The Highlands holiday cottages

Leave your daily life behind with a luxury holiday let in the Scottish Highlands

Aside from the cosmopolitan city of Inverness, rent a Scottish holiday cottage in the Highlands and you'll enjoy mile after mile of purple moors, pine-green hills and glens, and remote ruggedness. Head inland and you'll find fragrant forests, where you can catch a glimpse of golden eagles and red deer on the doorstep of your rural holiday home.

Things to see and do in the Highlands

Whether you're walking, climbing, cycling, or simply watching the world go by, step out of your luxury Scottish holiday let to explore sites nestled in soaring peaks...

  • Cawdor Castle, Nairn: Enter the fairy tale setting of Cawdor and discover a fascinating family home linked to Shakespeare's Macbeth, or play a round of golf on the unique 9 hole course.
  • The Castle and Gardens of May, Thurso: Rated five-star by Visit Scotland, this one-time home of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, is royally appointed with beautiful gardens, an animal centre and tearoom.
  • Smoo Cave, Durness: Take a trip into the subterranean world of supernatural legends, smugglers and highwaymen in Britain's largest limestone sea-cave.
  • Glenlivet Estate, Tomintoul: Walk, cycle, ride, fish and even ski on this open expanse of heather-covered hills, rushing rivers and sheltered glens and valleys.
  • Glenfiddich Distillery: Take a guided tour of the distillery, the original mash tun and the earthen floor warehouses that give Glenfiddich, or the 'valley of the deer' as it is known in Gaelic, its unique character.
  • Working Sheepdogs: Dog-lovers will not want to miss the fascinating 4pm demonstrations of working collies, or the chance to meet the collie pups, bottle-feed the lambs and even shear a sheep.
  • Attadale Gardens: Voted 'Favourite Garden of 2010' by readers of Gardener's World, Attadale combines magnificent views of Skye, waterfalls, Monet bridges, Meconopsis and striking sculpture.
  • The Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore: Learn how local people in the Scottish Highlands lived, how they built their homes and how they dressed on this 80-acre area of living history.

Our regional team recommends

To make the most of the great outdoors spend your day in Fort William - the UK's official outdoor capital. Test yourself against the elements by canyoning the area's rivers or try climbing its magnificent mountains. After you adrenaline-fuelled morning try the locally sourced seafood of Crannog Restaurant. Then unwind with a gentle cruise along the sparkling waters of Loch Linnhe.