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The Innellan Cottages are tucked up a quiet lane (with no through traffic) in the small village of Innellan, just 4 miles south of Dunoon, on the Cowal peninsula. Dunoon has been a popular tourist area for over 100 years and is a great base for exploring the wild mountains and lochs of Cowal, the lovely towns and villages of Argyll, and the stunning scenery of the south west coast of Scotland. Innellan   won   a   well-deserved   Gold   Award   plus   Best   Coastal   Village Award in the 2023 Keep Scotland Beautiful awards! It’s a peaceful village with a lovely pebble beach; fantastic scenery with hills and forests; lots of activities such as tennis, golf, sailing, biking,   walking   and   pony-trekking;   a   community   owned   village   shop   and post-office (The Lido) as well as two great restaurants each also with traditional bars. There’s   always   a   lot   happening   in   Cowal!   You   can   keep   up-to-date   on   the   latest   events   on   our   Facebook    page,   Wild   about Argyll , Dunoon Presents  and Whats on Dunoon . You’ll find everything you need for your holiday in Innellan and Dunoon including a range of lovely independant shops, two supermarkets, restaurants & cafes, pharmacies, doctors surgeries, a hospital and a vet surgery. Cowal is an area of unspoiled mountains, lochs, forests and beaches, home to the Argyll Forest Park and south-western gateway to the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

Places to explore

Innellan is ideally situated for exploring the towns and villages of Argyll, from Inverary and Loch Fyne in the north, to the Isle of Bute in the south. The countryside surrounding Dunoon boasts a host of lovely villages such as Kilmun, Ardentinny, Tighnabruaich, Kilfinan, Otter Ferry, Colintraive and Strachur. For longer day-trips there is the lovely harbour town of Oban and the splendour of Glencoe and the Highlands. While across the Firth of Clyde there are the traditional coastal towns of Largs and Troon.

Outdoor activities

Cowal is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise! There are countless fabulous walking routes that snake their way through uninhabited glens and others that climb high into the mountains  including the Loch Lomond & Cowal Way, a long-distance walk of 57 miles from Portavadie by Loch Fyne in the west, to Ardgarten by Loch Long in the east; there are a huge range of mountain bike paths across the hills of Cowal; there is fantastic network of quiet roads for roadbiking; there are quiet tracks for pony trekking; beautiful reservoirs and sea inlets for fishing and wild swimming and an amazing array of wildlife including many sea birds, birds of prey, deer, pine martins, red squirrels, otters and dolphins. You’ll find a great range of activities right here in Innellan: • Tennis at Innellan Tennis/Bowling club - less than a minute from the cottages. Visitors welcome. • Pony-trekking at the Velvet Path: 01369 830580 • Golf at Innellan Golf Club. Visitors welcome and rounds bookable online • Soulfull Living Academy in Innellan. Offers retreats, workshops & experiences for personal development and growth • Fishing, Dunoon Angling Club  • Beach combing, stone skimming, wild swimming and sandcastle making - at the foot of Trinity Lane! • Sailing and watersports the Toward Seasports Club • Walking & cylcing: there are a HUGE variety of fantastic walks & cycle paths on our doorstep and within easy reach of the cottages. Both cottages have sheds to store your bikes. Please do get in touch if you’d like ideas of where to go, I’ll be happy to help!

Attractions

Other things to do and see in and around Dunoon include: • Quadmania - quad-bike tours, clay pigeon shooting and archery • Wreckspeditions - boat trips, rib rides and full diving charters • Benmore Botanic Gardens - over 100 acres of beautiful gardens surrounded by dramatic scenery • The Waverley - paddle steamer running excursions throughout the summer • Kilmun Arboretum - established in the 1930s, a series of wooded paths through a variety of exotic tree species • Castle House Museum - one of Dunoon’s most historic buildings • West Coast Cinema, Dunoon - small independant cinema • Riverside Leisure Centre, Dunoon - for swimming pool & gym • Queen’s Hall - with soft play, cafe, library and theatre space • Hunters Quay Holiday Village - with, swimming pool, soft-play and mini golf • Diving - The Professional Diving Academy runs a range of courses • CYCLE HIRE: Startline MTB: mountain bike hire in Dunoon, with pickup from Stewarts Garage in the town Heal n Glen: an independent sports shop in the town and new for 2023, bike hire by the day • Winston Churchill Venison - offers delicious local venison, as well as a variety of deer stalking experiences • Sea Kayak Argyll - sea kayak coaching, guiding and expeditions • Holy Loch Nature Reserve - 24 acres of saltmarsh, meadows, woods and reedbeds at the head of the Holy Loch

Festivals & Events

The Cowal Highland Gathering (Cowal Games) is held at the end of August and is one of the biggest and most spectacular highland games in Scotland, with about 23,000 visitors each year! CowalFest explore the spectacular scenery, rich history and stunning wildlife of the area with one of Scotland's biggest walking festivals. 5 days of walks for all ages and interests. Cowal Open Studios over 50 artists and makers who live in Cowal open the doors of their studios and invite you to visit. We have several artists right here in Innellan and they would love to welcome you over this 4 day event. Dunoon Presents enjoy a huge range of events each year including the Dunoon 10K, Ultra Marathon & Relay, Dunoon Half-Marathon, Grit off road cycle race, outdoor markets, Punk on the Peninsula, the Argyll Rally, Dunoon Dazzles & Winterfest…