Gortein cottage Loch Fyne guidebook
Food scene
Voted best restaurant in Scotland. Only 12 minute drive or 1.45hr walk. After eating, walk past Castle Lachlan to the explore the old ruin
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Inver Restaurant & Rooms
Voted best restaurant in Scotland. Only 12 minute drive or 1.45hr walk. After eating, walk past Castle Lachlan to the explore the old ruin
Oyster catcher pub, go for a drink or good pub grub including langoustine, muscles in white wine sauce or classic fish and chips.
At low tide you can walk right out into the middle of the loch along the spit.
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The Oystercatcher
3 Otter Ferry SalmonOyster catcher pub, go for a drink or good pub grub including langoustine, muscles in white wine sauce or classic fish and chips.
At low tide you can walk right out into the middle of the loch along the spit.
Evanachan Farms
Buy local jams, chutneys, eggs from this cute little hut with an honesty box
Take a tour and learn how they make their award winning beers.
Stop at the brewery tap and courtyard and try their freshest Fyne ale beers as well as ciders spirits and soft drinks.
Buy a mini cask, takeaway bottles, gift set of beers or merchandise
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Fyne Ales Brewery Tap & Shop
Take a tour and learn how they make their award winning beers.
Stop at the brewery tap and courtyard and try their freshest Fyne ale beers as well as ciders spirits and soft drinks.
Buy a mini cask, takeaway bottles, gift set of beers or merchandise
If you are driving up from the South of England. This is a wonderful place to stop on the way. Either stop for a bite to eat and stretch your legs or stay in their wonderful hotel to split the journey.
Westmorland Hotel
If you are driving up from the South of England. This is a wonderful place to stop on the way. Either stop for a bite to eat and stretch your legs or stay in their wonderful hotel to split the journey.
Sightseeing
Castle Lachlan
Westcoast wellness, sauna, yoga dome, loch swimming and walking. all this within walking distance from the Gortien
West Coast Wellness
Westcoast wellness, sauna, yoga dome, loch swimming and walking. all this within walking distance from the Gortien
Kyles of Bute Golf Course
Play golf among the heather on this relaxed golf course
Arboretum including Champion Trees and renowned collection of Rhododendrons and Azaleas
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Ardkinglas Woodland Garden
Arboretum including Champion Trees and renowned collection of Rhododendrons and Azaleas
The Leisure Experience @ Portavadie offers the ultimate in indoor and outdoor pool fun and relaxation for all, featuring a 16 metre indoor pool, toddlers’ pool with water features, outdoor spa pools, Scandinavian sauna and we think the largest heated outdoor infinity pool in Scotland.
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Portavadie
The Leisure Experience @ Portavadie offers the ultimate in indoor and outdoor pool fun and relaxation for all, featuring a 16 metre indoor pool, toddlers’ pool with water features, outdoor spa pools, Scandinavian sauna and we think the largest heated outdoor infinity pool in Scotland.
Ostel Bay on the Cowal Peninsula is simply stunning. This crescent-shaped sweep of sand is the jewel in the crown of Argyll’s Secret Coast. Walk over the dunes and the beach stretches out ahead of you with Arran on the horizon.
Things to See & Do at Ostel Bay
On a sunny day it’s the perfect place to send the day, paddling, sun-bathing and swimming. There’s plenty of room for a game of rounders or football when the tide’s out. It’s a good walk along the length of the beach, and there are plenty of opportunities for beach combing – look out for the lovely shells.
After a day at the beach, head to the Oystercatcher at Otter Ferry for a delicious lunch or dinner.
How to get to Ostel Bay
To get there, you walk down the track by Kilbride Farm. There's a small cafe/takeaway at the farm that offers home baking, home made pies, burgers, panini's, drinks and ice creams. The track passes through beautiful farm land and woodland. When you reach the gate, you’ll see a ‘to the beach’ sign. Turn right a follow the path which will take you across springy machair that’s full of flowers in the summer. It’s about a fifteen-minute walk in total.
Please be mindful that this is a working farm. Do not block the road or hinder farm traffic in any way.
Limited Parking & Public Toilets
Ostel Bay a huge beach, so even in the summer it never feels crowded. However parking is a bit of an issue. You can park in the layby by Kilbride Farm, but it does get quite full. There’s another area where you can park just up the hill past Kilbride Farm. Please don’t block the road. This has happened on sunny days during the holidays, with badly parked cars blocking traffic from passing. It’s absolutely critical that emergency vehicles should be able to pass. If a car is blocking the road, you should call 101 and let the police know and the vehicle will be removed.
Kilbride Bay
Ostel Bay on the Cowal Peninsula is simply stunning. This crescent-shaped sweep of sand is the jewel in the crown of Argyll’s Secret Coast. Walk over the dunes and the beach stretches out ahead of you with Arran on the horizon.
Things to See & Do at Ostel Bay
On a sunny day it’s the perfect place to send the day, paddling, sun-bathing and swimming. There’s plenty of room for a game of rounders or football when the tide’s out. It’s a good walk along the length of the beach, and there are plenty of opportunities for beach combing – look out for the lovely shells.
After a day at the beach, head to the Oystercatcher at Otter Ferry for a delicious lunch or dinner.
How to get to Ostel Bay
To get there, you walk down the track by Kilbride Farm. There's a small cafe/takeaway at the farm that offers home baking, home made pies, burgers, panini's, drinks and ice creams. The track passes through beautiful farm land and woodland. When you reach the gate, you’ll see a ‘to the beach’ sign. Turn right a follow the path which will take you across springy machair that’s full of flowers in the summer. It’s about a fifteen-minute walk in total.
Please be mindful that this is a working farm. Do not block the road or hinder farm traffic in any way.
Limited Parking & Public Toilets
Ostel Bay a huge beach, so even in the summer it never feels crowded. However parking is a bit of an issue. You can park in the layby by Kilbride Farm, but it does get quite full. There’s another area where you can park just up the hill past Kilbride Farm. Please don’t block the road. This has happened on sunny days during the holidays, with badly parked cars blocking traffic from passing. It’s absolutely critical that emergency vehicles should be able to pass. If a car is blocking the road, you should call 101 and let the police know and the vehicle will be removed.
Hiking
The Cobbler - also known as Ben Arthur - has the most distinctive outline of any mountain in the Southern Highlands and makes a fantastic shorter hillwalk. Extremely popular, the path on the way up has been improved in recent years and once past the initial zig zags makes a pleasant ascent.
Please do your own research before hiking and pin may not be in exactly the right spot.
The Cobbler
The Cobbler - also known as Ben Arthur - has the most distinctive outline of any mountain in the Southern Highlands and makes a fantastic shorter hillwalk. Extremely popular, the path on the way up has been improved in recent years and once past the initial zig zags makes a pleasant ascent.
Please do your own research before hiking and pin may not be in exactly the right spot.
The highest peak in the so-called Arrochar Alps to the west of Loch Lomond and one of several Munros, Beinn Ime offers a superb walk from the shore of Loch Long.
Please do your own research before hiking and pin may not be in exactly the right spot.
The Arrochar Alps are distinctive landmark summits which combined with the Rest and Be Thankful Pass in the nearby Glen Croe make a dramatic landscape transition between the mountainous National Park and the Argyll area beyond.
Beinn Ime
The highest peak in the so-called Arrochar Alps to the west of Loch Lomond and one of several Munros, Beinn Ime offers a superb walk from the shore of Loch Long.
Please do your own research before hiking and pin may not be in exactly the right spot.
The Arrochar Alps are distinctive landmark summits which combined with the Rest and Be Thankful Pass in the nearby Glen Croe make a dramatic landscape transition between the mountainous National Park and the Argyll area beyond.