15 Best places to stay in Scottish Highlands

Elegant Georgian mansion, now gourmet hotel, with an extensive art collection and gorgeous gardens.

A quirky and characterful Victorian lodge on the quieter south side of Loch Ness, with tree-fringed views over the water.

A sumptuous honey-hued manse dripping with antiques, overlooking world-class Dornoch golf course and a stunning, dune-backed beach.

Tennis superstar Andy Murray’s opulent Highland hotel has a gourmet restaurant, whisky room and tennis court in Wimbledon’s colours.

This Victorian hotel in Braemar is the place to stay for those seeking a sumptuous, maximalist, modern art-clad Highland hideaway.

A grand Victorian mansion surrounded by heart-stopping scenery with a distinctive all-suite in-room dining concept, perfect for those seeking seclusion.

Fit for a (future) king, the Castle of Mey’s 17th-century grain store was converted into a luxury B&B by Prince Charles.

Luxurious 19th-century castle hotel in stunning scenery offering an extensive range of traditional country pursuits.

A quirky 16th-century castle, complete with spiral staircases and stone-vaulted ceilings, converted into a bijou B&B in history-steeped Kilmartin Glen.

A 19th-century coaching inn with creel-to-plate seafood, overlooking Loch Glendhu on the spectacular North Coast 500 route.