Magnificent all-round views across Loch Aline and a delightful terrace opening out from the French windows make summer evenings in The Boat House a joy.

Laze the days away watching the diving birds hunting for fish and the sailing boats pass by the window.

A traditional stone and slate building, airy in summer and cosy in winter, the Boat House was converted some years ago and is centered on a light but snug split-level dining/sitting room.

The well-equipped kitchen has a fridge, freezer, dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer.

The bedrooms comprise of one double with en-suite shower & WC, one single room and one with bunk beds. There is a further separate bathroom with WC.

Your stay in The Boat House includes WiFi, cotton linen and a starter pack of logs and kindling for the wood burner.

We welcome pets in this property.

Property Prices From

Low

£8057Per Night

High

£27125Per Night
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Your Memories Of Ardtornish

“The Boat House has been converted beautifully and has wonderful views of the Loch and Kinlochaline Castle which catches the morning sun . It is very warm and no doubt is very cosy in the winter months with masses of hot water and very hot towel rails.”

Karilyn & Richard, August, 2023
“Thoroughly enjoyed our stay at The Boathouse. Accommodation was excellent and estate staff friendly, informed and helpful. Wildlife on the estate was wonderful and the fishing outstanding. Views from the cottage made for a peaceful and tranquil stay.”
Riddell, September, 2023

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Ardtornish – The Boat House “A peaceful rural idyll”

There simply are not the superlatives adequate to describe how utterly magical this place is. Wonderful? Fantastic? Superb? They just don’t quite grasp it. The Boat House at Ardtornish is all of the above..and then some. I arrived here as a seriously stressed workaholic insomniac on a business trip stopover. Tired and worn out, I expected to be buzzing around, as I do, and perhaps I may get my head down for a few hours to work or to nap. But, within moments of arriving on the estate, I knew that for me it would be impossible; I was being presented with a very rare opportunity to do nothing but relax and enjoy the benefits of my Circadian Sleep Cycle issues.

And that’s exactly what I did. An earlier email from Ardtornish let me know that my keys would be waiting for me and I simply let myself in the door. It was like coming home such that I didn’t bother bringing in my work from the car. Instead I lit the already set log burner and spent the rest of the evening on the terrace under a soft grey blanket of clouds, watching pipits scurrying over the pebbles and the flotilla of wee boats bobbing in their moorings on Loch Aline.

At 10pm, a bell tolls in the distance and my travelling companion takes her heavy eyelids to the comfort of the single bedroom. By the warmth of the fire, I too must have drifted off to sleep but find myself outside again at 3am during one of those strange July nights, so particular to Scotland, when the sky doesn’t know if it’s dusk or it’s dawn. The blue hour is silent but for a rustling in the trees to my left. A deer? An otter? My domesticated eyes betrayed me tonight and I would be left wondering. At 5am I rise again. The sky has found its purpose. Through a patch of sapphire, a sliver of sunlight illuminates the mirror still water, stirring my maritime neighbours. Soon the gentle purr of their engine will drive them out to sea, casting ripples in their wake upon the bladderwrack beneath my feet.

Work: I remember my own reason for being here. But ‘work’ becomes an open Visitor’s Book, a box of watercolours, and a coffee made in a kitchen equipped with everything I could possibly need. The sound of the cafetiere plunging a refill rouses my caffeine addict companion from her 12-hours of ‘blissful’ sleep, and all too soon my rest is over. We too will have to make waves but it will be reluctant. Should you also need a little slice of Heaven then this wee boathouse by the water is exactly where you need to be.

Author Justine Bainbridge 18th July 2018

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