Name: Coolin View Guest Rooms
Address: 2 Bosville Terrace, Isle of Skye, Isle of Skye, Isle of Skye, IV51 9DG, United Kingdom
Rating: 8

Smoke-free property

Heating

Terrace

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

No elevators

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Non-smoking rooms

Family room

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

Spanish

English

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Parking

Free parking nearby

First Aid Kit

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Pets Not Allowed

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Contactless check-in and/or check-out

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At the guest house

Aros Experience

Portree Visit Scotland Information Centre

Aros Centre

Coolin View Guest Rooms

Isle of Skye

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A nice B&B with self-check in and check out.  Rooms, though tiny, were adequate and well maintained.  A few parking spots just in front of the property offering free parking was great.  Shops & restaurants near by.  Very convenient for a short stop over during our trip exploring the Scottish countryside.  

An excellent option at Portree!

We were very pleased with our room in Collin Inn. It was in the ground floor but the traffic outside was not a problem. It is very close to the main streets and a an easy place to come and go according to our schedule. Our room was clean and very comfortable. Staff was helpful and courteous. 

Great place to stay in Portree

Easy check in, good position for visiting the town. The bathroom was tiny and could do with a deep clean. Patches of mould round the seals. We were disturbed by other guests coming and going.
Quite expensive for basic room only accommodation.

Good position but pricey

Very bad staf specially girl with blond hairs she is so rude and very angry 😡😡😡😡.rooms are so small.
This is request from my side to the manager collin view gest house replace her .the only positive thing is just view .which is not visible from room .

Angry girl with blond hairs

Hotel cancelled my reservation without explanation. No response. Very unprofessional. I'm not sure if it had anything to do with using Booking.com for my reservation. Would not take the risk of booking them in the future. They could have sent me an explanation.

Disappointed 

We made a reservation over 9 months out from date of travel and then got a message 4 months later from the booking engine that this hotel "overbooked" and had to cancel our reservation.  I tried reaching out to the hotel with messages to see if they could give us an explanation and they haven't.  So please be careful that you could book here and then months later they will just cancel you in an area that now has little to no availability.   Now there is basically nothing available. It would have been nice to at least hear an apology from this hotel or a reason as to why.  We are flying from the United States and this was the only days and opportunity we had to see Isle of Skye.  We also made sure to book early in order to secure accommodations.  I understand that mistakes happen but then I am not happy with how it was handled as I really just wanted to hear from you the reasoning behind this.   Why would a reservation that was made so long ago just get canceled?   In addition, I reached out to this hotel one more time before writing this review because I am not usually one that likes to complain, but have heard nothing back.

Hotel "over booked" and just canceled my reservation that was made 4 months ago with no apology or explanation.

A place to sleep.  I booked this hotel because it mentioned it had on site parking.  Technically it did but not enough for all of the guests.  Had a known that most of the parking in Portree was easily handled by parking in the public car park, I would have booked elsewhere.  The beds weren’t terribly comfortable and we had a very small room.  No view either as ours was in the back.  It was clean and had everything we needed and the location was perfect.

Nice location

Coolin View is simply but tastefully decorated throughout and we loved the welcoming fragrant flowers in the entrance hall. Our double bedded room was tight as it included bunk beds, which we didn't need. Being on a month's tour we struggled to fit our 2 suitcases in and  certainly wouldn't have wanted to share the small space with 2 children! The bathroom was also tiny but the shower was efficient and easy to use, as was the heating system in the room. Bedding and towels were white and fresh.  Although a 'cosy' room that was on the expensive side for a Guest House with no breakfast,  the plus side was that we had a super view from our room over the harbour and it was ideally located  for Portree services and restaurants. Our biggest concern was the parking and while we knew beforehand that a space might not always be available finding an alternative was not something we wanted to do. Though empty during the day we timed our return movements to ensure a space, but be aware that this could be an issue as other nearby spaces filled up quickly and we did not hear good reports of the public car park from a couple of locals - lots of dints and scrapes.
The Guest House is managed by a delightful Spanish couple who took a pride in their role and were friendly and helpful.

Great location

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Antony
 United Kingdom
2.0
 
Disappointing
 
Liked · The location is a bit below average for Portree. It is not far from the Banks Street Co-Op which is open until 11.00 pm.

Disliked · Although named Coolin View, my room had no view, with a single window facing a wall 2 feet away, with limited natural light. The room was small, little larger than the single bed, and smaller than the private hostel room I stayed at in Portree a few nights earlier. Poor value for money.
No bath towel was provided, nor was there a hand towel in the holder beside the washbasin. I would expect that in a hostel but the price here suggested that the operators and Booking.com are marketing this property as above hostel standard. I called the contact number given in the booking acknowledgement repeatedly but there was no answer and no voicemail so no chance to leave a message. Eventually I used the only other contact option given, email. There was no response for over an hour and a half. This was an email from the impersonally styled "Coolin View Guest Rooms" stating they were a 40 minute drive away and asking if ok for them not to supply a towel that evening, but offering to do so by 8.30 am next day. Onward travel meant I had to leave before then.
So there were no staff in attendance, a frustrating lack of response to communications, and a failure to respond in a timely way to fix the problem.
That email referred to "the guest house" but you simply get a key to a small room. It was not clear from the Booking.com website that this is just a remote operation without service backup.
There appears to be a robotic surveillance device in the unstaffed reception area which may be capturing images of guests arriving. The paperwork does not appear to request consent to taking images of individuals. There is a list of guest surnames near the front of the building in case of fire, gas explosion or other emergency.
After booking this accommodation, without special requests, I received a dozen emails before arrival, most of which repeated the same information.
The bathroom window has no intermediate position between open and closed, and the evenings can get cool on Skye.

Disappointing

This place is very comfortable, clean, and cozy, in a great location to the center of Portree. We had a lovely view of the sea. The owners are very friendly and helpful. You will definitely enjoy your stay here!

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