About HH

Highlander House, your Rothesay luxury, boutique hotel (bed and breakfast)

The Isle of Bute is Scotland's most accessible isle. A comfortable and scenic train ride from Glasgow airport or Glasgow Central Station, a charming 35 minute ferry crossing and you're in Rothesay. You're faced with a selection of easily accessible hotels. So, why choose Highlander House?

After years of renovating & decorating our homes in Africa, Australia, Canada and France, we believe we've succeeded in preserving the authenticity and charms of this Grade II listed old manor house dating back to 1851, yet sensitively upgrading it to offer you a luxury, boutique hotel experience.

The magnificent Waverley paddle steamer (viewed from Highlander House) can be your choice of arrival and departure in season.

A hotel since 1901, Highlander House’s guest rooms have been completely renovated to offer you a superbly memorable stay:

  • Plush inviting king-size beds with luxurious, 400-thread Egyptian cotton linen in all rooms
  • superior in-room entertainment with big screen internet-linked 4k or ultra-high definition smart TVs
  • high-speed wifi throughout the hotel
  • bedside and sitting area wall-sockets, linked via high-speed internet cable to super high-speed internet (if you need more secure superior high speed, it’s on tap)
  • bedside hdmi wall sockets facilitating simple plug-and-play XBox/Playstation, tablet or mobile phone to big screen TV interface. (Please note that your phones and tablets must have DP Alt Mode capability).
  • carpet-free guest rooms
  • your own intimate in-room dining areas with views
  • superior designer bathrooms
Relax in front of the fireplace in the main living room
Your dining table awaits you

Highlander House Breakfast Menu (opens in new page)

As a result, you'll discover that Highlander House is the quint-essential luxury, boutique hotel - blending a perfectly mixed cocktail of original period architecture, interior of understated elegance, sublimely comfortable rooms, designer bathrooms, sensitively upgraded high-tech, with an eclectic mix of our years of living on four different continents.

Highlander House's welcoming entrance