Suie Hunting Lodge
With breakfast.
Suie Hunting Lodge was built in 1780 as the shooting lodge of the Suie Estate, in Glen Dochart between Crianlarich and Killin.
Pauline and Robbie have been restoring it since 2017, and it's now a lodge of six rooms with a modern heritage feel: stone walls, vintage furniture, William Morris fabrics, feather and down, and roll-top baths in some rooms. The Laird's Suite has an industrial four-poster, and Room 1 looks over the River Dochart. It's bed and breakfast in the week, with a bar and restaurant from Thursday to Saturday. It's for adults and over-12s only.
A calm, understated type of luxury.
Each of the six rooms features feather and down bedding, crisp white cotton sheets with a minimum 300 thread count, drench showers and Laura Thomas sustainable toiletries.
- Rooms
- Six, each for two, from £150 a night with breakfast.
- Evenings
- Bar and restaurant on Thursday, Friday and Saturday; bed and breakfast on other nights.
- Closed
- Closed from 10.30am on Sunday until 3.30pm on Tuesday.
- Guests
- No children under 12, and no pets.
The lodge sits in Luib, Glen Dochart, in the northern reaches of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
It lies between Crianlarich and Killin on the road north, a good base for the southern Highlands or a stop on the way to the islands.
Getting hereIn Glen Dochart, between Crianlarich and Killin.
Loch Iubhair & Loch DochartTwo small lochs in Glen Dochart east of Crianlarich, with a ruined Campbell castle on an island.4 miles6 min by road
Ben More, CrianlarichThe pyramid above Crianlarich, 1,174 metres high, climbed up steep slopes from Benmore Farm.5 miles6 min by road
Loch Voil and Loch DoineTwo lochs in the Braes of Balquhidder, Rob Roy's country, with his grave at the kirk at the foot of Loch Voil.5 milesas the crow flies
Balquhidder Parish ChurchThe kirk at the foot of Balquhidder Glen, where Rob Roy MacGregor lies beside the ruin of the old church of 1631.5 milesas the crow flies
Stob BinneinBen More's twin above Crianlarich, at 1,165 metres.5 miles9 min by road
Falls of DochartRapids pouring under the old bridge at Killin, with the MacNab chiefs' burial island in the river.6 miles9 min by road
Artisan Cafe & DeliA café and Scottish deli in a converted church in Tyndrum, with stained glass, a fire and home baking.10 miles15 min by road
The Drovers InnThe old drovers' inn at Inverarnan, opened in 1705, with a stuffed grizzly bear in the hall and a name for ghosts.14 miles19 min by road
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.