Abundant wildlife, dark skies, a scenic golf course and white-sand beaches attract guests to this owner-run island guest house with large, comfortable bedrooms and excellent cooking.

Within a medieval castle and Georgian house above the Sound of Mull, this remote restaurant with rooms has four fantastic suites, spectacular views, and no less memorable cooking by chef-proprietor Colin Nicholson.

With porte cochère, crenellated tower and fine Victorian interiors, this country house overlooking Loch Portree is redolent of the history of the Macdonald family, who have lived there for more than 200 years.

With panoramic sea views to the Torridon mountains, cottage annexe rooms and suites. this Victorian former hunting lodge near the northern tip of Skye has been refurbished by new owners but remains reassuringly traditional.

A Victorian baronial fantasia with half-timbering, turrets, candle-snuffer roofs, stepped gables and Arts and Crafts interior overlooking Loch Long, this dog-friendly hotel mixes pretty classic doubles with impressive suites, while the chef uses local seasonal produce for fine-dining menus in an atmospheric panelled dining room.

With a clubby ambience, chic, quirky bedrooms, and classic Italian cooking in Porcini restaurant, this personable hotel overlooking the Sound of Mull is 'extremely welcoming' says readers who were served a glass of Prosecco on arrival.

Affordable deluxe bedrooms have a colour-changing wet room or spa bath and power shower at this purpose-built, eco-friendly B&B, where you can dine on platters by the log burner in the lounge, or on your own private terrace as the sun goes down over Loch Creran.

All of the seven attractive, simple bedrooms have a sea view at this remote Highland village inn with views across the Inner Sound of Raasay. There is also a popular bar, dining-room, and waterside terrace for alfresco dining.

With possibly the best location in Portree, this former Victorian shooting lodge has spectacular views over the bay and Sound of Raasay to the Cuillin mountains. Now a family-run hotel, it has smart contemporary bedrooms and serves locally sourced, traditional dishes along with the views.

Offbeat and off-the-beaten track, this restaurant on the shores of Loch Fyne offers an inventive nightly tasting menu, a short à la carte offering, and accommodation in shepherds' huts and bothies.