‘A treat of a hotel.’ ‘It has never failed us,’ say regular guests of this ‘exceptionally pleasant’ 1840s dower house by the beautiful, wooded Pass of Killiecrankie.

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

‘Talk about off the beaten track!’ Scott Meikle and Stephanie Graham’s ‘little jewel of a hotel’ stands at the end of the road, amid a vast moorland wilderness of lochs and lochans.

In a former surgeon’s home built in the early 1800s, Andrea and Martin Anderson offer guests a ‘warm welcome’, ‘great local advice’ and, at a ‘superb breakfast’, a ‘divine’ Arnold Bennett omelette – perhaps just what the doctor ordered.

Tramp along the banks of nearby rivers Tummel and Tay, then back through woodland towards the McGown family’s friendly country hotel in a 17th-century turreted stone house just outside the town.

‘The restaurant, the room and, in particular, the hospitality exceeded our expectations,’ say returning visitors this year.

Vibrant Victorian Pitlochry offers many diversions, but to escape the bustle, head for Martin and Heather Walls’s guest house, a ‘beautiful’ Georgian house on the outskirts of town.

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.

‘Bright flowers around the house add to the charm’ on a spring day at Struan and Louise Lothian’s Victorian stone mansion, in sloping gardens on a quiet street.

The River Tay flows by wooded grounds awash with bluebells in springtime, at Ann and Alf Berry’s modern B&B, in a pretty conservation village.

‘The warmth of the welcome is striking’ at this ‘carefully refurbished’ 19th-century coaching inn with ‘superb views’ over Loch Tummel.

In a stone-built Victorian villa close to the town centre, Chris and Bettina Black run this modern guest house with a ‘friendly, welcoming feel’.

Watch for roaming deer as you follow the ‘long, attractive drive’ to the Milligan family’s Victorian country house on the banks of the River Tay.

The extensive grounds of Valerie and Robert Kerr’s ‘warm and welcoming’ hotel on the outskirts of town are just the place to watch for roe deer and red squirrels.

Remigio and Georgina Zane’s unpretentious Victorian house in mature gardens makes a tranquil base for exploring the city’s nightlife and café culture – the centre is an easy walk away.