7 castles in the UK where you can enjoy a Traitors-style getaway
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Ardross Castle may not be available for getaways, but these hotels are the perfect places to hole up. Millions of sitting rooms will be glued to the game tonight as The Traitors’ kicks off for a third series – and the lavish setting is as key to the show as its round table duels.
![[Faithfuls can live out their very own fairytale in Lumley Castle’s former chapel]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/01/18/09/iStock-1372142773.jpg)
As a nation newly faithful to a staycation, the desire to lord over a castle like Claudia has stirred in the UK. Ardross Castle, the 19th-century house and estate where the BBC reality show is filmed, is used as a wedding and conference venue, as well as as a film and TV set, but the rooms are not available to let individually. Fortunately, similar haunts to this Gothic Scottish Highlands castle welcome fans from Fife to Bristol.
![[Tuck yourself into Scone Palace’s three-bedroom Balvaird Wing]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/01/18/10/newFile.jpg)
Hiring whole castles, tucking-in to turret rooms and slumbering in affordable four-poster beds await – and they won’t require plotting for a slice of the prize pot. We aren’t lying when we say these paranoia-free pads host nooks built for gossip, acres of grounds for games and breakfast spreads that your whole party can arrive alive to enjoy.
![[Glenapp Castle sits on 36 acres of South Ayrshire woodland]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/01/17/16/newFile-7.jpg)
Here are the best stronghold stays from Scotland to Cumbria – where shields are decor, not lifelines – to make your booking mission easier. Read more: Best luxury hotels in Scotland – where to stay for style and scenery. Start the day dining on full Scottish breakfasts and make it your mission to depart the oak-panelled halls for a Hebridean Sea Safari hopping the headlands to bring the Traitors flair to your grand Glenapp weekend.
![[Hire Carron Castle for the Traitors experience with up to 28 of your closest faithfuls]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/01/17/13/Carron%20Castle%204.jpg)
