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Tigh an Tobair, Isle of SkyeA four-bedroom house for eight at Colbost, near Dunvegan on Skye, with floor-to-ceiling windows over Loch Dunvegan and a wood-fired hot tub on the deck.

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TonightToday

The Corner House is free tonight.

A colourful steading house for six at Glen Dye near Banchory, designed by NORD, with a wood-fired hot tub in its own yard. Sleeps six, in Aberdeenshire.

Free dates25 – 26 Oct1 – 4 Nov6 – 21 Nov22 Nov – 23 DecBook The Corner House
Free soonTodayDumfries and GallowayHeritage Coachman Lodge30 Oct – 2 NovMorayshireMidparkFrom 30 OctFifeWest Cottage30 Oct – 2 Nov

Places with nights free in the next few weeks.

The dates under each one are free. Choose a place to see it and book.

From our collectionsA collection23 hours agoArgyll and ButeGlenstriven HouseArdnamurchanThe Old Post OfficeSutherlandFerryman's CottageArgyll and ButeSlochdArgyll and ButeKabnArdnamurchanSeaview CottageWester RossFjellPerthshireKinArgyll and ButeRed Squirrel CottagePerthshireRannoch at Redhill Retreat

Places to Stay on the Shore of a Loch

Waking up to a loch outside the window, with the water still and the hills behind it, is one of those things that makes a stay in Scotland feel different. These are our favourite places to stay on the shore.

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Did you know23 hours ago

While Bonnie Prince Charlie waited near Monkstadt in 1746, Flora MacDonald sat down to dinner in the house with the officer sent to catch him.

The officer had been posted there with a party of soldiers to watch for the Prince in case he fled to Skye. Flora dined at Lady Margaret MacDonald's table beside him and gave nothing away. James Boswell, who heard the story on Skye in 1773, wrote that she often laughed with the officer about it afterwards, at how well she had deceived him.

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Sleeps eightFive bedroomsDogs welcomeA closer look23 hours ago

Inside Viewfield Farmhouse.

Viewfield Farmhouse is a restored white farmhouse on the Innes Estate near Elgin, taking bookings for stays from June 2025, with views to the west across the estate. It sleeps eight in five bedrooms: a superking on the ground floor, two first-floor rooms that can be superking or twin, and two singles on the second floor, with en suite bathrooms alongside a shared family bathroom and a shower room.

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Hidden Scotland, the magazineThe magazine

Issue 13

The autumn and winter issue is here.

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Hot tubs23 hours agoCairngormsLarch HouseSleeps 6Isle of SkyeTigh an TobairSleeps 8Isle of SkyeLochviewSleeps 4Argyll and ButeStormhouse NorthSleeps 2FifeThe GlasshouseSleeps 6AberdeenshireGairnshiel LodgeSleeps 16

Places to stay with a hot tub, deep in the countryside.

Fields and hills all around, and a hot tub to sit in at the end of the day.

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Before Christmas23 hours ago

A weekend still free at Kabn before Christmas.

The weekend of 4 December. Every other weekend before Christmas is booked. Sleeps two, in Argyll and Bute.

Free dates4 – 6 DecBook Kabn
Saturday to Saturday23 hours agoCairngormsPark CottageFrom 31 OctoberArgyll and ButeThe DruryFrom 31 OctoberAberdeenshireLaggan CottageFrom 31 OctoberMorayshireBailies CottageFrom 31 OctoberPerthshireLassintullich HouseFrom 31 OctoberArgyll and ButeGlenstriven HouseFrom 31 October

A whole week away for the family, Saturday to Saturday.

Each of these sleeps six or more. Under each one is the first week it has free in the next two months.

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Aberdeenshire23 hours agoTo seeCraigievar CastleTo seeBraemar CastleTo seeDunnottar CastleTo stayGairnshiel LodgeSleeps 16To stayLaggan CottageSleeps 8To stayInverenzie CottageSleeps 4

Castle country, from Royal Deeside to the cliffs of the coast.

Balmoral, Crathes and Craigievar stand along the Dee and the Don, and the coast runs north past Dunnottar to fishing villages tucked under the cliffs.

Places to stay in Aberdeenshire
From the JournalThe journal23 hours agoInvernessFalls of FoyersAttractionInvernessSuidhe ViewpointAttractionInvernessLoch NessAttractionFort WilliamFort AugustusAttraction

Meet Anna Low, co-owner of Foyers Lodge

Together with her husband Phil, Anna co-owns and manages Foyers Lodge, a small boutique hotel overlooking Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

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Autumn23 hours ago

What The Lovat Hotel looks like in autumn.

A family-run hotel in Fort Augustus at the southern tip of Loch Ness, on the site of an 18th-century fort, with Station Road, its three-Rosette restaurant.

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Base yourself23 hours agoSutherlandBalnakeil BeachAttractionSutherlandCeannabeinne Cottage4 miles awaySutherlandHill Cottage6 miles awaySutherlandShore Cottage6 miles away

Where to stay near Balnakeil Beach.

A wide white beach backed by tall marram dunes, running from the old church at Balnakeil out towards Faraid Head, a mile from Durness.

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