Hidden Highland Cottages

Secluded Highland cottages away from the crowds, near quiet glens, hidden lochs and empty beache

Away from the busy routes there is a quieter Highlands: empty glens, hidden lochs, single-track roads and beaches with nobody on them. Our Hidden Highland Gems are cottages tucked away in these places, chosen for their peace and their setting rather than being close to the crowds. Expect wildlife, big skies and the kind of silence that is hard to find elsewhere. Book direct with the owner.

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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
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From £800 a week

Highland Haven

Lochinver, Assynt & Coigach

A spacious three-bedroom house in the crofting township of Badnaban, two miles from Lochinver on the NC500, with panoramic views across Loch Inver Bay to the hills.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
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From £1,200 a week

Luinga Beag

Mallaig, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A retreat for two on an active croft near Arisaig, designed for romantic breaks, proposals and honeymoons.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
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From £400 a week

Seaview Lodge

Fort William, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A lodge on a croft at Tougal, just south of Morar, looking straight over the white sands, with a gate at the bottom of the croft onto the beach.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
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From £300 a night

Litua Luxury Self Catering Arisaig

Back of Keppoch, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A six-person home on an active croft at Back of Keppoch, Arisaig, with uninterrupted sea views to Skye, Rum, Eigg and Canna and white sand beaches nearby.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £700 a night

Seabank Lodge

Oban, Argyll & Bute

A contemporary lodge on the shore of Loch Creran near Oban, with a wood-burning stove, an outdoor hot tub and sea views from all four bedrooms.

  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 8 Guests
From £275 a night

SeaBeds Luxury Lookouts with Hot Tubs

Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

Design-led lookouts perched above Loch Linnhe, each with a bubbling hot tub and sea-to-sky views.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £150 a night

The Treehoose

Inverness, Inverness & Loch Ness

A new-build treehouse retreat for two in Inverness, raised among trees, with a sunken hot tub on the deck.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 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 £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 £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 £750 a week

Craigton Croft House

Ross-shire & The Black Isle

A former crofting family's home right on the shores of Loch Carron, with wild swimming, otters and seals, kayaking and sunsets over the Bealach na Bà.

  • 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
From £285 a night

Snug On The Bay

Shandwick, Ross-shire & The Black Isle

A renovated cottage in the village of Shandwick on the Highland east coast, with a wood-burning stove and views over Shandwick Bay and the Moray Firth.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £500 a night

Seabank Farmhouse, Oban

Benderloch, Argyll & Bute

A coastal farmhouse in 130 acres with views over Loch Creran to the mountains, near Oban, with a large hot tub in the garden.

  • 5 Bedrooms
  • 10 Guests
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From £200 a night

Railway Cottage Killin Junction

Killin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

The restored stationmaster's cottage and bothy at the old Killin Junction station, in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park with views over Glen Dochart.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £125 a night

The Stable Bothy

Rogart, Sutherland & Caithness

A 200-year-old converted stable for two in the hills near Rogart, with original rustic features, a log burner and picture windows over the valley.

  • 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 £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
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
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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 £195 a night

The Crofter’s House

Portree, Isle of Skye

A converted croft house on Camustianavaig Bay on Skye, 150 yards from the shore where seals and otters surface.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 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 £1,120 a week

Forsa Lodge at Glenforsa Hotel

Aros, Isle of Mull & Iona

A traditional Estonian log lodge in the private woodland of the Glenforsa Estate on Mull, midway between the Craignure ferry and Tobermory.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £125 a night

Belmont Chapel Cottage

Acharacle, Ardnamurchan & Sunart

A chapel completed in 1913 and converted into a cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel, with loch, hill and forest views and a chance of the Northern Lights.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £150 a night

Birch Cottage at Finnich Estate

Drymen, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

One of four cottages in a 19th-century red sandstone steading on the private Finnich Estate, on the edge of Loch Lomond National Park.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
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