From the oak-panelled hall and portrait gallery to the commodious bars and lounges, this Victorian country house abounds in solid traditional charms, with hunting, shooting and fishing on offer, and local and home-grown produce on the menu.

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.

Beside the ferry landing, with views to Mull and Staffa, this family-run hotel and island social hub has smart, uncluttered bedrooms, and short menus of locally fished and farmed produce.

It's been more than 20 years since Susannah and Stuart Macpherson opened the doors of this beautiful Georgian building to guests, and they still take great pride in providing a friendly, warm welcome along with good food and wine.

The catch of the day could be Shetland hake in the restaurant or nifty fielding on the sands at this pub-with-rooms overlooking the Firth of Forth, with its own beach cricket team.

In a beautiful location on the shore of Loch Sunart, where otters swim in the waters and red squirrels scamper around the land, this 18th-century lodge offers country-house comforts and plenty of Scottish flair, ranging from tartan fabrics to homemade shortbread.

Expect a cheerful welcome at this pub with rooms, which stands by a bridge over the Union Canal in a conservation village.

A hotel and village local on Scotland's Golf Coast has been reinvented as a comfortable, family friendly, dog-friendly bolthole, with a bar and relaxed all-day dining in the restaurant and alfresco.

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.

A tree-lined drive leads to this splendid Victorian Scottish baronial pile and luxury hotel in landscaped grounds, where guests have a choice of opulent suites, and can opt to dine from tasting menus in the dining room looking out to Ailsa Craig or on home-grown produce in a 19th-century glasshouse within the walled kitchen garden.

Under a red tin roof on a scenic single-track road, this quaint, much-loved and welcoming restaurant occupies a former crofter's cottage, with five stylish bedrooms set around a courtyard and fire pit, and first-rate cooking of locally sourced ingredients.

On the shores of Loch Linnhe, with blissful views to Lismore and the mountains of Moven, this former pier-master's house is a lovely hotel with stylish bedrooms and a sea-facing dining room, where helpful, personable staff deliver mussels and langoustine from loch to table, via chef Michael Leathley's excellent kitchen.

A dream destination for golfing gourmets, just a 12-minute drive from St Andrews, Geoffrey and Katherine Smeddle's restaurant with rooms holds a Michelin star for Geoffrey's creative menus of ingredients sourced locally from land and sea.

There are spectacular views across Loch Tummel to the iconic peak of Schiehallion from Jade and Alice Calliva's old coaching inn, where bedrooms of great character have hand-picked artworks and many extras, and an appealing, unpretentious menu is sourced from local suppliers.

A revamped former Northern Lighthouse supply ship berthed in a working dock in Edinburgh's trendy Leith district has been repurposed as this five-star hotel with glamorous Art Deco interiors, luxury cabin rooms and suites, a cocktail bar and fine-dining restaurant.

Walkers returning to this restaurant with rooms on the shores of Loch Earn, in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, can dine from short, ambitious menus of classically inspired modern Scottish cooking, and watch ospreys from one of the comfortable, traditionally styled loch-view bedrooms.

On a leafy crescent in Edinburgh's West End, three Victorian townhouses combine as one stylish hotel, with bold, colourful interiors, European-inspired menus in the restaurant, and light bites in the glamorous lounge and atmospheric bar.

This remote restaurant with rooms beside Loch Voil has some unexpectedly smart contemporary bedrooms with the odd wacky touch, and quirky options such as an 1850s wagon, a ferry cabin, yurts and treehouse in the grounds. In the restaurant, locally sourced and foraged or home-grown ingredients appear in sophisticated modern Scottish dishes.

Understated modern luxury and all-day gourmet dining stand in contrast to the Victorian exterior and wildly beautiful scenery around Loch Rannoch, at this hotel in a stone-built village.

In a sleepy village six miles from the border, Katrina and William Reynolds's relaxing, family-friendly and affordable inn blends the feel of a traditional country pub with modern furnishings and artworks, while imaginative locally sourced dishes can be enjoyed in the restaurant or garden pod.

Friendly, helpful staff win praise at this 19th-century town-centre hotel, with contemporary bedrooms, some with views of the River Tweed, some in a more modern annexe, a lounge for afternoon tea, a bistro for informal dining, and a wide-ranging menu served under the chandeliers in the restaurant.

Kilted doormen greet you at Rocco Forte's Victorian former railway hotel, with its iconic clocktower, lavish public spaces, spa, bedrooms designed with Olga Polizzi's light-touch elegance, classic French cooking of seasonal Scottish ingredients, and afternoon tea in the legendary Palm Court.

Old-world charm abounds at this Victorian mansion approached by a private drive through wooded grounds, with traditional and contemporary bedrooms, and a restaurant serving hearty Scottish produce.