About Us

The Luib Hotel is a unique establishment successfully combining modern comfort with the character and historic interest of an ancient drovers' inn dating from the 17th century, then as now, offering sustenance and shelter to the weary traveller. Over the centuries, the building has served as a farm house, a manor house and a family home as well as hotel or inn. The present owners, James and Nelly, took over the hotel in 2011, and take pride in making the Luib a totally pleasurable experience for guests.

History as a drovers' inn

It is known that the Luib lay on an ancient route along which Highland shepherds drove huge herds of cattle and sheep to town markets such as Crieff and Falkirk. Droving sheep Crieff was once the largest cattle market in Europe, and an important focus of the Highland cattle trade till the mid-eighteenth century. From markets such as this, the cattle were sold on and moved to more fertile areas further south where they would be grazed and fattened before being driven further south to the London markets.

In this way did drovers' inns such as the Luib Hotel play a role in the story of the Scottish livestock industry for several centuries until economic changes, steamships and eventually railways made the great droves a thing of the past.

Did Rob Roy partake of a wee dram here?

Rob Roy MacGregorRob Roy MacGregor in his early life was a cattle man and drover. It was only later following a quarrel about a debt that he resorted to activities which gained him lasting notoriety. Though his background gave him much in common with the Luib's clientele, and though for a period he had a home in Glen Dochart just a few miles away, history does not record if he patronised the Hotel. So one can only speculate...