Crieff Hydro

Crieff Hydro
The Crieff Hydropathic, c. 1890
Location within Perth and Kinross
General information
Location	Crieff, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
Coordinates	56°22′47″N 3°50′15″W / 56.37978°N 3.83763°W / 56.37978; -3.83763
Opening	1868
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Robert Ewan
Developer	Dr Thomas Meikle
Other information
Number of rooms	>200 and 50 self-catering lodges
Number of restaurants	6
Website
www.crieffhydro.com

Crieff Hydro is a hotel in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. The purpose-built hotel opened in 1868 as the Crieff Hydropathic Establishment, and is locally known as the Hydro. It was founded in 1868 by Dr Thomas Henry Meikle,^[1] who had received treatment at a centre in Gräfenberg, Austria (now known as Lázně Jeseník, Czech Republic), where Vincenz Priessnitz had built such an establishment. Preissnitz based his pharmacopeia on water, exercise, fresh mountain air, water treatments in the brooks and simple country food.