Instead, you leave your car in Ullapool and travel across the loch by private motor launch. As you approach the Inn s small wooden jetty, the white building crowned by several chimney stacks appears, partially hidden by tall trees and climbing blooms. Behind the Inn, the heather-clad peninsula rises sharply and a stream gushes down the steep slope. You pass two grass-thatched outbuildings, enter through a wooden gate and follow a short path overhung by trees to reach the entrance to the Inn. There are only eight rooms of which five are in the main house and three are in separate cottages.
Flowers decorate the rooms and there are no televisions, radios or telephones.
The sense of tranquility and seclusion is overwhelming. The nearest neighbor is miles away and the only sound is the gentle lapping of the loch against the pebbly shore. After power down, all that remains are the faint beads of light from Ullapool s distant promenade. Altnaharrie is very popular with newly-weds and has often had several honeymoon couples staying at the same time. Yet despite its wonderfully romantic setting, many guests visit the Inn more for the two Michelin star cooking.