Glamping by the Sea Is the Ultimate Hebrides Adventure in Scotland
"A storybook sandstone baronial pile (built in 1870) that offers opulent country‑house hospitality: lavish suites with canopy and claw‑foot tubs, afternoon tea, a formal Italian garden designed by Gertrude Jekyll, and a 110‑acre wooded estate with walking trails. Inside are playful and theatrical touches — a kilted staffer serenading a haggis while reciting Robert Burns’s “Ode to a Haggis,” heritage vegetables from on‑site gardens, a Victorian greenhouse with a secret carp pond, and secret doors leading to spiral staircases and multiple chandeliers (prompting the child in our party to observe matter‑of‑factly, “A princess bed has its own chandelier”). The property is steeped in layered history and lore: a proto‑feminist aristocratic daughter who invited pregnant women to deliver at the house, silent‑film actress Poppy Wyndham (who attempted a transatlantic flight in 1928), an American veteran who ran a radio station from the ground floor during the Troubles, and a wartime visit from Winston Churchill who held a D‑Day planning session within its walls. The on‑property Hebridean Sea Safari package combines two nights here with a multi‑day guided boat tour and glampsite sleepovers, pairing surreal luxury with rugged island exploration." - Leslie Jamison
