Set amid the splendid isolation of a sparsely populated Hebridean island, this small 19th-century hotel is a few minutes’ walk from the ferry, and has magnificent views across the Sound of Iona to Mull.

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

There are few more remote hotels in the Guide than this Georgian former manse, in a ‘spectacular’ setting between a white-sand beach and heather-clad mountains.

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.

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.

Seafaring readers anchored at Arinagour to seek a shower and dinner at the social hub of ‘a beautiful island with spectacular beaches, dark-sky park and wonderful wildlife’.

There’s whisky galore on the Inner Hebrides island of Islay; bonhomie in the bar of this friendly hotel.

Huge windows bring ‘glorious views’ of Broadford Bay and the Cuillin hills into Neil Hope and Lesley Unwin’s ‘beautiful’, architect-designed house on the Isle of Skye.

On this southernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, ‘friendly, helpful’ hostess Fiona Doyle runs her ‘clean, comfortable’ B&B in a stone-built house, steps from the shores of Loch Indaal.

A slice of home baking greets arriving guests at Graeme and Emma Clark’s much-praised island guest house, which stands in large gardens against a vista of the Mull of Oa and the Atlantic beyond.

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.

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.

On the north-west coast of the island, a ‘peaceful area teeming with wildlife’, this traditional Hebridean farmhouse displays rugged views across to the Butt of Lewis.

There are glorious views across Small Isles Bay from the McCallum family’s hotel, restaurant and pub, in the only village, on the only road, on this remote, beautiful island.

On an island of white-sand beaches, lochs and peat bogs, Amanda and Niall Leveson Gower run their ‘handsome’ sporting lodge as a family-friendly hotel.

Surrounded by farmland on the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides islands, this white-painted 19th-century house is owned by ‘fabulous hosts’ Margaret and Blair Rozga.

On the west coast of Harris, Lena and Richard MacLennan’s small guest house overlooks Borve’s golden sand beach, and has views over the sound of Taransay. Simply and unfussily done, without compromising comfort. Harris tweed blankets drape the bed in the neat, wood-floored bedrooms; fresh flowers and shelves of books bring interest to a sitting room warmed by a peat fire. A surprising touch: a sauna in which to ease tired muscles after a day exploring the island.

The cheery blue-and-white exterior of this laid-back island hotel is matched by the maritime feel in its neat bedrooms and modern brasserie, giving the place a spirit that’s nautical but nice.