Borve Guest House

Borve Guest House is a small, family-run guest house in Torlum on Benbecula, three miles from the airport. It is a four-star guest house with four rooms: a single, a double and two rooms that can be made up as a king-size or a twin.

Three rooms are en-suite and the fourth has its own private bathroom with a bath and shower. Every room has toiletries, a hospitality tray, a fridge, a TV, a clock radio and a hairdryer. Prices are per room per night and include a full Scottish breakfast.

The guest house sits on the croft that is also home to Borve Castle, built around 1350 by Amy MacRuairi when the Lords of the Isles were at the height of their power. Clan Ranald lived there until the 1715 Jacobite rising. The castle once stood on an islet off the shore; the coastline has moved so much since that its five-foot-thick walls now stand inland on the machair.

It is a good base for the beaches, lochs and moorland of Benbecula and the wildlife they bring. Check-in is between 4pm and 6pm, and rooms are needed back by 10am.