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110 S CO T LA N D

SCOTLAND
BORDERS • LOWLANDS • SOUTHWESTERN SCOTLAND
HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

ROMPASTORAL border country to and crofts. The vast majority
the raw, majestic scenery of the are in superb locations and are
FHighlands and Islands, wonderfully secluded, perhaps
Scotland’s landscape never overlooking a quiet loch with a
ceases to amaze, and presents view of distant mountains, or with
endless opportunities for outdoor lawns running down to a
pursuits – notwithstanding the deserted swathe of golden
rain and the summer midges. On beach. Of Scotland’s cities,
the following pages you will find Edinburgh is well served
some of the most remote hotels in with fine hotels, and we
Europe, as well as ones fashioned include several useful
from buildings as diverse as castles addresses in Glasgow.

ACHILTIBUIE AUCHTERARDER

Summer Isles The very remote, cottage-like Gleneagles This spectacular Art Deco hotel was
hotel has a Michelin star for its impressive built in the 1920s as the ‘playground of the gods’.
cookery, which makes much use of fresh local Intimate it is not; occupied you will certainly be,
fish; the cheeseboard is justly famous. Only with a raft of activities, both leisure and sporting,
seven of the rooms have a TV. If possible, go now on offer (including, of course, the world-
for the suite: it has a spiral staircase, huge class golf which made the hotel’s name). Suites
bathroom and breathtaking views. and ‘Estate Rooms’ are nicest, but very expensive.
N Achiltibuie, Ullapool, Ross-shire IV26 2YG. N Auchterarder, Perthshire PH3 1NF. Map p77 D3.
Map p76 C1. § (01854) 622282. ` (01854) 622251. § (01764) 662231. ` (01764) 662134.
$ info@summerisleshotel.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 13. $ resort.sales@gleneagles.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 275.
∂ ¢ mid-Oct to 1 April. / MC, V. ]] S÷ ∂ ¢ Never. / AE, DC, MC, V. ]]]]

BALLATER BUNCHREW
Darroch Learg An imposing Victorian country Bunchrew House A pink sandstone turreted
house hotel, splendidly situated and easy-going. mansion with large, comfortable bedrooms and
Noted for its inventive food and excellent wines. a rather formal dining room.
N Braemar Rd, Ballater, Aberdeenshire AB35 5UX. N Bunchrew, Inverness-shire IV3 8TA. Map p76 C2.
Map p77 D2. § (013397) 55443. ` (013397) 55252. § (01463) 234917. ` (01463) 710620. $ welcome@
$ info@darrochlearg.co.uk 0 b,d. Rooms 17. ]]] bunchrew-inverness.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 14. ]]
BALQUHIDDER COLONSAY, ISLE OF
Monachyle Mhor 17th-century farmhouse by Isle of Colonsay Hotel Perfect island life: away
Loch Voil, run with verve by the Lewis family. from it all in a warmly civilized house serving
N Balquhidder, Lochearnhead, Perthshire FK19 8PQ. good fresh food. Cycling, fishing, golf, sailing.
Map p76 C3. § (01877) 384622. ` (01877) 384305. N Isle of Colonsay, Argyll PA61 7YP. Map p76 B3.
$ info@monachylemhor.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 10. § (01951) 200316. ` (01951) 200353. $ colonsay.
]] hotel@pipemedia.co.uk 0 b,l,d. Rooms 11. ]]]