Proprietor Marcus Adams is a keen walker, and was one of a team who developed the Kintyre Way an 87.5-mile walk the length of the Kintyre peninsula, so is a great host to walkers.

His hotel also abuts a golf course, and there's a 20 per cent discount off green fees for hotel guests. The hotel has seven double rooms and four twins, with some rooms overlooking the bay, and others the garden and golf course.

Food is sourced on the doorstep, including Carradale-landed scallops, langoustine and monkfish and Argyll lamb. When the weather allows the garden and terrace are a nice spot for a drink or meal, plus there's a lounge bar with a conservatory and lively public bar with a log burning stove, pool table and darts board.

Dinner, bed and breakfast costs from £57 per person (B&B £38), with the price decreasing per night for every night you stay

Argyll, PA28 6RY, tel. 01583 431223, www.carradalehotel.com

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