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Issue 46 - Low season treats

Scotland Magazine Issue 46
August 2009

 

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Low season treats

In autumn and winter Scotland can be at her photogenic best. It's a time when country house hotels come into their own and open fires add to the appeal. Special Offers are now online and there are more deals at ww.ScottishHotelGuide.com

Low season treats (Issue 46)

Argyll Kilcamb Lodge
www.kilcamblodge.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1967 402 257
The journey to get to this nominee for Scottish Romantic Hotel of the Year 2010 is part of the pleasure and includes a short ferry hop to the wild Ardnamurchan region, near Fort William. The hotel is a true country house and its setting is magnificent: a meadow is all that separates the manor from the loch. Indoors there's a glowing welcome from manager Phillip Fleming and his team. Bedrooms are each individual so have a chat before you book; but all are charming.

Exciting cuisine by utterly dedicated rising star chef Tammo Siemers.

Perthshire Killiecrankie Hotel
www.killiecrankiehotel.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1796 473 220
Here in the scenic Pass of Killiecrankie near Pitlochry, former manager of the Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle Henrietta Fergusson now personally oversees a revivified and dapper small country house hotel. All around is evidence of good, unstuffy taste and wit.

Bedrooms range from a small suite on the ground floor to familyfriendly rooms. The bar and conservatory offer informal, quality dining and chef Mark Easton's natural, honest fine dining is served to acclaim in the Scottish dining room.

Edinburgh Channings Hotel
www.townhousecompany.com/channings
Tel: + 44 (0)131 315 2226
Channings is set in the ‘real' Edinburgh, well apart from the tourist zones with sometimes noisy night-time goings-ons. It's a townhouse hotel – once home of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton – and one of ...

 

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