What could be more Swallows and Amazons than your own private island? Eriska is just that: a 300-acre, family-owned estate attached to the mainland by a small wooden bridge. On this secret island you get all the benefits of a luxury, Victorian-castle-style hotel, complete with turrets and tower. There's an ESPA spa, a 17-metre heated pool, a fitness trainer and facilities for fishing, golf and tennis. The café serves light meals and proper cappuccinos, and the elegant, softly lit conservatory restaurant is just right for grown-up evenings lingering over seven-course meals. Add to this some pebbly beaches, a rambly hill, the presence of badgers, herons, deer and the wild Highland Scottishness of it all. Eriska is one of those places where the term hideaway is aptly applied.
CONTACT
Benderloch by Oban, Argyll (01631 720 371; www.eriska-hotel.co.uk).
COST
Doubles from £290, full-board.
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