Published in Scotland Magazine Issue 16 on 15/9/2004.

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Small is beautiful

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Pool House
Poolewe, Ross-shire
Tel: +44 (0)1445 781 272
There are many different hotels which might prove the claim that ‘small is beautiful’ but none are quite as diversely intriguing as Pool House.

It’s in the glorious north-west county of Ross-shire, in the village of Poolewe on the edge of Loch Ewe. Aglass-clear river runs close to the hotel and into the bay where we watched otters and seals play. The route to Poolewe takes you past the Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve where superb Scots pines are set against a backdrop of quartzite-capped mountains. If you love the wildness and fun of a dichotomic holiday where both rough nature and five-star comforts woo, then here’s a place just made for you.

Choose from a selection of terrific suites, including Diadem based upon an RMS Titanic theme. (The captain of the ill-starred but endlessly fascinating vessel was a relative of one of the hotel’s owners, the friendly and kind Harrison family). Working marvels of Edwardian plumbing provide reviving and interesting diversions, sitting rooms are plush as can be, beds either huge or vast, walls hung with art and items of beauty, fabrics and décor rich and gorgeous.

Dinner is served in the North by North West dining room where gilded ceilings and sparkling settings set an irresistibly romantic tone. The whole dining experience, including pre-dinner drinks and canapés in the library, an adventure.

The dining room faces the Isle of Ewe: whisper that in your beloved’s ear.

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