highlands or around Glencoe, hop on your mountain bike in the Lochaber Outdoor Captial and the Cairngorms ski resorts. There are plenty of foresty mountain biking and cycling trails in Argyll and around Loch Ness, or combine multi activities at many centres sampling walking, rock climbing and abseiling, pony-trekking, quad-biking, fishing, caving, and more. For white water rafting centres look to white water rafting hotspots such as the River Tummel. For canoeing family holidays the River Spey couldn't be better.

Scotland Spa Leisure Hotels - Health and Fitness

Expect extensive high quality facilities such as indoor heated swimming pool, health treatments on request, fitness gym with changing rooms and shower facilities. All inclusive stays at large hotels with extensive health, beauty and leisure facilities are a real bonus, as your stay will include use of these facilities. Many health clubs within accommodation venues have open membership and are used by local fitness fans! Facilities often include swimming pools, spa pools, sauna and steam room, gymnasium with state-of-the-art fitness equipment, aerobics room and treatments rooms.

Ask about specialist cardio-vascular machines including treadmills, rowing machines and exercise cycles. Expect a selection of the latest cardio-vascular equipment, including treadmills, stairmasters, cycles, usually in an air-conditioned environment to help make working out as comfortable as possible!

Many luxury Scotland Leisure Hotels or Spa hotels have joined forces with outdoor activity providers to offer Scotland holiday outdoor leisure packages, such as golf holidays in Fife and Dornoch, or walking, climbing or caving in the Scottish Highlands.

Scotland Family Holiday Parks, Camping and Caravan Parks

Caravan Parks and Campsites as a Scotland outdoor leisure holiday option are truly alive and kicking, ideal for families working on tight holiday budgets who are looking for that all-inclusive bit of magic to keep the kids occupied, plus the freedom to roam and create your own timetable. Find Scotland Caravan & Camping Parks all around the region but particularly in and around the Solway and Ayrshire coast, the Moray Coast and the Argyll coast.

Choose one of Scotland's all inclusive family holiday parks or caravan parks - check out the choice on the Solway and Ayrshire Coast. Great entertainment for the kids here in caravan and holiday parks with facilities like heated splash pools, table tennis and toddlers play areas, bike hires, crazy golf, barbeques and in-house entertainment nights.

Caravan and holiday parks in Scotland make a superb outdoor activity base for families, often with indoor swimming pools, kids clubs and kids adventure playgrounds on-site.