Just ten minutes’ drive away, Campbeltown plays host to a huge variety of restaurants and cafes, hotels and pubs, with something for everyone from fine dining to tasty take-aways. Here are a few of our favourites:

Cafe Bluebell – all day breakfast
6 Hall St, Campbeltown PA28 6BU

Fresh Connection – daily coffee and cakes
22-24 Main St, Campbeltown PA28 6AE

Ardshiel Hotel – good food and specialist whiskies
Kilkerran Rd, Campbeltown, PA28 6JL

Harbourview Grille – fancy night out
Royal Hotel, Main St, Campbeltown PA28 6AG

Chip Off the Old Block – fish and chips
28 Saddell St, Campbeltown, PA28 6DN

Home Wok – Chinese takeaway
14 Shore St, Campbeltown PA28 6BS

Known locally as the ‘Wee Toon’, Campbeltown hosts an impressive array of shops selling fresh local produce, plus holiday treats such as delicious chocolate and specialist sweets.

There is a regular Farmers’ Market in Campbeltown to supplement your self-catering. Just ask our caretakers for the dates of market days.

There is also a Tesco Extra, a Co-op and a Boots in the town centre

The Kirkmichael Path Network offers walks of all standards, from easy riverside strolls to long-distance moorland trails. Beyond that, the area offers mountain biking, golf, wild swimming, boating, angling, winter sports and bungee jumping, with over 30 Munros within an hour’s drive for those who want to bag a summit.

Indoor attractions within easy reach include Blair Castle, Glamis Castle, Scone Palace, the Scottish Antiques and Arts Centre, Dundee’s V&A Museum and Discovery Point, and numerous National Trust properties and whisky distillery visitor centres.

Kirkmichael is ideally placed for golfers, with several well-regarded courses a short drive away across Highland Perthshire and Angus.

At just 30miles long and no more than 11miles wide, you’ll find everything that the Kintyre peninsula has to offer is right on your doorstep.

Explore ancient sites from the stone age and the iron age. Visit historic castles that have battled centuries of invaders. Sip a fine scotch at one of the many distilleries dotted across the landscape. And make the almost obligatory pilgrimage to the Mull of Kintyre, with its iconic lighthouse, where Scotland sits just 12miles from Northern Ireland.

Here are a few highlights along the way:

In Southend
The Putt Stop – lovely cafe by the gold course
Dunaverty Golf Club, Southend, Campbeltown PA28 6RW

In Machrihanish
The Old Clubhouse – pub and restaurant by the golf course with good views across the bay.

The Ugadale Hotel – hotel restaurant by the golf course
The Village at Machrihanish Dunes, Machrihanish PA28 6PT

Tin Roof Diner – dog-friendly American style diner
23 M A C C Business Park, Campbeltown PA28 6NZ

In Glenbarr
Glenbarr Stores – store, garden centre and café serving fantastic food
Glenbarr, PA29 6UT