We stayed one night at the hotel during a walking tour for a short walking tour of Raasay, which is an amazing island -- a microcosm of both Highland history and geology.

The hotel is nicely situated for exploring the island and has great views across to Skye. The hotel itself is architetcurally a rather unfortunate conversion of a Victorian house, but inside it is very pleasant. The rooms are basic, but clean and comfortable. The cooking is good and unpretentious.

The best part is the helpfulness of the staff. The owner gave us great advice about walks and what to see on the island, and the manager took time out to drive us a few miles up the island to retrieve our car from a not-quite-circular walk.

It was also great value for money. It's easy to spend three times what we paid and not get nearly as much.

You don't have much of a choice of hotels on Raasay. Grande luxe this is not, but I'd seriously consider this hotel no matter where it... more