An affordable, modern B&B on the Moray Firth, just across the road from the beach, Sunny Brae has light and airy bedrooms, sun-trap garden, and good breakfasts.

Farm buildings on the Black Isle peninsula, brought back from dereliction, live again as a stylish destination with rooms and self-catering cottages, a Japanese-inspired whisky bar, foodie restaurant and its own private airstrip.

There are glorious views from this 17th-century country-house hotel with later baronial embellishments, set in gardens and woodland on the shore of the Beauly Firth, with traditional bedroom styling (perhaps a four-poster or half-tester bed, a view across the water), and a formal, fine-dining restaurant.

Perfectly placed to enjoy a distillery tour or to follow the whisky trail, Sonia Marshall's Victorian house in the heart of Speyside stands in mature grounds on the edge of a swathe of the ancient Scots pine woodland that surrounds Grantown.