Grey seals loll the day away along an old ferry slipway on the shores of ‘wild, beautiful’ Loch Glendhu – the ‘superb setting’ for ‘hands-on, energetic’ Tanja Lister and Sonia Virechauveix’s ‘most enjoyable’ small hotel.

In a wild coastal corner of the Highlands, this white-painted Victorian house gazes out across moorland, croft and sea.

At the end of a long, single-track road, visitors to Lorraine and David Hook’s ‘wonderfully remote’ small hotel find ‘glorious’ views of Ben Loyal, loch Kyle and the ruins of Castle Varrich.

The grounds of Lesley and Iain MacDonald’s modern B&B border Loch Broom; on a clear day, views from the shore extend to the mountains beyond.