Romantic Hotels in Scotland

From the dramatic vistas of the Highlands to the character of the Borders and the awe-inspiring natural landscapes of the coast, Scotland is brimming with historic tales of romance and fairytales across the centuries thanks to its ruggedness and beauty. Scotland’s hotels also play a part in its modern day romance.
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Romantic Hotels in Scotland

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Cringletie House

Cringletie House - 'Spring into Summer' Package Special Offer

Peebles

‘Highly recommended for a special occasion’, this Victorian Scottish baronial hotel on a 28-acre estate combines luxury with unforced family- and dog-friendliness.
  • babyfriendly
  • child_friendly
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • country_house
  • disabled_facilities
  • dog_friendly
  • electric_charging_point
  • fishing
  • garden
  • horse_riding
  • hot_tub_jacuzzi
  • parking
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • walking
  • weddings
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • wifi
  • veganfriendly
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • foodie
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Knockinaam Lodge

Knockinaam Lodge - Summer Special Offer

Portpatrick

Where the road ends and the Irish Sea begins, this former Victorian hunting lodge with a private cove is secluded, unapologetically traditional and rich in comforts and good food.
  • weddings
  • walking
  • garden
  • dog_friendly
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • honeymoon
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • historic
  • gourmet
  • view
  • seaside
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • fishing
  • golf
  • for_winelovers
  • child_friendly
  • cycling
  • horse_riding
  • wildlife_watching
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • electric_charging_point
  • bird_watching
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • babyfriendly
  • country_house
  • great_breakfast
  • outdoor_dining
  • parking
  • foodie
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Forss House

Forss House - Three Nights for the Price of Two Special Offer

Thurso

Under the big skies of Caithness, wrapped in woodland and a curve of the River Forss, this Georgian mansion offers the grandeur of Scottish country house living but with modern-day warmth and comforts.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • garden
  • fishing
  • disabled_facilities
  • wifi
  • conference_meeting
  • activities
  • disabled
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • country_house
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • historic
  • parking
  • bird_watching
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • dog_friendly
  • romantic
  • for_winelovers
  • golf
  • cycling
  • foodie
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • wheelchair_accessible
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Knockendarroch Hotel

Knockendarroch Hotel - Book 2 nights and get a 3rd half price Special Offer

Pitlochry

On the leafy edge of Pitlochry, with views to the Perthshire hills, Struan and Louise Lothian’s hotel has the feel of a Victorian country house in town.
  • golf
  • walking
  • garden
  • wifi
  • parking
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • romantic
  • cycling
  • electric_charging_point
  • veganfriendly
  • dog_friendly
  • boutique
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Shieldaig Lodge

Shieldaig Lodge - Food Lovers Package Special Offer

Gairloch

Field-sports fans and whisky aficionados beat a path to this Victorian hunting lodge, in a ‘glorious location’ on a vast wooded estate by Loch Gairloch.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • garden
  • fishing
  • wifi
  • parking
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • conference_meeting
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • country_house
  • romantic
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • for_winelovers
  • honeymoon
  • bird_watching
  • seaside
  • golf
  • horse_riding
  • cycling
  • wildlife_watching
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • boutique
  • babyfriendly
  • foodie
  • historic
  • dog_friendly
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Rufflets

Rufflets - £90 Dining Credit Spring/Summer Special Offer

St Andrews

‘Nothing seems too much trouble’ at this turreted 1920s mansion, one of Scotland’s first country house hotels, which has been owned by the same family for 70 years.
  • babyfriendly
  • child_friendly
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • country_house
  • disabled_facilities
  • dog_friendly
  • garden
  • golf
  • outdoor_dining
  • parking
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • walking
  • weddings
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • wifi
  • cycling
  • wildlife_watching
  • historic
  • bird_watching
  • honeymoon
  • veganfriendly
  • vegetarian_friendly
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The Roseate Edinburgh

The Roseate Edinburgh - Stay Longer, Save More Special Offer

Edinburgh

Luxe details such as a copper roll top bath, add to the romance at this luxurious get away in Edinburgh where beautiful details are accompanied by exceptional service - ideal for mini breaks, minimoons or a Valentine's Day retreat.
  • babyfriendly
  • boutique
  • child_friendly
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • garden
  • honeymoon
  • parking
  • romantic
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • walking
  • weddings
  • wifi
  • veganfriendly
  • dog_friendly
  • cycling
  • historic
  • golf
  • fishing
  • electric_charging_point
  • outdoor_dining
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Knockderry House Hotel

Knockderry House Hotel - Two Night Food and Wine Escape Special Offer

Helensburgh

‘Scottish baronial at its best: all towers and turrets’, Beth and Murdo Macleod’s ‘very well-organised’, dog-friendly hotel stands in manicured lawns by the shores of Loch Long.
  • garden
  • dog_friendly
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • cycling
  • fishing
  • parking
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • walking
  • weddings
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • boutique
  • country_house
  • disabled_facilities
  • historic
  • mooring_available
  • outdoor_dining
  • seaside
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Kilcamb Lodge

Kilcamb Lodge

Strontian

'Very quiet and peaceful' on the shores of Loch Sunart, this family-friendly and dog-friendly country house has an 'exceptional location'.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • golf
  • walking
  • bird_watching
  • garden
  • fishing
  • dog_friendly
  • wifi
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • view
  • parking
  • wildlife_watching
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • veganfriendly
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • country_house
  • foodie
  • romantic
  • cycling
  • boutique
  • electric_charging_point
  • mooring_available
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Scarista House

Scarista House

Isle of Harris

The long drive is worth it to this edge-of-the-world location, where a Georgian manse, with pretty, traditional rooms and superb food, overlooks a long sandy beach.
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • bird_watching
  • garden
  • dog_friendly
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • view
  • seaside
  • veganfriendly
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • cycling
  • golf
  • surfing
  • great_breakfast
  • wildlife_watching
  • parking
  • foodie
  • weddings
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Kinloch Lodge

Kinloch Lodge

Sleat

It has been an anniversary year at Lord and Lady Macdonald’s former hunting lodge ‘in a beautiful position’ on the shores of Loch Na Dal, with views to the Cuillin mountains.
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • honeymoon
  • fishing
  • garden
  • wifi
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • seaside
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • disabled_facilities
  • child_friendly
  • with_cooking_school
  • wildlife_watching
  • romantic
  • great_breakfast
  • walking
  • foodie
  • parking
  • country_house
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Prestonfield

Prestonfield

Edinburgh

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 experience.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • garden
  • dog_friendly
  • disabled_facilities
  • wifi
  • parking
  • romantic
  • honeymoon
  • country_house
  • historic
  • conference_meeting
  • disabled
  • golf
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • for_winelovers
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • walking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • veganfriendly
  • great_breakfast
  • outdoor_dining
  • foodie
  • electric_charging_point
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Eddrachilles Hotel

Eddrachilles Hotel

Scourie

Take a drive on the wild side via the North Coast 500 to this small private hotel, a former Church of Scotland manse in a landscape of remote and rugged beauty overlooking Badcall Bay.
  • walking
  • bird_watching
  • garden
  • value
  • fishing
  • dog_friendly
  • wifi
  • parking
  • exceptional_value
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • historic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • romantic
  • wildlife_watching
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • good_value
  • weddings
  • boutique
  • seaside
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The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

The Three Chimneys and The House Over-By

Dunvegan

In the north of Skye, overlooking Loch Dunvegan, this whitewashed former crofter’s house with its distinctive three chimneys is the unlikely setting for a celebrated restaurant-with-rooms.
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • bird_watching
  • garden
  • value
  • fishing
  • disabled_facilities
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • view
  • disabled
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • for_winelovers
  • ecofriendly
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • seaside
  • parking
  • great_breakfast
  • wildlife_watching
  • weddings
  • foodie
  • restaurant_with_rooms
  • boutique
  • electric_charging_point
  • veganfriendly
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Glenfinnan House Hotel

Glenfinnan House Hotel

Fort William

Built in 1755, the grandeur and history of Glenfinnan House Hotel give it a beauty that's made for romantic escapes. Blessed with many original features, it's a peaceful haven of luxury and tranquility for time together.
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • garden
  • value
  • fishing
  • dog_friendly
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • conference_meeting
  • country_house
  • honeymoon
  • veganfriendly
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • wildlife_watching
  • boutique
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • weddings
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Coll Hotel

Coll Hotel

Isle of Coll

The air, the seafood, the views – all are zingingly fresh at this family-run hotel on the Hebridean island of Coll.
  • child_friendly
  • bird_watching
  • garden
  • wifi
  • parking
  • exceptional_value
  • romantic
  • seaside
  • babyfriendly
  • walking
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • wildlife_watching
  • good_value
  • mooring_available
  • outdoor_dining
  • disabled_facilities
  • weddings
  • foodie
  • cycling
  • veganfriendly
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Ardtorna

Ardtorna

Oban

By Loch Creran, Karen and Sean O’Byrne’s super-modern, eco-friendly house has ‘lovely views’ over the water.
  • bird_watching
  • ecofriendly
  • great_breakfast
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • walking
  • wifi
  • hot_tub_jacuzzi
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Fingal

Fingal

Edinburgh

In shipshape order, this luxury floating hotel aboard a revamped former Northern Lighthouse supply ship, is berthed in a working dock in Edinburgh's trendy Leith district.
  • boutique
  • child_friendly
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • historic
  • honeymoon
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • weddings
  • veganfriendly
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The Dipping Lugger

The Dipping Lugger

Surprises spring up in Robert and Helen Hicks’s restaurant with rooms, crafted from an 18th Century manse on the waterfront.
  • restaurant_with_rooms
  • gourmet
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • wifi
  • for_winelovers
  • romantic
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The Torridon

The Torridon

TORRIDON

'The setting is stunning – the landscape truly breath-taking,’ wrote readers on a Munro-climbing jaunt to this remote, baronial-style hunting lodge on a wooded estate at the head of Loch Torridon.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • garden
  • dog_friendly
  • disabled_facilities
  • wifi
  • disabled
  • cycling
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • parking
  • wildlife_watching
  • bird_watching
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • honeymoon
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • veganfriendly
  • boutique
  • foodie
  • electric_charging_point
  • wheelchair_accessible
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Monachyle Mhor

Monachyle Mhor

Lochearnhead

In a ‘beautiful’ situation overlooking lochs and hills, this remote restaurant-with-rooms is surprisingly glamorous inside.
From £97.50 per night
  • weddings
  • garden
  • child_friendly
  • wifi
  • restaurant_with_rooms
  • dog_friendly
  • walking
  • great_breakfast
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • bird_watching
  • disabled_facilities
  • wildlife_watching
  • fishing
  • foodie
  • for_winelovers
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • boutique
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • electric_charging_point
  • veganfriendly
  • babyfriendly
  • romantic
  • parking
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
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Glenapp Castle

Glenapp Castle

Ballantrae

At the end of a ‘beautiful tree-lined drive’, this romantic Victorian Scottish Baronial castle stands in landscaped grounds with views across the Firth of Clyde to Ailsa Craig.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • golf
  • walking
  • garden
  • fishing
  • dog_friendly
  • disabled_facilities
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • tennis
  • country_house
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • historic
  • conference_meeting
  • spa
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • wildlife_watching
  • parking
  • great_breakfast
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • babyfriendly
  • honeymoon
  • boutique
  • electric_charging_point
  • outdoor_dining
  • seaside
  • foodie
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Moor of Rannoch-Restaurant & Rooms

Moor of Rannoch-Restaurant & Rooms

Rannoch Station

It’s not quite the restaurant at the end of the universe, but there is a great sense of space at Stephanie and Scott Meikle’s dog-friendly restaurant-with-rooms.
  • child_friendly
  • walking
  • bird_watching
  • dog_friendly
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • restaurant_with_rooms
  • parking
  • wildlife_watching
  • foodie
  • great_breakfast
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Windlestraw

Windlestraw

Walkerburn

Windlestraw is closing and no longer accepting bookings. A handsome Edwardian mansion overlooking the River Tweed in the eastern Scottish Borders, that combines the elegance of its age with modern comforts and fine dining.
  • weddings
  • child_friendly
  • golf
  • walking
  • garden
  • fishing
  • dog_friendly
  • guesthouse
  • wifi
  • romantic
  • parking
  • for_winelovers
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • great_breakfast
  • boutique
  • country_house
  • cycling
  • historic
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • veganfriendly
  • foodie
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Kilberry Inn

Kilberry Inn

Tarbert

This whitewashed crofter’s cottage with a red tin roof, on the scenic, single-track B8024, is the unlikely setting for this much-loved restaurant-with-rooms.
  • walking
  • bird_watching
  • dog_friendly
  • view
  • great_breakfast
  • parking
  • restaurant_with_rooms
  • wildlife_watching
  • seaside
  • cycling
  • foodie
  • romantic
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The Fife Arms

The Fife Arms

Braemar

Swiss gallerists Iwan and Manuela Wirth have had an artistic fling at this Victorian coaching inn in a Cairngorms village famed for its Highland Games.
  • wifi
  • walking
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • garden
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • dog_friendly
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • boutique
  • great_breakfast
  • romantic
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • wildlife_watching
  • child_friendly
  • bird_watching
  • golf
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • fishing
  • spa
  • veganfriendly
  • weddings
  • foodie
  • historic
  • parking
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Bunchrew House

Bunchrew House

Inverness

On the tranquil shore of the Beauly Firth, this traditional country house, parts dating to the 17th Century, stands in gardens and woodland laced with paths.
  • babyfriendly
  • bird_watching
  • child_friendly
  • cycling
  • electric_charging_point
  • fishing
  • garden
  • golf
  • horse_riding
  • outdoor_dining
  • parking
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • walking
  • weddings
  • wifi
  • wildlife_watching
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • seaside
  • country_house
  • wheelchair_accessible
  • foodie
  • historic
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Coruisk House

Coruisk House

Isle of Skye

A scenic, single-track road in a remote part of the island leads to Clare Winskill and Iain Roden’ s romantic restaurant-with-rooms, where guests are welcomed with a glass of sparkling wine.
  • bird_watching
  • foodie
  • parking
  • restaurant_with_rooms
  • romantic
  • rooms_with_a_view
  • walking
  • weddings
  • wifi
  • wildlife_watching
  • adultsonly
  • boutique
  • historic
  • outdoor_pursuits_hunting
  • seaside
  • vegetarian_friendly
  • electric_charging_point
  • conferencemeeting_friendly
  • fishing
  • guest_house
  • cycling
  • honeymoon

Scenic walks and romantic country house hotels in Scotland

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. Nestled into beautiful spots surrounded by forests and wild flowers where love blooms with the spring on scenic walks and hikes across wild and sweeping vistas.

Equally, the rich culture of cities and villages is tantalising and seductive in its warmth and character, showcasing a tradition for good food and better drink that has been perfected over the centuries whether you happen to be enjoying time in Edinburgh, Glasgow or out on the Isle of Skye.

Where the Italians may have a monopoly on gentility and the French have a talent for sweet talking, Scotland’s romance is echoed through a long line of poets and writers who fell in love with the breathtaking magnitude of the area’s wildlife. While a holiday fishing may not sound like a traditional recipe for romance, it is hard not to let these natural surroundings do the talking, even if it is with a large salmon in tow.

Then again, on a more refined scale, Scotland is home to some spectacular architecture, spas and excellent chefs. The likes of The Witchery by the Castle or Ardanaiseig have reputations not merely for places to bewitch your other half, but also as awe-inspiring hotel wedding venues bringing style and eccentricity to the occasion that the whole family and all guests can enjoy.

Last updated: May 30, 2023