Eco-Friendly

Explore amazing places to stay in Scotland

Travel a little lighter. Our Eco-Friendly cottages go further than most to reduce their impact, using heat pumps, solar panels, biomass boilers, micro hydro and rainwater systems, and often cutting single-use plastic too. Many are new builds designed to high environmental standards; others are older buildings carefully upgraded. They prove that sustainable holidays can be comfortable ones. Book direct with the owner and ask them about the steps they have taken.

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From ^£145_{a night}

Knoydart Luxury Lochside Pod

Knoydart, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A self-contained pod for two on the remote Knoydart peninsula with a private deck overlooking Loch Nevis.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£145_{a night}

Ward End Cottage at Newtonmill House

Montrose, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A restored cottage for two on the 25-acre Newtonmill Estate in Angus, between the east coast beaches and the Cairngorms National Park.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£800_{a week}

Weiroch Lodge

Ballindalloch, Cairngorms & Speyside

An 18th-century mill on the banks of the River Spey, converted on the Ballindalloch Estate, home of the Macpherson-Grant family since the 1500s.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£335_{a night}

The Boathouse – Loch na Beinne Moire

Tomich, Inverness & Loch Ness

An off-grid boathouse bothy for two near Tomich, powered by wind and solar, with a loch-side hot tub, a private fishing loch and a boat.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

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From ^£2,000_{a week}

Lewis Longhouse

Coll Sands, Isle of Lewis

An architect-designed stone and larch longhouse on a family croft at Coll on Lewis, 50 metres from the beach with views across the bay.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£170_{a night}

Knoydart House Studio Room with Large Lochside Hot Tub

Lochaber, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A studio for two in Knoydart with an antique French canopy bed and a large hot tub looking over the loch to the Small Isles.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£198_{a night}

Greengairs Highland Bothies

Blairgowrie, Perthshire

Five-star eco lodges for two on the Cateran Trail, each with a private wood-fired hot tub, no light pollution and views over the valley.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£175_{a night}

The Cabin at Mackay’s

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

A rustic cabin in Durness with industrial-chic touches and a wood fire, close to the beaches and rugged hills of Scotland's north-west tip.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

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Horseshoe Cottage & Ruby

Melrose, Scottish Borders

A stone cottage and a real Romany Bowtop caravan side by side in a Scots pine woodland near Melrose, facing a wildflower meadow and the Eildon Hills.

2 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£445_{a night}

No4 & No5 Steading Cottages, Glen Dye Cabins

Banchory, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

Two heritage steading cottages on the banks of the River Dye, with a 30,000-acre private estate to explore.

4 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£700_{a night}

Seabank House, Oban

Benderloch, Argyll & Bute

A new eco-friendly, architect-designed house on the shores of Loch Creran near Oban, minutes from the beach, with a spiral staircase and large hot tub.

6 Bedrooms
10 Guests

From ^£220_{a night}

Boloquoy Victorian Farmhouse & Watermill

Sanday, Orkney

A restored Victorian farmhouse and watermill on Sanday in Orkney, furnished with the Fea family's original belongings to show island farm life between 1880 and 1950.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£530_{a week}

Haunn Cottages, Treshnish

Treshnish Point, Isle of Mull & Iona

Three traditional blackhouses and a cottage on a 1,900-acre farm on Mull's wild north-west coast near Calgary beach, Green Tourism Gold rated.

1-2 Bedrooms
2-5 Guests

From ^£1,400_{a week}

Waterloo Lodge

Assynt & Coigach

A timber lodge on a Lochinver hillside on the NC500, with an outdoor hot tub, infrared sauna and floor-to-ceiling views over Loch Inver to the Assynt mountains.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£195_{a night}

Garden Cottage – Corsewall Estate Holiday Cottages

Dumfries & Galloway

A three-bedroom cottage in 20 acres of garden woodland beside Corsewall Estate House, where deer, red squirrels and hedgehogs live.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£141_{a night}

The Brochs

Achiltibuie, Wester Ross

Two turf-roofed roundhouse brochs at Achiltibuie, filled with art, with mountain views, sunsets over the sea and their own sauna.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£175_{a night}

The Bothan at Mackay’s

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

A cosy space for two behind the village shop in Durness, with cool-toned bespoke interiors, an oversized bed and ceramics by a local artist.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

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From ^£90_{a night}

Skye Shepherd Huts

Heaste, Isle of Skye

Two handcrafted shepherd huts on a peaceful croft at Heaste on Skye, between the mountains and the Isle of Rum, offered as hut and breakfast.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£105_{a night}

Garmoran Square

Mingarry, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

Four courtyard cottages in Mingarry, Moidart, built in local stone to look like old croft byres, at the gateway to Ardnamurchan.

9 Bedrooms
18 Guests

From ^£240_{a night}

An Iolaire

Dornie, Ross-shire & The Black Isle

A Green Tourism Gold cottage right on the shore at Dornie, with sea and mountain views and Eilean Donan Castle a short walk away.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£195_{a night}

RiverBeds Luxury Wee Lodges with Hot Tubs

Glencoe Valley, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

Compact riverside lodges for two in woodland in the Glencoe valley, each with a private veranda, firepit and bubbling hot tub.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£1,250_{a night}

Point Clair House

Fort Augustus, Inverness & Loch Ness

A house on five acres of private grounds near Fort Augustus with its own beach on the loch, a log fire, huge living room windows and a four-metre dining table.

6 Bedrooms
13 Guests

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From ^£300_{a night}

Camus Ciuin

Morar, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A new beach house between Morar and Arisaig with ocean-view decks and a white sand beach on the doorstep.

2 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£900_{a week}

The Old House Glen Orchy

Glen Orchy, Argyll & Bute

An early 1800s fishing lodge built by the Earl of Breadalbane, restored in isolation in Glen Orchy above the River Orchy.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

From ^£240_{a night}

An Dòbhran

Dornie, Ross-shire & The Black Isle

An eco-friendly, five-star cottage on the edge of the sea at Dornie, a few minutes' walk from Eilean Donan Castle, a hotel and a pub.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

Special offer

From ^£950_{a week}

Faire Chaolais

Mallaig, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

An architect-designed, eco-friendly house in Morar on the Road to the Isles, by award-winning Dualchas.

3 Bedrooms
6 Guests

Special offer

From ^£1,000_{a week}

Poolewe Beach House

Poolewe, Ross-shire & The Black Isle

A new-build, single-level house right on the shore of Loch Ewe at Poolewe on the NC500, with otters, seals and sea eagles in view.

4 Bedrooms
9 Guests

From ^£120_{a night}

Farm Cottage at Newtonmill House

Montrose, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A restored cottage for two on the 25-acre Newtonmill Estate in the Angus countryside, between the east coast beaches and the Cairngorms National Park.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£332_{a night}

No.2 Steading Cottage Glen Dye Cabins

Banchory, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A stone steading cottage on the Glen Dye estate near Banchory, with bright modern interiors and inspiring artwork.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£357_{a night}

Croft 103 Durness

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

Two glass-walled eco cottages for couples near Durness, each with an outdoor bathtub, total privacy and 360-degree views of mountains, water and sky.

1 Bedrooms
2 Guests

From ^£115_{a night}

Stables Cottage – Corsewall Estate Holiday Cottages

Dumfries & Galloway

A converted Victorian stable for four on the Corsewall Estate, set in 20 acres of gardens and woodland with deer, red squirrels and hedgehogs.

2 Bedrooms
4 Guests

From ^£254_{a night}

Stonehouses Ullapool

Ullapool, Sutherland & Caithness

Two turf-roofed stone lodges near Ullapool, each with a private sauna and views over Loch Broom, designed by Hebridean architects and built by local craftsmen.