This distinctive lodge has overwhelmed competitors from throughout the UK to prime the record of greatest locations to remain, and rooms embody surprises comparable to hidden whisky miniatures
The lodge is ready on a shocking Scottish island (Picture: Handout image)
A lodge set on a distant Scottish island that has simply 12 rooms has been voted one of the best place to remain in the entire of the UK.
As soon as a humble Victorian inn, the constructing has been fantastically restored with vibrant interiors and a novel whisky theme. The island has a protracted affiliation with whisky and is residence to a well-known distillery, so there’s no higher spot to put a themed lodge with pleasant options comparable to hidden mini bottles in each room.
The lodge embraces maximalism (Picture: Handout image)
Ardbeg Home on the Isle of Islay, the southernmost island of the Inside Hebrides, beat fierce competitors from all types of lodging to be topped the Greatest Locations to Keep within the UK for 2026 by The Instances. It was described as a “refined boutique bolt gap with 12 bedrooms that show such dazzling maximalism, you’ll be drunk on their design even earlier than you’ve even had a wee dram.”
Every room has its personal distinctive design filled with quirky vintage-inspired particulars, and the interiors are a riot of colors. Upon check-in, visitors are handled to a dram, and every keep features a tour of the Ardbeg Distillery. For those who aren’t in a position to make the tour, your hosts will prepare a whisky tasting in the home, so you possibly can strive the island’s iconic drink for your self.
Downstairs, there’s a restaurant serving native produce from hand-dived scallops to Islay lamb and trout caught within the close by bay. The whisky theme continues, with beef that’s cooked low and sluggish over a woodfire comprised of outdated barrels.
After dinner, seize a seat on the Islay Bar, which has its personal whisky menu with an unbelievable choice simply from the island alone. And that’s earlier than you enterprise into its record of different Scottish whiskies. Fortunately, there are employees readily available to information you thru the record or arrange a flight of whiskies for a tasting.
A brief stroll from the lodge is the Ardbeg Distillery, and when excursions can be found you possibly can see the manufacturing course of for your self and be taught all about their whiskies earlier than having fun with a tasting among the many oak barrels and copper stills.
Islay is full of unspoilt inexperienced landscapes and sweeping coastlines together with white sand seashores. Saligo Bay is especially lovely for a windswept stroll, and has gentle sand and dunes the place you possibly can sit and revel in a picnic in the summertime.
The island can also be identified for its beautiful seashores (Picture: Getty)
Take the Carraig Fhada lighthouse stroll and you may stroll across the base of the constructing and benefit from the sea views. A brief stroll away are the well-known Singing Sands, and on this seaside you’ll discover a phenomenon that solely occurs in a handful of locations around the globe.
As you stroll throughout them in sure situations, the sand makes a ‘singing’ noise, which may be fairly spooky. However even with out the singing, it’s a stupendous little cove to go to and it’s an incredible stroll alongside the unspoilt coast.
Double rooms at Ardbeg Home begin at £225 an evening for 2 together with breakfast. E book on-line at ardbeghouse.com.
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