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Bunchrew House - Two Night Winter Luxury Highland Break Special Offer

Inverness

In a ‘lovely position’ by Beauly Firth, this handsome 17th-century mansion stands in large grounds that lead into woodland laced with walking paths – look out for the brown hares and roe deer who like to visit.

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Forss House - 'Escape to the Scottish Wilderness' Special Offer

Thurso

The River Forss loops around this late Georgian Highland retreat in wooded grounds, today a dog-friendly hotel that is ideal for anglers, with shooting, stalking and hiking also on offer.

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Shieldaig Lodge - Food Lover's Package

Gairloch

Once a Victorian hunting lodge, this ‘unpretentious’ hotel makes the most of both its history and its West Highland geography on the banks of Loch Gairloch.

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Viewfield House, Isle of Skye

Set in 20 acres of woodland garden just outside Portree, ‘relaxing’ Viewfield House has the look and feel of a much-loved family home.

Kilcamb Lodge, Strontian

You need to take a ferry crossing before traversing a mountain pass and a deep glen to arrive at this ‘superb country house in a remote and extraordinary setting’ with a private beach on a loch shore with mountain views.

The Ceilidh Place, Ullapool

With bookshop and bar, coffee shop, restaurant and events space, the Urquhart family’s hotel in a fishing village on Loch Broom hums with activity.

Kinloch Lodge, Sleat

With views to take the breath away, this former hunting lodge owned by Lord and Lady Macdonald stands on the shores of Loch Na Dal at the foot of densely wooded Kinloch hill.

Coul House, Strathpeffer

A private road leads to this singular Georgian mansion in lovely gardens and grounds, with ancient trees, a pitch-and-putt area, and a fairy trail through the rhododendrons for children.

The Torridon, Torridon

Far-flung Torridon hosts an extreme Scottish triathlon, but there are gentler pursuits for guests at this resort hotel, a ‘baronial pile’ on a wooded estate at the head of Loch Torridon.

Eddrachilles Hotel, Scourie

Eddrachilles Hotel is currently closed.

Culdearn House, Grantown-on-Spey

On the edge of the Cairngorms national park, William and Sonia Marshall’s bay-fronted Victorian house looks on to a tract of the ancient woodlands that surround Grantown-on-Spey.

The Cross at Kingussie, Kingussie

Amid the wooded mountain scenery of the Cairngorms national park, a Victorian tweed mill once driven by the rocky, rushing Gynack Burn lives on as a restaurant-with-rooms.

Glengarry Castle, Invergarry

On the shore of Loch Oich, this rambling baronial Victorian house has its own castle ruins in its extensive wooded grounds – Invergarry Castle is said to have hosted Bonnie Prince Charlie after the Battle of Culloden.

Kylesku Hotel, Kylesku

Ferries no longer skim across Loch Glendhu to Kylestrome, but you can still watch the day’s catch being landed on the slipway, from Tanja Lister and Sonia Virechauveix’s 17th-century coaching inn turned award-winning hotel.

The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By, Isle of Skye

In the remote north of Skye, a whitewashed stone crofter’s cottage overlooking Loch Dunvegan, with views to the peaks of Harris and North Uist, is home to an ambitious restaurant-with-rooms.

Glenfinnan House Hotel, Fort William

You can almost hear the skirling of pipes as you gaze across Loch Shiel from Jane MacFarlane’s waterside mansion to the Glenfinnan Monument and distant Ben Nevis.

Smiddy House, Spean Bridge

‘Every visit exceeds expectations,’ writes a fan of Robert Bryson and Glen Russell’s restaurant-with-rooms in a village dubbed ‘the crossroads to the Highlands’.

The Dulaig, Grantown-on-Spey

Hens roam the landscaped gardens of this B&B, a stroll from a town set amid ancient woodlands on the edge of the Cairngorms national park.

Scourie Hotel, Scourie

The Campbell family’s old coaching inn has long been a mecca for fisherfolk, who come hoping to catch wild brown trout and salmon from the lochs and lochans around.

2 Quail, Dornoch

‘Friendly, thoughtful hosts’, ‘a comfortable bed’ and ‘delicious breakfasts’ add up to ‘a good stay’ at Kerensa and Michael Carr’s B&B, close to the cathedral and Royal Dornoch Golf Club.

The Prince’s House, Glenfinnan

At the head of Loch Shiel, ‘friendly, attentive’ hosts Ina and Kieron Kelly ably continue the tradition of this former coaching inn, where 17th-century travellers stopped in along the Road to the Isles.

Sunny Brae, Nairn

‘The panorama of the sea’ is an attraction at this ‘good-value’ B&B on the Moray coast; the welcome, by ‘friendly, personable’ hosts John Bochel and Rachel Philipsen, is another.

Coruisk House, Elgol

Remote and romantic, Clare Winskill and Iain Roden’s peaceful restaurant-with-rooms is reached down a single-track road through wild croft land, past grazing sheep.

Marmalade Hotel, Isle of Skye

In landscaped gardens, overlooking the island’s main harbour town, this refurbished Edwardian country house has a coolly contemporary interior and views that stretch to the bay.

The Loch Ness Inn, Drumnadrochit

In a village on the Great Glen Way, hikers and cyclists stop for the simple comforts of this 160-year-old coaching inn.

Boath House, Nairn

Hotel grounds don’t get much more ‘exquisite’ than at Don and Wendy Matheson’s ‘beautiful if unadorned’ Georgian mansion, sitting amid 22 acres of lawns, meadows and woodland.

Muckrach Country House Hotel, Grantown-on-Spey

Muckrach Country House Hotel has closed. Surrounded by peaceful pastureland in the Cairngorms national park – a happy setting for the two resident long-horned bulls – the Cowap family’s restored Victorian shooting lodge is within reach of a host of Highland activities.

Moyness House, Inverness

On a quiet residential street, John and Jane Martin’s good-value B&B is within a short walk, over the River Ness, of the centre.

The Lime Tree, Fort William

Guests praise the ‘true hospitality’ at David Wilson’s loch-facing hotel, restaurant and modern art gallery, in a converted former manse, a stroll from the old fort walls.

Applecross Inn, Applecross

The scenic, single-track Bealach na Ba winds and turns across the remote Applecross peninsula before it leads to Judith Fish’s unpretentious hostelry, where low-key charm and cheer spill on to the shoreside terrace.

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The Scottish Highlands embraces the islands of Skye, the Hebrides, the Orkneys and the Shetlands. Outdoor pursuits include climbing (Ben Nevis, near Fort William, is Britain’s highest mountain), fishing, shooting.

Our hotels can offer you the stay you're after - from the remote island of Tobermory to a former hunting lodge and including town and remote settings. There is Scottish dancing and ceilidhs in tourist centres; whisky distilleries galore. Seek the Loch Ness monster at Inverness. Walk or ski in the Cairngorms. Remember the massacre of the Macdonalds by the Campbells in the calm beauty of today’s Glencoe and the slaughter at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Visit Cawdor Castle of Macbeth fame and Brodie Castle, in a large park near Forres.

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Bunchrew House - Two Night Winter Luxury Highland Break Special Offer

Inverness

Forss House - 'Escape to the Scottish Wilderness' Special Offer

Thurso

Shieldaig Lodge - Food Lover's Package

Gairloch

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