There is a touch of the baronial about this pink sandstone Tudor-style 19th-century mansion, a country-house hotel with fine original features, its public rooms adorned with shooting trophies.

In a beautiful location on the shore of Loch Sunart, where otters swim in the waters and red squirrels scamper around the land, this 18th-century lodge offers country-house comforts and plenty of Scottish flair, ranging from tartan fabrics to homemade shortbread.

Abundant wildlife, dark skies, a scenic golf course and white-sand beaches attract guests to this owner-run island guest house with large, comfortable bedrooms and excellent cooking.

Within a medieval castle and Georgian house above the Sound of Mull, this remote restaurant with rooms has four fantastic suites, spectacular views, and no less memorable cooking by chef-proprietor Colin Nicholson.

With peacocks in the garden, kilt-wearing staff, fire-warmed sitting rooms and antiques at every turn, this 17th-century country house is an indulgent place to stay.

Farm buildings on the Black Isle peninsula, brought back from dereliction, live again as a stylish destination with rooms and self-catering cottages, a Japanese-inspired whisky bar, foodie restaurant and its own private airstrip.

A single-track road leads to this remote and intimate Skye 'black house', with views towards mountains and the islands of Rum and Eigg, simple, chic bedrooms, and a restaurant serving a four-course set menu showcasing superb island produce.

With panoramic sea views to the Torridon mountains, cottage annexe rooms and suites. this Victorian former hunting lodge near the northern tip of Skye has been refurbished by new owners but remains reassuringly traditional.

On the shores of Loch Linnhe, with blissful views to Lismore and the mountains of Moven, this former pier-master's house is a lovely hotel with stylish bedrooms and a sea-facing dining room, where helpful, personable staff deliver mussels and langoustine from loch to table, via chef Michael Leathley's excellent kitchen.

With contemporary country-house comforts, a wide choice of bedrooms, glorious views , and modern Scottish cooking in a light-filled dining room, Struan and Louise Lothian's well-cared-for hotel is a lovely place to relax, and a great base for walkers and cyclists wishing to explore the Perthshire countryside.

A dream destination for golfing gourmets, just a 12-minute drive from St Andrews, Geoffrey and Katherine Smeddle's restaurant with rooms holds a Michelin star for Geoffrey's creative menus of ingredients sourced locally from land and sea.

A tree-lined drive leads to this splendid Victorian Scottish baronial pile and luxury hotel in landscaped grounds, where guests have a choice of opulent suites, and can opt to dine from tasting menus in the dining room looking out to Ailsa Craig or on home-grown produce in a 19th-century glasshouse within the walled kitchen garden.

Decorated in cool Scandi-Scots style, this former crofter's house on the shores of Loch Dunvegan is a celebrated restaurant showcasing local produce, with spacious bedrooms painted in soothing shades in a house across the courtyard, and views to the mountains of Harris and North Uist.

There are glorious sea views across Asknish Bay to the Sound of Jura and the Inner Hebrides from the restaurant and from bedrooms with deck or balcony at this remote, dog-friendly hotel, built for Victorian tea Baron J Arthur Campbell, who planted the National Trust Arduaine Garden next door.

In a sublime setting on a wooded estate on Loch Torridon, this baronial-style hunting lodge appeals to sybarites and sporty types, with amazing views and luxurious bedrooms, tasting menus sourced from the kitchen garden and farm, and a brasserie.

Eligible military guests receive a discount at this Edwardian gem of a Scottish revival country house in beautifully maintained gardens, owned by a charitable trust and filled with family mementoes, where bedrooms blend classic and contemporary style and tasting menus feature produce from the walled kitchen garden.

There are glorious views from this 17th-century country-house hotel with later baronial embellishments, set in gardens and woodland on the shore of the Beauly Firth, with traditional bedroom styling (perhaps a four-poster or half-tester bed, a view across the water), and a formal, fine-dining restaurant.

With possibly the best location in Portree, this former Victorian shooting lodge has spectacular views over the bay and Sound of Raasay to the Cuillin mountains. Now a family-run hotel, it has smart contemporary bedrooms and serves locally sourced, traditional dishes along with the views.

With a clubby ambience, chic, quirky bedrooms, and classic Italian cooking in Porcini restaurant, this personable hotel overlooking the Sound of Mull is 'extremely welcoming' says readers who were served a glass of Prosecco on arrival.

This remote restaurant with rooms beside Loch Voil has some unexpectedly smart contemporary bedrooms with the odd wacky touch, and quirky options such as an 1850s wagon, a ferry cabin, yurts and treehouse in the grounds. In the restaurant, locally sourced and foraged or home-grown ingredients appear in sophisticated modern Scottish dishes.

On the North Coast 500 route, overlooking the Kyle of Tongue, this 19th-century manse has stunning, Scandi-chic interiors, with a suite occupying the entire attic floor, and some loft-style studio rooms in former stables, as well as candlelit dining room adorned with botanical artworks.

Walkers returning to this restaurant with rooms on the shores of Loch Earn, in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, can dine from short, ambitious menus of classically inspired modern Scottish cooking, and watch ospreys from one of the comfortable, traditionally styled loch-view bedrooms.

An affordable, modern B&B on the Moray Firth, just across the road from the beach, Sunny Brae has light and airy bedrooms, sun-trap garden, and good breakfasts.

Understated modern luxury and all-day gourmet dining stand in contrast to the Victorian exterior and wildly beautiful scenery around Loch Rannoch, at this hotel in a stone-built village.

Close to the city centre, a Jacobean-style Victorian villa sitting above a manicured front garden combines with Hampton House across the road as a single, characterful hotel, with bedrooms and suites blending contemporary comfort and period style, and fine dining in the Dunstane Restaurant and Bar.

A former shooting and fishing lodge for Closeburn Castle, with 1930s Art Deco touches, this is now a well-established country-house hotel, with a small garden spa, traditionally styled bedrooms, and a restaurant serving a short menu of rustic dishes strong on local produce.