Northern Lights Cottages

Cottages in the north and west of Scotland with dark skies and clear horizons for spotting the Northern Lights

On clear winter nights, the Northern Lights can be seen across the north of Scotland, especially in the Highlands, Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides. Our Northern Lights collection features cottages with dark skies and clear northern horizons, giving you the best chance of a sighting. The aurora is never guaranteed, so check the forecasts and be patient. Book direct with the owner.

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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 £1,250 a week

Seawinds Cottage Applecross

Strathcarron, Wester Ross

A detached four-bedroom house near Applecross in an elevated coastal spot, with views across the Inner Sound to the Cuillin, Skye and Raasay.

  • 4 Bedrooms
  • 6 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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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 £135 a night

20A Kirkibost – Isle of Lewis

Isle of Lewis

A 2023-built, dog-friendly home overlooking an Atlantic sea loch on the west coast of Lewis, with views to the Uig hills.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
From £150 a night

Sycamore at Finnich Estate

Drymen, Loch Lomond & The Trossachs

A cottage for two in the restored sandstone steading on the Finnich Estate, with views over 13 miles of countryside to Ben Lomond and estate tracks to walk.

  • 1 Bedrooms
  • 2 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 £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 £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 £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
Special offer
From £160 a night

Smiddy Cottage

Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire & Royal Deeside

A newly built cottage up its own tree-lined lane near Stonehaven, on a raised half-acre plot beside woodland, with a large hot tub.

  • 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 £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
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 £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 £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 £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
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 £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
Special offer
From £1,750 a week

Captain’s Rest

Dunvegan, Isle of Skye

A newly built crofter's cottage near Dunvegan on Skye with a hot tub, Finnish sauna and floor-to-ceiling windows facing the Cuillin, MacLeod's Tables and the isles of Rum and Canna.

  • 2 Bedrooms
  • 4 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
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From £2,500 a week

Oran na Mara

Scarista, Isle of Harris

A curved contemporary house at Scarista on Harris with floor-to-ceiling glass facing a white sand beach, hills, islands and Atlantic sunsets.

  • 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 £175 a night

Kilnbarn Cottage

Sanday, Orkney

A Scandi-style cottage on Sanday in Orkney with its toes in the sea, ocean views from every room and an outdoor bath by the shore.

  • 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 £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 £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 £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 £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 £1,250 a week

Brevig View Cottage

Isle of Lewis

An architect-designed, eco-friendly home overlooking Broad Bay on Lewis, minutes from Stornoway.

  • 3 Bedrooms
  • 6 Guests
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