Hotel · Argyll and Bute, Scotland

McCaig's Return Hotel

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At a glance

The nearest beach is about 9 minutes on foot on a mostly level walk.

You have a bus stop about 1 minute away and a supermarket about 6 minutes away, so it works without a car.

There are 3 bars or clubs within 150 m, so expect some evening noise; light sleepers may want a room at the back.

Good for

  • Level walk back from the beach: climb about 10 m

Each line rests on a number computed for this place.

How it compares

Compared with the 85 places we mapped in Oban. A longer bar means fewer places are as close.

  • Walk to the beach 9 min Closer than 22% of places
  • Walk to a bus stop 1 min Closer than 70% of places
  • Walk to a supermarket 6 min Closer than 91% of places
  • Drive to Oban Airport 7 min Closer than 39% of places
  • Climb back from the beach about 10 m Less climbing than 46% of places

Contact and maps

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How far is everything

  • Nearest beach 9 min
  • Bus stopOban Station 1 min
  • SupermarketTesco 6 min
  • PharmacyM&D Green 2 min
  • Cash machine 1 min

Sights and days out

  • McCaig's Tower 11 min
  • Kilchurn Castle 32 min
  • Glen Coe 58 min
  • Inveraray Castle 61 min
  • Ben Nevis and Fort William 83 min
  • Glenfinnan Viaduct 90 min

Getting here

  • Oban Airport7 min
  • Glasgow Airport131 min

Hills and evening noise

Schematic of McCaig's Return Hotel: the nearest beach, Nearest beach, is 9 minutes on foot (about 720 m). 3 bars or clubs within 150 m and 6 within 300 m. 150 m 300 m 9 min · about 720 m on foot Nearest beach This place
This place Nearest beach Bars and clubs: 3 within 150 m, 6 within 300 m Schematic, not to scale. Computed figures; the map link below shows the real streets.
Height above sea level
about 10 m
Climb from the nearest beach
about 10 m
Average slope of that walk
about 1.4%
Bars and clubs within 150 m
3
Bars and clubs within 300 m
6

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Other places nearby

How we worked this out

These figures are computed, not measured on foot. Walking times use the mapped streets and paths at about 4.8 km/h, with steps counted slower. Driving times use typical road speeds plus time for junctions and parking, so allow extra at busy times. The slope compares the height of the hotel with the nearest beach. "Steep" means an average of 8% or more. Noise counts mapped bars, pubs and nightclubs in a straight line.

Computed 30 Oct 2026. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Elevation: AWS Terrain Tiles (NASA SRTM 30 m and national datasets such as USGS 3DEP).

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