‘Cherry and Gordon Gunn clearly know their stuff’, having run their ‘lovely place to stay’ for more than 30 years.

On the edge of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs national park, John and Susan Martin’s small hotel is liked for its ‘ideal location’ and ‘friendly, efficient’ staff.

One of Scotland’s oldest, Debby McGregor and Brian Horsburgh’s unpretentious inn, tucked between the Gargunnock and Fintry hills, has served as a gateway to the far north for 300 years.