Scotland · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Ayr
Ayr is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom, home to about 47,000 people. This guide covers 1 hotel in Ayr, with about 80 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 1
- Nearest airport
- PIK5 km · Glasgow Prestwick Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Ayr
Ayr ( AIR; Scots: Ayr; Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Àir meaning "confluence of the River Àir") is a town situated on the southwest coast of Scotland. A former royal burgh, today it is the administrative centre of South Ayrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire.
Ayrshire is mostly lowland and fertile, and Ayr grew up as the market town for the nearby farm villages, but it was also industrial from the 17th century with local deposits of coal. It had a defensible river crossing and harbour, one of several ports that flourished before the Clyde was made navigable up to Glasgow. A major industry was smuggling: there were many quiet beaches where goods "for export" could be run ashore on moonless nights. And there was also illicit trade with England and its colonies, before the 1707 Union ended the embargo against Scotland.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Ayr
See
- St John's Tower
- Auld Kirk
- Burns Cottage Museum
- Rozelle House
- Belleisle Conservatory
- Culzean Castle
- Burns House Museum
- Dumfries House
- Cumnock Heritage Centre
- Crossraguel Abbey
- Dunure Castle
- Electric Brae
Do
- Belleisle Golf Course
- Astoria Cinema
- Cutty-Sark Centre
- Gaitey Theatre
- Bannatyne Health Club
- Citadel Leisure Centre
- Ayr United Football Club
- Ayr RFC
- Ayr Racecourse
- Riverside Sports Arena
- Doon Valley Railway
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Ayr
Ordered by guest score as each operator publishes it, weighted by the number of reviews so a handful of perfect scores does not outrank thousands of very good ones. Scores are shown on their own scale.
| # | Place to stay | Rooms | Guest score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Travelodge Ayr hotel | 80 | 4.2/5 813 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Ayr
27 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Belleisle Hotel, Doonfoot Road, Ayr | 2.8 km | |
| Piersland House Hotel | 7.9 km | |
| Station Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Tam O'shanter Inn, 230 High Street, Ayr | 0.3 km | |
| Turnberry Hotel | 21.0 km | |
| Adamton House | 6.9 km | |
| Berkeley Hotel, 1 Barns Street, Ayr | 0.6 km | |
| Black Bull Hotel, Main Street, Straiton | 17.6 km | |
| Burnside Guest House | 0.8 km | |
| Bythesea Guest House | 0.8 km | |
| Culroy Inn | 7.9 km | |
| Dalmellington Inn, 2 High Street, Dalmellington | 21.4 km | |
| Fairfield House Hotel | 0.9 km | |
| Gartferry Hotel, 44 Racecourse Road, Ayr | 1.5 km | |
| Golf View B&B | 4.2 km | |
| Head Inn Hotel, 5 Main Street, Ochiltree | 16.8 km | |
| Hollybush House Hotel | 9.3 km | |
| Hotel, 11 Barns Street, Ayr | 0.5 km | |
| Invercloy Hotel, 46 Racecourse Road, Ayr | 1.5 km | |
| Lochinver Guesthouse | 0.8 km | |
| Market Inn, 2 Castlehill Road, Ayr | 0.8 km | |
| No.2 Troon Road | 9.5 km | |
| Old Loans Inn | 9.8 km | |
| OYO Glenpark Hotel OYO Rooms | 0.8 km | |
| Savoy Park Hotel, 16 Racecourse Road, Ayr | 1.0 km | |
| Welbeck Hotel, Bentinck Drive, Troon | 8.5 km | |
| Western House Hotel | 0.8 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Ayr
Ayr has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18 °C; October is the wettest, with about 183 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Ayr: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK), about 5.3 km from the city centre in a straight line; Glasgow Airport (GLA, 47 km) and Campbeltown Airport (CAL, 67 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Ayr is on the main road and rail route between Glasgow and Stranraer. With your own car from Glasgow follow A77. From England take M6 then A75 to Dumfries, A76 to Cumnock, then A71 into Ayr. Glasgow Airport (GLA), 6 miles west of central Glasgow on M8, has the best connections. It has flights from many UK and European cities, including the Hebridean islands. There are regular direct flights from Canada but other long-haul destinations usually involve changing planes in London or Amsterdam. There is a pre-bookable shuttle bus to GLA from Ayr, otherwise travel via central Glasgow.
Getting around
Bus 57 runs hourly to Alloway, taking 10 min. Bus 60 towards Girvan runs hourly past the driveway to Culzean Castle; the 58 takes a different route.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
PIK · Glasgow Prestwick Airport
GLA · Glasgow Airport
CAL · Campbeltown Airport
Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Ayr
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 1 place
of 1 place
Questions
Ayr: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Ayr?
By published guest score: Travelodge Ayr (4.2 / 5 · 813 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Ayr?
Ayr has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 18 °C; October is the wettest, with about 183 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Ayr?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK), about 5.3 km from the city centre in a straight line; Glasgow Airport (GLA, 47 km) and Campbeltown Airport (CAL, 67 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Ayr?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Ayr
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.