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IT’S A FIRST! BOOK INDIVIDUAL ROOMS IN AUGUST

To celebrate our first anniversary we are opening the castle doors for individuals to stay in August… and… as a happy coincidence it coincides with the Edinburgh Festival.

Fact… Edinburgh is busy in August and accommodation is hard to find – 1 festival (5 to 26 August), 7 double rooms, 1 suite with 2 bedrooms, 24 days availability. Technically we can rest 384 sleepy festival going heads – in luxury and in a castle – from £295 per double room throughout August!

Whether you lean towards the avant-garde or mainstream, the classics or quite frankly the outrageous you are invited to stay with us. Rooms and Suites… from £295 per night inclusive of Scottish Breakfast and VAT.

Email us and quote ‘FRINGE’ to reserve your room in the castle between 1 and 31 August 2016.

WE HAVE OUR VERY OWN CHILDREN’S NANNY

Emma Howden is joining the team to look after our younger guests while Mum and Dad are playing tennis in the grounds or popping into Edinburgh for a night out. Emma spent 5 years in Paris, Australia and then London working as a Nanny before coming back to Scotland to undertake a Montessori education course. The children she looked after during her spell as a nanny were aged from babies to 12 years old. Her organisational skills, patience and sense of fun come in extremely useful when looking after children. Welcome Emma.

BLOOMING LOVELY!

A short post to share a glorious image from the Walled Garden taken by David the Castle’s Head Gardener. Beautiful delicate pale blue Meconopsis – and a cheeky Alium photo bombing in the background.

OUR NEW BAR

The castle has a brand new glamorous bar that was installed for Andrew’s 40^th birthday party (he owns the castle) which was a great success. In fact a little too much of a success! But, we didn’t say that.  The addition of the bar ensures that guests experience the ‘exclusively’ intimate atmosphere of a private members club when they stay, or join us as part of a larger group. Ideal to gather for a pre, and post, event drink or two!!

VOTE FOR US!

We are over the moon to say that we have been short listed for Best Castle Venue in association with The UK Wedding Awards.  Now we need you to help us get to the finals, please go on and vote for us.

Team Carlowrie are so thankful for the support and votes.

http://www.hitched.co.uk/awards/vote/#best-castle-venue

RECENTLY ENGAGED?

We are delighted to announce that we are attending The Luxury Scottish Wedding Show for another year running at the Balmoral Hotel.

Please come and say hi to one of our team members who will be more than happy to talk you through a potential wedding at Carlowrie Castle and take away one of our brochures.

17th January 2016 | The Balmoral Hotel | 12pm – 4pm | Admission Free

How big can we go?

We are in the midst of planning for a Charity Ball for 400 guests in March of this year. We like challenges like this and we are sure it will not be long until we are doing even bigger events. Our ethos is very much about creating bespoke events. We will work with to make your vision a reality, no matter how big or small the event.

The Charity Ball is in aid of RESTART, a charity that offers safe spaces for the homeless, the long term unemployed and the lonely to restart life through education, housing, employability programmes and emergency aid. The event promises to be an exceptional night of entertainment and music with some of Scotland’s finest dining delivered by Andrew Hamer and his award winning team from Wild Thyme.

For more information or to buy tickets email events@restartlives.org or visit restartlives.org/annual-ball

Prepare for a Wilde Thyme!

We are excited to announce that we are partnering with award winning caterers, Wilde Thyme at the Castle. Wilde Thyme have exclusivity at Carlowrie and Andrew Hamer, MD, and his team are a pleasure to work with, being true professionals in every sense of the word and were winners in the “Best UK Event Caterer” category at the UK Event Awards 2013.

Their food and service are first class and we are looking forward to the year ahead, planning weddings, corporate and private events together. For more information on Wilde Thyme, please contact our dedicated Events Manager, Ilona McLaren.

Warm welcome to our Weddings Manager

We are delighted to announce that Jen Brown has joined the Carlowrie team, as our Weddings Manager.  She lives in the Castle grounds and will work with couples from initial enquiry right through to being there on the day, to ensure that everything runs smoothly and your wedding is everything you hope and dream of.

Jen is very dedicated in everything she does and has an incredible eye for detail. She also loves everything to do with weddings, so we are very happy she has come on board!

New Year, New Start

2015 is here already and we are looking set to have a busy first year. We are excited about the year ahead and are getting lots of enquiries from couples that have got engaged over the Christmas/New Year period. We are looking forward to meeting all the happy couples and showing them the venue and helping to plan their special day.

We are more than happy to arrange a show around anytime for you and your fiancée. Please email our Weddings Manager, Jen Brown on jen@carlowriecastle.co.uk