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Expect baronial splendor at most high-end hotels in the Highlands and Islands rather than cutting-edge gadgetry or hot design labels. In keeping with the rural theme, many, although not all, are sited in deliberately remote locations; most visitors are here to escape the rat race as opposed to being close to the action. If you need a city or town close at hand, a fair proportion of notable hotels are clustered around the main population centers of Inverness, Oban, and Fort William. The main season runs from Easter to the end of September, but booking in advance is advisable at all times of year. Hogmanay (New Year's Eve) is often a busy time in the Highlands.
Airds started life as a coaching inn for travelers en route to the island of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides, and the view across Loch Linnhe to Lismore still...more
Tucked away several miles down a single-track road and perched at the head of the appropriately named Loch Awe on the west coast, this rambling 18-bedroom hotel...more
A restored Georgian mansion 16 miles from Inverness, with manicured lawns, mature woodlands, and its own trout lake, Boath House is the sort of place where...more
Staff make you feel "like an old friend" at this vine-covered Georgian country house. "Gorgeous and polished" public areas have faux-marble pillars and high...more
This 17th-century property, 33 miles north of Inverness, aims to be a house where guests gather rather than a hotel where customers check in. Visitors dine...more
A stay here is the closest most of us will get to living like a lord. Built in 1863 by the first Lord Abinger, Inverlochy has played host to all sorts of...more
Accessible only by bridge and boat, the 300-acre Isle of Eriska, just off the west coast, (not to be confused with Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides) offers plenty...more
Sitting pretty on the shores of the sea loch Na Dal, Kinloch Lodge is the Highland base of Godfrey, Lord Macdonald, high chief of Clan Donald, and portraits of...more
This ten-bedroom hotel started life as three cottages built in 1829 along with the rest of cute Port Charlotte village on the island of Islay. The bedrooms are...more
Since opening in 2006, Rocpool Reserve has added some much-needed pizzazz to the Inverness hotel scene. The 11 rooms increase in size and gadgets (sorry,...more
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