Atholl Palace Hotel hosts conferences, residential meetings, private dinners and weddings for up to 400 guests, in a circular suite, a former ballroom and four smaller rooms, with bedrooms, a spa and a pool on site. The Scottish Baronial hotel opened in 1878 as a Victorian hydropathic and stands in wooded parkland above Pitlochry, in Highland Perthshire.
Seminars and company events
The Atholl Suite takes plenary sessions and dinners of up to 400. For smaller groups, the Bow Lounge holds 140, the Corrie Room 40, the Faskally Room 30 and the Garden Room 8, and syndicate rooms serve breakout groups or temporary offices. Meeting rooms have large windows, daylight and fresh air, WiFi and an integrated interactive whiteboard that connects to a range of devices. The grounds give room for the hours between sessions: woodland for outdoor challenges, gardens with walkways, four all-weather tennis courts, a swimming pool on the garden level, a gym and a spa. The hotel also runs yoga and wellness retreats, and golf courses lie in the wider area.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel can hold both ceremony and reception on site, for up to 300 wedding guests. The Atholl Suite, with floor-to-ceiling windows over oak woodland, suits a large ceremony or reception, while the Bow Lounge, the former ballroom, suits a smaller day. Menu selectors help couples choose the meal, a Turret Suite serves as the couple's room, and the hotel offers a midweek package and a destination wedding service. It was shortlisted for two Confetti Awards in 2025.
Rooms and capacities
The Atholl Suite is circular, 24.5 by 24.5 m, with very large ground-level doors. The Bow Lounge measures 15.2 by 8.2 m. The Faskally Room is 6.5 by 4.5 m, the Corrie Room 5.5 by 5.5 m and the Garden Room 5 by 3.8 m. The conference page gives one figure per room rather than a figure per layout. For private dining, the Corrie Room seats up to 20, the semi-private Tay Room up to 50 and the Bow Lounge 20 to 80.
Accommodation
Bedrooms range from Classic and Superior rooms to Turret Suites and Manor House rooms, with family, interconnecting, accessible and dog-friendly options. Self-catering cottages, lodges and apartments on the estate suit groups that want more space. The site does not give a total room count.
Catering
The hotel is fully licensed. Meals are served in the Verandah Restaurant and the Stag's Head Bar, and private dining is available for groups, with arrival drinks, decoration packages and late-night platters as extras.
History and setting
The hotel opened on June 7, 1878, as the Athole Hydropathic, a Victorian center for healing, and the spa still draws on spring water from Ben Vrackie. During the World Wars it housed two schools, one of them the Leys School. An on-site museum on the garden level tells the story with a short film and rooms furnished to the original plans. The hotel overlooks the town and the valley where the River Tummel runs toward the Tay, and holds a four-star rating from VisitScotland.
Getting there
Pitlochry station is on the main line between London, Edinburgh and Inverness, with two direct trains a day from London King's Cross. The hotel runs a shuttle from the station, booked in advance by email.
