The Craigendarroch Resort in

Ballater Ballater (, ) is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, on the River Dee, immediately east of the Cairngorm Mountains. Situated at an elevation of , Ballater is a centre for hikers and known for its spring water, once said to cure scrofula. ...

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, is a resort complex close to the banks of the River Dee. It is located on a hillside just west of the village of Ballater, 42 miles west of

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and is 17 miles to the east of

Braemar Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee, sitting at an elevation of . The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' p ...

. It is also close to Balmoral, the Scottish home of the Royal Family. The resort takes its name from the Craigendarroch Hil

which is close by. The resort's position affords great views over

Royal Deeside The River Dee () is a river in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It source (river), rises in the Cairngorms and flows through southern Aberdeenshire to reach the North Sea at Aberdeen. The area it passes through is known as Deeside, or Royal Deeside in ...

. The resort sits just off the A93 road, the main route between Aberdeen and

, and can also be reached by public transport, with the Stagecoach Bluebird service 201 passing by the resort entrance. The resort was developed in the mid-1980s by Cannon Street Developments and was later sold to

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, who rather controversially changed the name of the resort to ''Stakis Royal Deeside'', before reverting to its former name. When the Stakis chain was purchased by the

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in the late 1990s, Craigendarroch became the Hilton Craigendarroch. The resort itself consists of a medium-sized hotel and leisure club, with 99 self-catering lodges nearby. Hilton Grand Vacations operate the timeshare scheme which manages the lodges. The hotel was refurbished in early 2007. The hotel closed on 6 January 2013 and has since been reworked into 32 one- and two-bedroom timeshare suites.

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Unofficial Site for Timeshare Owners
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