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Argyll and Bute

Inns by the falls and the glen.

Argyll's inns have been welcoming travellers for centuries. There's a corner pub by Oban's old pier that has been open since 1790, an inn by the Falls of Lora at Connel, and a walkers' and climbers' inn deep in Glencoe with hundreds of malts. On Islay, a family-run inn near Port Askaig has rooms and home cooking. Most serve food all day. Expect them to be busy in summer.

Harbour Inn→
The Oyster Inn, Connel→
The Oban Inn→
Pub of the day18 hours ago

Clachaig Inn.

The walkers' and climbers' inn deep in Glencoe, with log fires, more than 365 malt whiskies, live music, food all day and rooms.

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Afterwards15 hours agoArgyll and ButeOban Distillery100 yardsArgyll and ButePassing Place Gallery100 yardsArgyll and ButeOban Harbour100 yards

Round the corner from The Oban Inn.

Three good places a short walk away: Oban Distillery, Passing Place Gallery and Oban Harbour.

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From our guide12 hours ago

The Drover’s Inn.

Over three hundred years old, this remote mountain inn was a stopover point for cattle herders on their annual trek from the Highlands to the Lowlands. It wasn’t unusual for the so-called ‘drovers’ to meet a bloody end in cattle-stealing skirmishes, and their restless ghosts are said to haunt the building. Drover’s also famously hosted the rather more mortal local folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor, the Scottish Robin Hood. These days, the inn is popular with hikers on the West Highland Way, who call in for haggis, neeps and tatties.

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Pubs9 hours agoIsle of IslayHarbour InnRestaurantArgyll and ButeThe Oyster Inn, ConnelRestaurantArgyll and ButeThe Oban InnRestaurantArgyll and ButeClachaig InnRestaurantIsle of IslayBallygrant InnBar

A pint by the fire.

Pubs with good food, and the fire lit by October.

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From the magazine7 hours agoThe printed copy of Issue 07Issue 07Autumn / Winter 2023-24

William Hamer cooks almost every course of his five or six-course dinners over an open fire on the Ardkinglas Estate, beside Loch Fyne in Argyll.

William discovered fire cooking while living on North Uist: on his days off from Langass Lodge he would throw some ingredients in his bag, head to the beach and build a fire. He trained in a countryside pub in the south of England, cooked at the two-Michelin-starred Hisa Franko in Slovenia and ran his own pop-up in the Outer Hebrides before founding Wild Kabn Kitchen in 2023. The vegetables come from the estate's garden, and cauliflower is a favourite, buried in the fire until a charred crust forms. 'Vegetables have a magnificent reaction to fire,' he says.

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Harbour Inn.

Bowmore Distillery's small guest house by the harbour in Bowmore, with seven rooms looking over Loch Indaal.

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The Oyster Inn, Connel.

An inn by the Falls of Lora at Connel, dating back to the 18th-century Ferryman's Inn, with a seafood restaurant, the Gluepot bar and rooms.

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