The Colintraive Hotel (also known as The Colintraive) is a

hotel A hotel is an establishment that provides paid lodging on a short-term basis. Facilities provided inside a hotel room may range from a modest-quality mattress in a small room to large suites with bigger, higher-quality beds, a dresser, a ref ...

and

pub A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...

Colintraive Colintraive ( gd, Caol an t-Snàimh) is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Once the site where cattle were swum across the narrows to the Isle of Bute, the MV ''Loch Dunvegan'' — a ferry operated by Caledonian MacBrayne — now provides ...

Argyll and Bute Argyll and Bute ( sco, Argyll an Buit; gd, Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, ) is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020) ...

, Scotland. It was formerly a hunting lodge for

John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute John Colum Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (26 April 1958 – 22 March 2021), styled Earl of Dumfries before 1993, was a Scottish peer and a racing driver, most notably winning the 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans. He did not use his title a ...

. It stands a few yards from the eastern shores of the

Kyles of Bute The Kyles of Bute ( gd, Na Caoil Bhòdach) form a narrow sea channel that separates the northern end of the Isle of Bute from the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute, on the Scottish mainland. The surrounding hillsides are roughly wooded, and ove ...

and the ferry crossing of the 400-yard gap to

Rhubodach Rhubodach is a small settlement on the north-eastern shore of the Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The name Rhubodach may come from the Gaelic ''Rubha a' Bhodaich'' which translates as ''old man's point'' or ''promontory'' or alternativ ...

on Bute, currently provided by the MV ''Loch Dunvegan''. Jazz guitarist

Ken Sykora Ken Sykora (13 April 1923–7 March 2006), born Charles Kenneth Sykora, was an English jazz guitarist and radio presenter. Sykora had two older sisters: Rose M. Sykora, born in 1911, shortly after her parents' marriage, and Clara Phyllis ...

owned the hotel for around five years during the 1970s. In the 1880s, the hotel was owned by Andrew Turner. In the 1890s, it was owned by a Mrs Turner.''Summer Tours in Scotland: Glasgow to the Highlands''

David MacBrayne David MacBrayne is a limited company owned by the Scottish Government. Formed in 1851 as the private shipping company David Hutcheson & Co. with three partners, David Hutcheson, Alexander Hutcheson and David MacBrayne, it passed in 1878 to David ...

Ltd. (1893)

Gallery

File:The Colintraive Hotel - geograph.org.uk - 765484.jpg, Carving detail above the main entrance File:Chest of the Marquess of Bute.jpg, John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute's ammunition chest inside the hotel File:View from the Colintraive Hotel.jpg, View of the Kyles of Bute from the sitting area in front of the main entrance

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* Hotels in Argyll and Bute Pubs in Scotland Hotel buildings completed in the 19th century 19th-century establishments in Scotland Hunting lodges in Scotland {{Scotland-struct-stub