“Top marks to this tiny establishment in Lochinver which remains open throughout January - a real life-saver for cold and hungry travellers. With every other eatery closed for miles around, it's a very welcome oasis. ”

“Always a friendly wee shop, but letting you taste the clementines before you buy is definitely going the extra mile. You don't get that service from those dreadful supermarkets. Once again a reminder that Comrie in Perthshire has some super little retail businesses that deserve support.”

“Secret Scotland planned a 9 day custom itinerary for me--and it has been the best thing I've done in my traveling life. I feel like I've had a friend in Scotland tell me what I should do and how to do it. Mike and Aurelia have been prompt with their correspondence, thorough with their information and a joy to work with. If I ever get to make another trip to Scotland--the first thing I would do is contact Secret Scotland!”

“After a not-terribly-friendly experience at a large establishment not too far away, we stayed overnight at this hotel and it was very re-assuring to find the staff here refreshingly friendly and sincere, especially the reception staff. The food was excellent and featured many Scottish favourites - a genuine piece of Scotland to be cherished..... ”

“WOW!! What a place. I recently stayed there with my husband and had the most amazing time. There is so much to do and see, we both went on a horse ride at Mains of Taymouth Stables then had a game of golf on thier lovely Kenmore Golf Course. In the evening we ate in The Courtyard and on one night we had our dinner delivered by them! I spent a lot of time in The Courtyard Shop, nearly done all my Christmas shopping. All the staff were very firndly and went out their way to make us feel so welcome, nothing was too much trouble. Great memories, will be back!”

“My fiancee and I decided to try clay pigeon shooting for the first time and we found ourselves at Rothiemurchus. We had a fantastic experience during the time we were there. We not only had expert tution from John, our instructor, but had a great time too. Thr facilities are also second to none. In terms of knowledge and how to try and train us John was fantastic. I would recommend this place to anyone who wants to try clay pigeon shooting.”

“We purchased a self-drive tour guide (with accommodation recommendations) from "Secret Scotland" and were extremely happy with their product. Their directions were clear and accurate. The recommendations they made for sights to see were very helpful and so complete we were confident we could choose based on their narrative and not miss anything important to us. The accommodations they recommended were all wonderful and exactly as they stated in their guide. They have standard tours and will also personalize a tour for you if you have somewhere in particular you want to go. I highly recommend their service.”

“I had a wonderful 4 night stay at this hotel. What a find! Nothing was too much trouble for the proprietors William and Sonia Marshall. As soon as they knew I was a vegetarian they went to great lengths to prepare wonderful meals for me. It was so nice to find somewhere that could really produce superb vegetarian meals - not a vegetable lasagna in sight. Sonia's oven baked mushroom risotto with parmesan on the 2nd night of my stay was simply to die for. Their wine list is exemplary, their rooms comfortable and tastefully decorated and furnished.”

“A couple of years back my wife and I visited Scotland on our great, once in a lifetime, around the world, retirement indulgence. But our visit was pretty ordinary and we were disapointed in the Scottish leg due to my inability to plan it well. Because we both love Scotland, we recently decided to go back and do it right. As you can imagine, visiting Scotland is a big deal when you live down under, so we got in touch with all sorts of businesses who sent brochures and bundles of information. We saved dozens of websites to a "Scotland or bust" folder of favourites on our computer and generally, we just got in a lather, where it all started to look just like our 1st trip. We could see another disaster looming. Then we found "Secret Scotland". What a relief. The owners, Mike and Aurelia, asked us what we would like to do, where we'd like to go, what we'd like to see etc, and modified one of their self drive tours for us. We chose the "Borders to Orkney 14 day tour" and within a few days it was emailed to us with the modifications in place. The "Secret Scotland" tours include sights that are off the beaten track by mainstream tour operators and excludes some of the more touristy sights should they be poor value for money or have an alternative way of seeing them. You get a lot of tour, in our case over 100 pages, for your money and because it was such good value we decided to buy a Recommended Accomodation list for this route, from them as well. The B&B's, hotels etc, on this list have all been checked out personally by Mike and Aurie and havent paid to be included, which makes us feel better, after a couple of not so great incidents on our last trip. So, all we can say is "well done" to Mike and Aurelia. They certainly did go the extra mile for us and we cant wait for the slowly approaching departure date to get here because we are now confident that this trip will be just brilliant thanks to "Secret Scotland".”

“Roeberry House is a cut above the usual bed and breakfast. They have a kitchen that you can use for cooking your own meals and Dagmar, the owner is an outstanding hostess. The house is at your disposal during the day even when you have checked out so if your plane or ferry is later on you have somewhere to relax. Highly recommended.”