Minimoons

Explore amazing places to stay in Scotland

Not ready for the big honeymoon yet? A minimoon is a short romantic break straight after the wedding, and Scotland is ideal for it. Our Minimoons collection features cottages for two with hot tubs, outdoor baths, sea views and complete privacy, many within easy reach of Glasgow and Edinburgh. Two or three nights here is the perfect way to unwind after the big day. Book direct with the owner.

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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
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Special offer
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 £1,250 a week

Avernish Lodge, Kyle of Lochalsh

Kyle of Lochalsh, Lochalsh & Eilean Donan

A stone, glass and slate lodge on the banks of Loch Alsh, three miles from Eilean Donan Castle and eight from the Isle of Skye.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 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 £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 £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 £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 £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.

  • 2 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 £395 a week

Torgorm Cottage

Carbost, Isle of Skye

Torgorm Cottage offers a peaceful stay in the beautiful crofting community of Carbost, with stunning views across Loch Harport and the dramatic Cuillin mountains nearby.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 5 Guests
From £280 a night

Cruach Dubh Cottage, Craigton Cottages

Craigton, Argyll & Bute

A four-bedroom house for eight in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, easy to reach from Edinburgh and Glasgow.

  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 8 Guests
Special offer
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 £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
From £149 a night

Crosple Cottage, Melfort, By Oban

Melfort, Argyll & Bute

A secluded shoreline cottage for two on a private working hill farm at Melfort near Oban, with a wood-burning stove and sweeping views.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £250 a night

The Gardener’s Cottage

Dunblane, Stirling & Forth Valley

A renovated former gatehouse in peaceful gardens near Dunblane, with a log-burning stove and private parking for two cars.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
Special offer
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 £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
Special offer
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 £170 a night

Bothan na Beinne

Breakish, Isle of Skye

A restored stone cottage for two in Breakish on Skye, with mountain views, underfloor heating, a log burner and larch beams.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £295 a night

Kingsburgh Boathouse Skye

Kingsburgh, Isle of Skye

A stone boathouse from Jacobite times, restored for two on the edge of Loch Snizort on Skye, with flagstone floors, total privacy and sunsets from the terrace over the Atlantic.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £230 a night

The Invergarry

Aboyne, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A former gardener's cottage near Aboyne, redesigned for couples, with floor-to-ceiling bi-fold doors, a spa-style en-suite and an outdoor hot tub for stargazing.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 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 £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 £125 a night

Roulotte Retreat

Melrose, Scottish Borders

Seven adults-only French Romany roulottes around wildlife ponds in a wildflower meadow near Melrose, with eco hot tubs and outdoor wood-fired features.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £899 a week

Cushendall House

Banavie, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A single-storey house beside the Caledonian Canal near Fort William, with views of Ben Nevis, Aonach Mòr and the Grampian Mountains.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £84 a night

Oak Lodge Sunart Adventures

Glenborrodale, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A five-star lodge on the shores of Loch Sunart in Ardnamurchan, looking out to the Atlantic, with eagles overhead and the water at your door.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £84 a night

Birch Lodge Sunart Adventures

Glenborrodale, Lochaber & The Road to the Isles

A five-star lodge on the shores of Loch Sunart in Ardnamurchan, with the water at the door and eagles overhead.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £208 a night

The Cottage at Mackay’s

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

A coastal cottage in Durness, a few minutes' walk from the beach, shop, pubs and restaurants, with heated stone and oak floors and natural, muted interiors.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
Special offer
From £2,100 a week

Blue Reef Cottages

Isle of Harris

Two turf-roofed cottages for couples at Scarista on Harris, each with its own sauna and whirlpool bath.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £180 a night

Home Farm Cottage: Corsewall Estate Holiday Cottages

Dumfries & Galloway

A classic cottage in the private woodland grounds of the Corsewall Estate near Stranraer, in 20 acres of garden woodland with deer, red squirrels and hedgehogs.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 5 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
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 £130 a night

The Gypsy Palace

Kirk Yetholm, Scottish Borders

The cottage at Kirk Yetholm that was once home to the Romany King and Queen, with diamond-paned windows, gardens and views from the foot of the Cheviot Hills near the Pennine Way.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £220 a night

Creag Beag

Badenoch, Cairngorms & Speyside

A modern cottage in Boat of Garten, just north of Aviemore, beside the Abernethy Forest with walks from the door.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 7 Guests
From £315 a night

No 1 Bellevue Terrace, Edinburgh

Edinburgh, Edinburgh & Lothians

A Georgian apartment in Edinburgh's New Town, a short walk from the city centre, with original flagstones, antique mirrors and cast-iron bedsteads.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £150 a night

Owl Cote

Carrick Shore, Dumfries & Galloway

A restored, dog-friendly house at the end of a coastal driveway on the shores of Carrick Bay, three miles from Gatehouse of Fleet, with a sandy beach close by.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 5 Guests
From £125 a night

Boturich Apartment, Inchmurrin Island

Inchmurrin, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A two-bedroom apartment on Inchmurrin Island on Loch Lomond, reached by passenger ferry, with island walks, beaches and woodland to explore.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £214 a night

The House at Mackay’s

Durness, Sutherland & Caithness

A grown-up house in Durness with huge beds and baths, a wood-burning stove, a private garden and views over the Atlantic.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
Special offer
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 £210 a night

Piper’s Cottage, Craigton Cottages

Craigton, Argyll & Bute

A traditional cottage for six in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, easy to reach from Edinburgh and Glasgow.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 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 £395 a night

Mint Croft Cottages

Waternish, Isle of Skye

Two restored Hebridean crofters' cottages for couples on a six-acre croft at Waternish on Skye, with stone walls, turf roofs and sea and island views across Loch Snizort.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £140 a night

Quarry Cottage, Craigton Cottages

Craigton, Argyll & Bute

A traditional two-bedroom cottage for four in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, with munros, cycling and watersports nearby.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 Guests
From £199 a night

The Crofters Suite

Argyll & Bute

A luxury suite for couples beside the duck pond near Strontian, with views of Ben Resipole, a four-person hot tub and a cold plunge pool.

  • 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 £80 a night

Birds Nest

Carrick Shore, Dumfries & Galloway

A cosy studio for two at Carrick Shore with a super-king bed beneath roof blinds for stargazing and an accessible wet room.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £150 a night

The Hideaway

Lochinver, Assynt & Coigach

A cabin for two in Lochinver with a private outdoor hot tub and views across the bay to the Assynt mountains.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 Guests
From £145 a night

North Lodge & River Cabin, Glen Dye Cabins

Banchory, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

An 1890s lodge and river cabin deep in woodland on the banks of the River Dye, refurbished in 2018 with a retro feel.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £350 a night

The Four Sisters Boatel

Edinburgh, Edinburgh & Lothians

A four-star wide-beam houseboat permanently moored on the canal in central Edinburgh, a few minutes' walk from the castle and the Grassmarket.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 6 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
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