Dunalastair Estate is located in Highland Perthshire, an area renowned for its beautiful scenery and quiet glens such as Rannoch where the estate is situated. Only 2 hours drive from Edinburgh and Glasgow, our nine individual, luxury cottages are a perfect base for touring. The area has a huge number of activities for all ages from walking and cycling to visiting distilleries, from bungee jumping to white water rafting, horse-riding to cycling, gardens to theatre, safaris to geocaching and so much more.
Set apart on a 10,000 acres hill-farming estate, the cottages are all different and sleep 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8. Some are by the river and all have wonderful views and you can frequently see interesting wildlife near the cottages such as deer, osprey, red squirrels, whooper swans, otter, pine marten.
All cottages have woodburning stoves or open fire and all have TV and WIFI. Changeover days are Fridays and Saturdays, depending on the cottage, but short breaks are often available, particularly out of the main season.
There is a tennis court available and trout fishing on the river or from rowing boats on Dunalastair Loch, and other traditional sporting activities are sometimes available at certain times.
We booked for 7 nights and we was exhausted so straight to bed.
On waking the next morning what a wonderful sight in the garden, red squirrels and woodpeckers, along with lots of other birds. Made a lovely change from pigeon’s and grey squirrels everyday back home. We watched them for ages.
Everyday was an adventure, I do think the property is slightly over priced, but I think the outdoors makes up for it. We walked up the mountain opposite, visited so many walks, we saw many Stags and deer, it was amazing. if you have dogs this is a must. We travel all over the uk and Scotland is my favouri...more
Our favourite place in the entire world. We've been coming to Bridge Cottage for almost 20 years and won't ever stop while its still available to stay in. A home from home and a perfect retreat.
We had a lovely stay, very comfortable and cozy, loved the views from all rooms. Exceptionally clean and well equipped. Would definitely recommend to friends and family.
Yet another fabulous holiday at East Lodge on the dunalastair estate. Weather was amazing, property is wonderful and the area is stunning. We always love dunalastair, no matter what the season or the weather are doing. We are there again in October and can't wait to return.
The cottage is very clean, comfortable and everything you need is provided.
We enjoyed our stay very much, very quiet and close to Kinloch Rannoch. I would suggest the double bed be placed in the larger room to give two people a bit more space, in other words switch with the single bed.
We also had trouble finding the cottage, the first time. The sign was not visible from the road, it would have been helpful if your map had been to scale. Also, google maps indicated the cottage was in Pitlochry, so we thought there must be another cottage with the same name in that area rather than the same cottage which is actually closer to Kinloch Rannoch. It would be helpful to...more
The cottage was spacious and had everything we needed. The owners were always on hand if we required anything and yet we were very private. A variety of birds visited the feeder and it was lovely to watch them from the kitchen window.
A very lovely little house in the middle of no-where, surrounded by birds, bracken, wood and a beautiful view to the hills. We felt welcomed and loved the environment and the atmosphere. We would come back anytime.