Comfortable semi bungalow, beautiful views, conservatory

We (six people from Austria) stayed in the house „Sealladh Brèagh“ (“beautiful view”) from July 16, 2011 until July 24, 2011. From the pictures and the description of the house and the contact with Isbell preceding our stay we had high expectations and, in short, these expectations were more than fulfilled. The location of the house, the arrangement of the rooms and the furnishings of the house are exceptionally. We also profited from a compilation of good movies on DVD and much information material about the surroundings. The crowning of it all is the conservatory with the view over the Sound of Mull. Another great advantage of the house is that it has three adequate sleeping rooms and two bathrooms. If you go out into the small garden you can enjoy an almost absolute quietness. If you have a car (which you should) then Lochaline is a perfect starting point for a lot of excursions into the mainland and the Hebrids, especially to the Isle of Mull (there is a ferry from Lochaline which takes 15 minutes). We, for instance, made two day-excursions to the Isle of Mull, one excursion to see Scottish Highland Games in Inveraray, and one excursion to Fort William to go with the Jacobite train (the Hogwarts Express from the Harry Potter novels) to Mallaig. The place Lochaline itself has about 200 inhabitants with a small hotel including a pub, which serves good food, one restaurant (The Whitehouse Restaurant), a café carried on by a diving centre, and one store which has everything needed and which serves also as post office, petrol filling station and cashpoint. All in all: a place to come back and to dream of the rest of the year …

This was my second visit to this cottage as I had ejoyed my stay so much the first time. It has everything you need in a home form home - and so much more. The cottage was spotlessly clean and well maintained. We fed the birds daily, from the bird feed provided and attracted many delightful birds to the garden which we enjoyed watching from the very comfortable chairs in the conservatory. Although we had come to the area to enjoy the stunning scuba diving it was hard to drag ourselves away from the conservatory some days. The village shop had a reasonable range of products and the meals in the hotel / pub were good value for money. The Lochalaine Dive Centre, just two minutes walk from the cottage, provided great diving facilities.

"The property ticked all the boxes, just as described, tastefully furnished and comfortable, very well maintained.
Owner was very helpful with information before we arrived, was nice to get a phonecall to check that we had arrived safely and that all was ok.
Bit like a Tardis.....ittle blue doors at the front, universal views at the back!
The area provides stunning views and lots of good walks.
We enjoyed seeing the Sea Eagles.
Visiting the Isle of Mull was easy on the ferry,the one that you can also watch from the conservatory.
Fishing was good on the Loch and in the river.
The White House retsaurants in the village is 5*.
We just loved the setting and plan to return with friends to share this special place."