Dog-friendly Scotland
Explore Scotland's dog-friendly destinations for an ideal holiday with your four-legged friend. Whether it's a quaint hotel, cosy cottage, B&B, or a charming country house, find the perfect spot for a short break with your pooch. Discover stunning Scottish landscapes and create lasting memories on your next adventure.
Girvan, ScotlandThis charming two-bed cottage is ideal for a romantic getaway or some fun time away with friends. Just 200m from the lovely sandy beach, the cottage offers opportunity for great walks and stunning views of Ailsa Craig and the Isle of Arran. Ballypride is a semi-detached holiday home that sleeps four guests and two dogs. With a spacious living room and dining area you can get cosy on the massive corner sofa while enjoying Satellite TV on our 52’’ Phillips Ambilight TV with 9.1 Dolby Atmos Surround Sound System. With detachable side speakers you can place anywhere in the room for a truly cinematic experience, you’ll need some popcorn for those movies. If you fancy some fun you can fire up the Nintendo Switch and have some adventures with Mario. There are two controllers but you can bring your own if you need a four player tournament. Feel free to bring any of your own Nintendo Switch games. Alternatively, you can go old school and sit at the dining table and enjoy a game of cards, Trivial Pursuit, Scrabble or chess. The two bedrooms each boast Egyptian cotton linen.
Girvan has shops, restaurants, cafes and leisure areas. Within a 15-minute walk there is a swimming pool, amusement area, large children’s play area, boating pond (seasonal) and the harbour with links to fishing trips or boat tours. The property is handy for the train station with links to Glasgow and Ayr or you can travel one hour north and grab a ferry to the beautiful Isle of Arran, travel south for an hour and you can get a ferry to Belfast. The Ayrshire Coastal path runs through the town with numerous sandy beaches to visit and walking trails to explore.
The area is steeped in history, with many ruined castles to discover, such as Dunure, Turnberry and Greenan. The world-famous Turnberry Resort is close by and in addition to golf it also has a fantastic spa and outdoor centre.£82From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & book
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Newton Stewart, ScotlandSunnyside Lodge is located on the peaceful and charming Monreith Sands Holiday Park which is set overlooking Luce Bay. Sunnyside Lodge is the perfect to choose to enjoy a relaxing holiday on the breath-taking coast in this secluded corner of South West Scotland.
Beautifully furnished and equipped throughout, Sunnyside Lodge offers that real home from home comforts with the added bonus of stunning sea views and in the evening dark starry skies. Bliss! Monreith is a tiny hamlet on the coast a few miles along from Port William, known as the ‘Machars of Galloway’ where there is a village shop, restaurant, and café. Whilst in Port William you must stop and get a photograph with The Man! This area of Dumfries and Galloway boasts rugged coastlines and secluded sandy beaches, which benefit from the warmth of the passing Gulf Stream.
Surrounded by breath taking scenery, Sunnyside Lodge offers an ideal base from which to explore the Machars Peninsula and the Galloway Hills. There are many beautiful gardens to visit, including the renowned Logan Botanical Gardens, which is a paradise to behold. As well as Port William you can also explore quaint villages such as Sandhead, Portpatrick and the Isle of Whithorn.
A visit to the Mull of Galloway, Scotland’s most southerly point and home to the RSPB nature reserve, where thousands of seabird’s nests on the cliff face during spring and summer. Sunnyside Lodge is a short drive from Wigtown, which is famous for being Scotland’s National Book Town, a book lovers haven. This is also a great destination for cycling, fishing, and golfing with St Medans 9-hole golf course and beach practically on your doorstep.£68From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Ayr, ScotlandThis all on one level cottage situated on a working farm has enclosed private gardens with its own private hot tub and external games room.
The magnificent Ayrshire coastline and countryside is a paradise for walkers, bikers and hikers, with numerous coastal trails and country tracks to explore. The Ayrshire Coastal Path runs along this coastline and is very popular with walkers. The area is steeped in history, with many ruined castles to explore, such as Dunure, Turnberry and Greenan.
A visit and tour of Culzean Castle, designed by Robert Adams and truly one of his masterpieces, is one not to be missed with its dramatic clifftop location, as is a trip to the 18th century Dumfries House, part of the Princes Foundation and home to an unrivalled collection of Chippendale furniture. The 2000-acre estate has been beautifully designed with stunning walks throughout the grounds.
The world-famous Royal Troon golf course is only a 5-minute drive. The pretty seaside towns of Ayr, Prestwick and Troon are only a short drive and there are very good rail links for a trip to the cosmopolitan city of Glasgow. The islands of Cumbrae and Arran are easily reached for a day out. Beach 3 miles. Pub 1½ miles and shop 2¾ miles.£111From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Kelso, ScotlandIn the grounds of the owner’s award winning Whitehouse Country House bed and breakfast, they have a secret garden. Pass by the back of this beautiful house in this stunning location and you’ll find an exceptionally well-equipped lodge which you would never know was there. The two bedroom holiday lodge has it’s own private hot tub and with two double bedrooms the property is well suited to both small families and couples looking to escape.
Inside the lodge provides a comfy open plan living space. One of the bedrooms has an en-suite toilet and the other bedroom can be split from a double bed to two smaller singles for the kids. For the type of property the shower in the shower room is surprisingly spacious with it’s shower seat. One of the nice things about this property is that if the weather takes a turn, the lodge is exceptionally pleasant.
The lodge is on a working farm, there is an abundance of wildlife to be seen from Swans to Roe Deer. The area around St Boswells, Melrose and nearby Jedburgh are surrounded by some of the most stunning rolling countryside in the UK. In terms of things to do, for those who love the outdoors the list is endless. Take some time to expore the towns and villages, the treausres in the shops and the treats in the eateries. Venture a little further to the attractions of Edinburgh or the beaches of Northumberland, both within an hour by car.£98From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
Newton Stewart, ScotlandWhat a little gem of a cottage! The Haven is an absolute joy and has been completely refurbished in 2020, offering the most delightful accommodation. You really will not be disappointed when you walk through the door. The living room has a lovely wood burner and the kitchen/dining room are both modern and spacious, yet retain a lovely cottage feel. You will be spoilt for choice at The Haven, whether to sink into the deep bath or enjoy the dark skies in the garden from your very own hot tub. The garden to the rear can be accessed from the kitchen with seven steps leading down from the balcony and the garden is enclosed.
From The Haven some of you may be in heaven again, as 200 yards along the road is Bladnoch Distillery, which has a large visitor shop and offers guided tours. Just across the road from the Distillery is a lovely country pub and restaurant. Only a mile away is Wigtown, known as Scotland’s book town, which provides a variety of shops, galleries, tea rooms and a pub.
Located in the heart of Dumfries and Galloway, amidst some of the finest scenery in southern Scotland, and ideally located to explore Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this beautiful region boasts an exceptional number of activities to try. With the Galloway Forest and Dark Skies Park close by, The Haven is ideally placed to explore the beauty of south west Scotland. Perfect for walkers, golfers and cyclists, with Glentrool, Kirroughtree and the 7Stanes mountain bike trails nearby, as well as a great choice of golf courses. There is an abundance of fishing, bird watching, beautiful and exotic gardens, many rocky coves, sandy beaches and quaint villages to explore along the Machars Peninsula. Beach 6 miles. Shop 1 mile, pub and restaurant 200 yards.£86From price per night based on 7 night stayExplore & bookPrice Match GuaranteeDogs Stay Free
