Scotland · United Kingdom
Where to stay in Dundee
Dundee is a city in Scotland, United Kingdom, home to about 148,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Dundee, with about 173 rooms between them. Every one carries a published guest score, and the list below is ordered by it.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Best months
- July and August
- Nearest airport
- DND4 km · Dundee Airport
- Currency
- GBPpound sterling
- Time zone
- Europe/London
- Language
- Cornish, English, Irish
About
About Dundee
Dundee is the fourth-largest city in Scotland. The 2020 mid-year population estimate for the locality was 148,210.
Dundee used to be a grubby, rough town famous for its three J's: jute, jam and journalism. Jute (see "Verdant" below) still marks the landscape: the mills have closed but many still stand as offices and apartments. Jam was made from fruit grown nearby. Journalism refers to the D C Thomson publishing empire, whose renown was less for their journalism than for their stable of comics and cartoon strips. These include the Sunday Post with "Oor Wullie" and "The Broons", the Dandy with "Desperate Dan" and the Beano with "Dennis the Menace".
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Things to do
What to see and do in Dundee
See
- RRS Discovery
- Dundee V & A
- Dundee Science Centre
- St Paul's Cathedral
- HMS Unicorn
- Verdant Works
- D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum
- St Andrew's Cathedral
- Tay Road Bridge
- Tay Rail Bridge
- The McManus
- The Howff
Do
- Caird Hall
- Dundee Rep Theatre
- Dundee Contemporary Arts
- Whitehall Theatre
- Ice Arena
- Olympia Swimming Pool
- Dundee FC
- Dundee United
- Carnoustie Golf Links
- Caird Park Golf Club
- The Law
- Auchterhouse Hill
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Where to stay
The best-rated places to stay in Dundee
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 Dundee Strathmore Avenue hotel | 92 | 3.9/5 1,333 reviews |
| 2 | Travelodge Dundee Central hotel | 81 | 3.8/5 767 reviews |
Schematic: the city centre in orange, each place to stay as a dot, distance rings in kilometres.
Where to stay
More hotels in Dundee
49 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata; the 40 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kinnettles Castle | 16.8 km | |
| Auchterhouse Castle | 10.1 km | |
| Hamilton Hall | 16.7 km | |
| Old Course Hotel | 16.2 km | |
| Rufflets Hotel | 1952 | 16.2 km |
| Rusacks Hotel | 16.6 km | |
| Airlie Arms Hotel, St Malcolm's Wynd, Kirriemuir | 23.8 km | |
| Angle Park, Kirriemuir | 24.8 km | |
| Apex City Quay Hotel & Spa | 0.4 km | |
| Ardgowan Hotel, 2 Playfair Terrace, St Andrews | 16.8 km | |
| Balmuirfield House | 3.9 km | |
| Best Western Invercarse Hotel | 3.3 km | |
| County Hotel, 7-9 Castle Street, Forfar | 21.0 km | |
| Doune Guest House | 16.8 km | |
| Dupplin152 bed and Breakfast | 2.2 km | |
| Fairmont St Andrews, Scotland | 21.3 km | |
| Fisherman's Tavern, 4 Bell's Lane, Dundee | 5.7 km | |
| Forbes of Kingennie | 9.5 km | |
| Guardbridge Hotel, Brixton Bank, Guardbridge | 12.4 km | |
| Hotel du Vin, St Andrews | 16.8 km | |
| Hotel Indigo Dundee, an Ihg Hotel | 0.7 km | |
| Hotel, 7 Pilmour Place, St Andrews | 16.7 km | |
| Kinnettles Hotel and Spa | 16.9 km | |
| Lands of Loyal Hotel | 24.4 km | |
| Milton House Hotel, Grange Road, Monifieth, Dundee | 8.7 km | |
| Newport Hotel, 1 High Street, Newport-on-Tay | 2.9 km | |
| No1 St Andrews - St Mary's Place | 17.0 km | |
| No12 Bed and Breakfast, St Andrews | 18.3 km | |
| Old Coach House, Wortley Place, Dundee Road, Meigle | 18.4 km | |
| Old Station Hotel, 1-2 Alexandra Place, St Andrews | 17.0 km | |
| Old Station Hotel, 4-5 Alexandra Place, St Andrews | 17.0 km | |
| Old Station Hotel, 6 Alexandra Place, St Andrews | 17.0 km | |
| Queen's Hotel, Nethergate, Dundee | 0.5 km | |
| Rachel's Inn, 2 Main Street, Leuchars | 10.3 km | |
| Rosely Hotel, Arbroath | 24.8 km | |
| Royal British Hotel, 2, 4, Castle Street, Dundee | 0.1 km | |
| Royal Hotel, 1-7 Union Street, Dundee | 0.2 km | |
| Royal Hotel, St Catherine Street, Cupar | 15.8 km | |
| Sandford Hotel | 6.1 km | |
| Seaview Guest House | 17.1 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Dundee
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dundee are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 81 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 Dundee: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dundee Airport (DND), about 3.5 km from the city centre in a straight line; Edinburgh Airport (EDI, 62 km) and Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ, 95 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) is usually the most convenient and economical. The "Fly Dundee" bus travels from right outside Edinburgh Airport to Dundee city centre (Union Street) in 1 hour 20 minutes. The service is operated by Xplore and can be booked online using the fly Dundee website. If you arrive and get through baggage-claim significantly earlier than your booked bus ticket, it is easy to rebook online before boarding. An advanced return fare is £22 per adult. Ember also provide a bus service that calls at Edinburgh Airport and Dundee Railway Station.
Getting around
The main sights, shops, and restaurants, are all within walking distance. Getting around the larger city and its residential areas can usually be done with the bus routes provided by Xplore Dundee. Single tickets can be bought on the bus with exact-change or using contactless card. Savings are easily made by buying bundles or day/week tickets using their phone app. Other bus routes are operated by Stagecoach, usually originating from other towns in the region. Moffat & Williamson run a few services for local villages.
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DND · Dundee Airport
EDI · Edinburgh Airport
ABZ · Aberdeen International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Dundee
Drink
Pubs are dwindling, as in other cities, but there's no shortage. Most are along Hawkhill, Perth Road or West End of the city, with another strip along Nethergate. See also the eating places above.
Stay safe
The local police is Police Scotland and the main office is in the town centre at the end of West Bell St beside Dundee's Sheriff Court. In the UK, '999' is the number to call the emergency services, and 101 for less urgent calls to the police. The pan-European emergency number 112 also works. Dundee has an extensive CCTV system, covering most of the city and the entire city centre. This is owned by Dundee City Council and run by Tayside Police and has helped reduce crime significantly. Dundee, like any other major city, has its anti-social problems, mainly drugs.
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Good to know
Accessibility, parking and families in Dundee
How many places to stay in this guide offer each, in their operators' own words.
of 2 places
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Questions
Dundee: questions travellers ask
What are the best-rated hotels in Dundee?
By published guest score: Travelodge Dundee Strathmore Avenue (3.9 / 5 · 1,333 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)); Travelodge Dundee Central (3.8 / 5 · 767 reviews · www.travelodge.co.uk (operator's own guest score)).
When is the best time to visit Dundee?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Dundee are July and August. July is the warmest month, with average highs of 19 °C; October is the wettest, with about 81 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Dundee?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Dundee Airport (DND), about 3.5 km from the city centre in a straight line; Edinburgh Airport (EDI, 62 km) and Aberdeen International Airport (ABZ, 95 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Dundee?
pound sterling (GBP).
Nearby
Destinations near Dundee
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.