Email Morenish Mews enquiries & reservations: bookscotland@madbookings.com
Other places to stay in and around Killin
Morenish Mews self catering accommodation sits in a secluded wooded hollow
on the north shore of Loch Tay, with stunning views across Loch Tay to
the hills of highland Perthshire.
It is ideal for hill walking holidays and for couples seeking the peace
and calm that a holiday in the highlands of Scotland can offer.
We welcome walkers and cyclists, for whom we provide free mountain and
route maps. Anglers can enjoy free trout fishing and coarse fishing from
our 300-metre stretch of Loch Tay shoreline.
The Breadalbane area offers interesting activities throughout the year and Morenish Mews is open year round to help you make the most of them.
Morenish Mews Accommodation
Morenish Mews is an intentionally small self-catering development that we try to run in an environmentally-friendly way. Having only three guest properties allows us to prepare our holiday cottages personally and thoroughly.
While the sheltered location of the properties assures tranquility, the small town of Killin two miles away provides a range of services including several good restaurants.
The self-catering accommodation at Morenish Mews comprises two apartments in a timber cottage set in the garden grounds, and the Coach House apartment in a 160-year old converted coach house and stables.
Our top priority is to give couples the opportunity to relax in total comfort in peaceful surroundings. Our "Kenmore" and "Killin" cottage apartments have a timber exterior in sympathy with their woodland surrounding.
Excellent insulation and soundproofing make them ideal for both summer and winter holidays. They were completely redecorated in April 2010.
Both cottage apartments contain a comfortable lounge with high-definition (HD) satellite TV and DVD, a fully-equipped fitted galley kitchen, a bedroom with king-size double bed and a bathroom with bath and shower, toilet and wash-hand basin.
Each cottage apartment has a covered balcony furnished for eating outside or just relaxing and enjoying the beautiful views over Loch Tay and the surrounding hills.
The "Coach House" apartment is located on the left-hand side of the ground floor. The apartment forms part of a building converted from a stables and coach house built in the early 1840s. Separated from the rest of the building, with its own entrance, the apartment was completely refurbished in Spring 2010.
The Coach House sits sideways on to the loch and has views out over the loch from the patio. It is 50% larger than the cottage apartments and has a lounge with a sofa and armchair, a dining table and a console table, and is equipped with high-definition (HD) satellite TV, DVD and video.
The Coach House also contains a kitchen, a bedroom with king-size double bed, and an en-suite bathroom with bath and shower, toilet and wash-hand basin.
All three apartments have total-control electric central heating and hot water. Bed linen and towels and heating and lighting are all included in the tariff. Free wireless broadband access to the internet is also available on request. Fresh herbs grow outside all apartments for guests' use.
While we believe that everything that you would reasonably expect and possibly a little bit more is here waiting for you, we are committed to providing you with the perfect vacation environment. We always welcome any suggestions that our visitors may have that will make their stay even more enjoyable.
Attractions and Activities
Our highland location, at the edge of the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve
and the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, is ideal for lovers of
nature and the outdoors. Wildlife abounds in the area.
Red deer, red squirrels and a pine marten have been seen in the garden,
and over the summer months ospreys can be seen from the property. Ben
Lawers is noted for its alpine and arctic flora.
Our vacation rental accommodation is also a superb base from which to
explore all that Scotland has to offer in the way of outdoor activities
and tourist attractions. This tranquil setting lies in the heart of the
highland area known as Breadalbane but is still only a 90-minute drive
from Edinburgh or Glasgow airports.
Our central location means that popular locations such as Perth, Stirling,
Pitlochry, Oban, Glen Coe and Fort William are all reachable in under
two hours’ drive.
With free wireless broadband access to the internet, our vacation rental
accommodation is also ideal for those wishing a working retreat in calm
surroundings.
Outdoor Activities in the Killin and Loch Tay area
You can hire bikes, canoes and kayaks and buy walking and mountaineering
equipment at the Killin Outdoor Centre and Mountain Shop.
Walking
The summits of more than 35 hills over 3,000 feet lie within a 20-mile
radius of Morenish, providing hill walkers with a wide range of walking
challenges, summer and winter. A list of these "Munros", as
they are known, is given below and photographs of many of them can be
seen in our Mountain Photo Gallery. We have climbed more than 20 of these
local Munros and are delighted to provide our guests with maps and advice
on access and ascent routes.
Tarmachan Mountaineering organises mountain walking holidays and mountain skills courses in the area, summer and winter. The nature trail of the Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve is less than four miles away. Other walks in the area can be found here.
Wintertime in Perthshire has its own attractions. If high-level walking seems too ambitious there are a number of lower level walks, such as forest walks. Low snow levels also provide some of the best opportunities to see stags in large numbers and at close quarters.
Cycling
The Killin area has many lovely cycling routes, including National Cycle
Route 7, which runs on the route of the former railway line between Killin
and Balquidder.
Canoeing & Kayaking
The lower part of the River Lochay and the head of Loch Tay provide a
most beautiful wild environment for canoeing and kayaking.
Fishing
Loch Tay is noted for its salmon and trout fishing and more recently for
its pike fishing. Guests at Morenish Mews are entitled to free trout fishing
from the loch shore of the Morenish property. We also have a small rowing
boat for hire from which guests are entitled to fly-fish for trout.
The west end of Loch Tay at Killin is becoming increasingly well known for pike fishing, with several pike over 30lbs being caught in the past few years. Salmon fishing permits can also be arranged on Loch Tay and on local rivers.
Golf
The Killin Golf Club runs a delightful nine-hole course which is only
2 miles journey from Morenish.
Historic Buildings
The environs of Loch Tay have a history of human habitation dating back
to Neolithic times. Visitors can discover more about life in Loch Tay's
many Iron Age lake dwellings at the Scottish Crannog Centre. More recent
dwellings open to visitors range from the grand, such as the 16th century
Castle Menzies, to the humble 19th century Moirlanich Longhouse, by Killin.
Distillery tours
If after all this outdoor activity you feel that you need some inner warmth,
Perthshire has a number of very interesting malt whisky distilleries that
are open for visiting all year round. We can suggest Dewar's World of
Whisky (Aberfeldy distillery); Scotland's oldest distillery at Glenturret
(by Crieff), home of "The Famous Grouse" whisky; Edradour distillery
by Pitlochry, the smallest distillery in Scotland; and Blair Athol distillery
which, confusingly, is not in Blair Atholl but in Pitlochry.
Galleries & Shops
The Watermill in Aberfeldy is a noted art gallery and bookshop, with a
focus on Scottish, travel and art books. You can browse in the delightful
coffee shop. Ardent shoppers can also visit the "Harrods of the Highlands"
at the House of Bruar, north of Blair Atholl.
35 Munros within a 30km Radius
Twelve percent of Scotland's 284 Munros* lie within 30 kilometers of Morenish,
though you may have to drive a bit further than that to reach some of
them. (* Hills over 914 m / 3,000 ft. Named after Sir Hugh Munro, who
first tabulated them in 1891.)
The Morenish Mews property also includes a 300-metre stretch of shoreline on Loch Tay, from which guests can fish for trout and coarse fish.
Location
Morenish Mews nestles in a wooded hollow below Ben Lawers and is surrounded
by rolling farmland. Set at the end of a gated drive in four acres of
private grounds and with another three acres along the loch shore nearby,
it is an excellent spot for secluded picnics or some free trout fishing.
The pretty village of Killin with its shops, restaurants, hotels, post office, bank and other facilities is less than three miles away and there are a number of other hotels and restaurants in the Breadalbane area where one can dine out.
DIRECTIONS
Morenish Mews is situated some three miles from Killin on the north side
of Loch Tay on the A827 road to Kenmore and Aberfeldy.
To find us, if you intend to approach through Killin arriving from the south or west, drive through Killin on the Aberfeldy road (A827) and after about 2.5 miles (4km) you will see a yellow signpost telling you that Morenish Mews is 100m further on, on the right.
If you approach from the east on the A827 from the Aberfeldy end of Loch Tay, you will see the yellow signs for Morenish Mews on your left about one mile after you pass the Cruachan caravan site (also on your left).
Email Morenish Mews enquiries & reservations: bookscotland@madbookings.com
