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A spacious pet friendly holiday home that sleeps 8 guests.

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Nestling on the edge of Kames village.
Upstairs lounge - a haven of tranquility to escape to.
Roof windows giving stunning views .......
..... out over a large enclosed mature garden .....
......... and beyond over the Kyles of Bute.

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 8

Popular amenities

  • Dryer
  • Washer
  • Barbecue grill
  • Pet-friendly
  • Kitchen

Explore the area

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Tighnabruaich
  • Kyles of Bute Golf Club
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Kilbride Bay Beach
  • Loch Fyne

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 8)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 3

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 4

2 Single Beds

2 bathrooms

Bathroom 1

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Bathroom 2

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 3

Toilet · Shower only

Bathroom 4

Bathtub · Toilet

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

A spacious pet friendly holiday home that sleeps 8 guests.

A beautifully appointed family run 4 bedroom and bathroom (3 ensuite) holiday cottage enjoying stunning views out over the Kyles of Bute. A 5 minute walk to the local pub and village store and with golf ( almost literally) on your doorstep. A great base whether you're looking for the great outdoors or just looking to get away from it all. Large kitchen diner, two living rooms and a generous garden.

Property manager

Adrian & Valerie Stearns
Premier Host

Languages

English

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Pet-friendly
Outdoor space
Ocean view

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House Rules

Check in after 3:30 PM
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there are no carbon monoxide detectors or gas appliances on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
Property Registration Number AR00181F

About the area

Tighnabruaich

Located in Tighnabruaich, this cottage is in a rural area and by the sea. Royal Castle of Tarbert and Rothesay Castle are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Bute Museum and Ardencraig Gardens. Discover the area's water adventures with scuba diving and sailing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with hiking and mountain biking.
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Tighnabruaich

What's nearby

  • Kyles of Bute Golf Club - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Heritage Centre - 2 min drive - 2.3 km
  • Loch Lomond and Cowal Way - West - 9 min drive - 7.3 km
  • Rothesay Ferry Terminal - 50 min drive - 48.0 km
  • Rothesay Castle - 50 min drive - 48.3 km

Getting around

  • Dunoon Station - 41 min drive
  • Glasgow International Airport (GLA) - 148 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Ettrick Bay Tea Room - ‬41 min drive
  • ‪The Colintraive Hotel - ‬24 min drive
  • ‪Five West - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪The Barn - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Botanica Restaurant & Rooms - ‬2 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is A spacious pet friendly holiday home that sleeps 8 guests. pet-friendly?

Yes, pets are allowed at this property.

What time is check-in at A spacious pet friendly holiday home that sleeps 8 guests.?

Check-in begins at 3:30 PM.

What time is check-out at A spacious pet friendly holiday home that sleeps 8 guests.?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is A spacious pet friendly holiday home that sleeps 8 guests. located?

This family-friendly Tighnabruaich cottage is located by the sea, within 2 mi (3 km) of Kyles of Bute Golf Club, Heritage Centre and Tighnabruaich Pier. Kilbride Bay Beach and Loch Fyne are also within 6 miles (10 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 90 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

10/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Everything about the holiday home was absolutely wonderful – everything you could possibly need to enjoy your vacation
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kris M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Excellent location! Beautiful views! Our family loved staying here over the summer. Tighnabruaich is an amazing location for a quiet getaway.
Stayed 9 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cathy R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Fabulous place

Delightful cottage in beautiful setting. Very comfortable with a lovely feel to the house. Great kitchen. We were party of 8 and had plenty of room without the house feeling overly big. Had the best mussels and fresh fish delivery from Fynest Fish and wonderful walks. Very much recommend Glenan Bay woodland walks (by Portavadie) and Kilfinan community woodland (at Tighnabruich).
Stayed 7 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

LESLEY R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

4winds

It's lovely and we had no complaints
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

pamela b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Very comfortable, well equipped property

The property was in a lovely location on the edge of Kames, on a hill with fabulous views north across the Kyles of Bute.Communication with the property owner was excellent and always helpful. The directions given were spot on.The house was extremely well equipped. We enjoyed relaxing in the upstairs room watching the scenery change with the weather.There were some good walks in the area and Kames was a lovely village with a good shop/post office. The Kames Hotel had a good menu and service was friendly and efficient ( make sure you book especially on a Friday. Further afield it was easy to visit Bute (nice castle in Rothesay) and Kilmartin Glen (highly recommend for the museum and visiting the cairns/standing stones/rock art in the area).Highly recommend this property, we had a great stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2025

10/10 Excellent

Fran D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

great house

Four Winds was a great base for walking and kayaking. Recommend visiting Otter Ferry for supper and crabbing. Lots of wildlife, good place for bird watching, loved the room upstairs for the view and board games. Very well equipped kitchen, homely feel to the house. We were lucky to have fabulous weather, not what I was expecting on my first visit to Scotland. Great. Thank you
Stayed 7 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

sofia l.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place for a vacation with bigger family/group

Very nice and remote place. The house is in a nice little village with a small shopping store and an award winnnig restaurant (Tide and Thyme). The kitchen in the house is well equipped, so that cooking for bigger groups is fun! We enjoyed our stay!
Stayed 11 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rachel H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

A perfect stay

This is a fantastic property. So well located for all that the Cowan peninsula has to offer (lots), and such a great property. It really is ‘home from home’, probably the best we have stayed in in terms of being so well equipped. Whilst there were only two of us staying, it is such a vast property that you could easily fit 2 families in and not feel squashed.it is so warm and cosy and just has a lovely feel to it. We couldn’t recommend this place highly enough; the owners clearly care about their guests and want you to love it as much as they do.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lorna D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing break

My mother was 92yrs old whilst we stayed & relaxed at the beautiful Four Winds property in Kames, we all agreed it was perfect and we would like to return, thanks x
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our family had a fantastic time in a part of Scotland which was new to us.

Easy to book. The owner phoned to check all was fine Will definitely go back sometime
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2019

10/10 Excellent

Andrew N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

New Year getaway

Ideal property for our group of seven and dogs. Very well equipped with great views from the upstairs lounge. Easy walk into the village centre.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2022

10/10 Excellent

Muriel B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Wedding weekend

Fantastic location. Will definitely return.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rena M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Kirsty’s Birthday!

A nice comfortable house, well equipped in a beautiful location. The view from the upper lounge was wonderful and the outside Barn was a great diversion for our two boys. We were all sorry to leave.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

louise w.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect location

Great location, fantastic views, we absolutely loved upstairs, had the perfect meal at tide & thyme , also the takeaway was awesome , local shops well stocked, so being far from a supermarket wasn't a problem, took a ferry to tarbert, which was a great day out, weather was perfect, all in all fabulous, Thank you Adrian for phoning to make sure all was OK, brilliant hosts
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

HAZEL L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Just perfect!

The most amazing holiday property. Stunning location and the property itself was spotless and so very well equipped - above and beyond expectations. Host Adrian communicated faultlessly with us before and during our stay to check everything was ok. Would recommend this property in a heartbeat!
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Darren H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fabulous cottage in a great location

House has everything we could need, kitchen very well equipped, table tennis and darts for the kids plus lovely spacious relaxing areas with beautiful views across to Bute. Easy to go across to Tarbert on ferry to explore that direction or to goto Isle of Bute. Great hosts with excellent communication throughout. Thanks for a fab two weeks, we will be back :-)
Stayed 13 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Chris H.

A wonderful week in Kames

The house was superb. Excellent spacious accommodation for the 6 of us plus a dog, 3 cars and a boat! The upstairs lounge with its very large picture windows, had the most wonderful of views out over the Kyle. We found plenty of places nearby to eat and drink. The Kames Hotel in particular needs mention.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Helen T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

August 20th - 27th 2022

Great accommodation for a 3 generation family of 7 plus dogs. Everything we needed was provided. Dark skies were amazing for star gazing.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Paul D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family holiday for 8 and a dog

The youngest guest was 17, so having two living rooms, a games room and a kitchen diner where we could all easily cater and cook was ideal. Very well-appointed and more than thoroughly equipped. It was all very comfortable from the cosy downstairs TV lounge to the bright and airy upstairs viewing lounge. We appreciated having three en-suites and a bathroom. This is a very well tended property.
Stayed 14 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Laura D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

spacious, comfortable home away from home

Our family enjoyed a peaceful week at Four Winds in the quiet Kames area of Scotland (west highlands). We would gladly return! The house was reassuringly clean when we arrived, and it was equipped with everything we needed to manage comfortably: great kitchen, bathrooms, and sitting areas, plus washer/drier, board games, DVDs, books, maps, ping pong table, fenced garden and parking area. The views of fields, village, and loch were lovely, and the host was wonderfully communicative before our arrival and afterwards. We ate some good meals in town and enjoyed visiting local beaches and forest trails. We needed a car to get there and travel the area, but we saw many cyclists, walkers, and sailors as well. Enjoy!
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Paul B., Tabua, Portugal

A beautiful home away from home

We had a lovely family holiday, complete with dogs at this wonderful home in Kames. Even with 8 and dogs in the house it never felt crowded and the upstairs living room was a huge hit and not just because of the beautiful views! Add to that the best equipped kitchen, the games room and en-suite in 3 of the bedrooms and you get an idea of just how excellent Four Winds is. Everything is thought of and presented in a really classy way. Overall, excellent!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2018

10/10 Excellent

Kath W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely property

Superb property, equipped to the highest standard with everything you need, in a great setting. We enjoyed a weeks stay in October and had a great family holiday. We had a treat one morning watching deer run right past the house. Shame about the weather, but we didn’t let it stop us getting out and about., the dogs loved it too. We also enjoyed a meal at the Kames hotel, the food was excellent and the nothing was too much trouble for the staff, who made us and the dogs more than welcome. Highly recommend Four Winds.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022
This review was submitted before 2018 and has not been verified.

10/10 Excellent

Jim N.

Second stay at Four Winds

Our second visit to this home proved every bit as good as the first one and we had good weather and opportunities for good walks and to enjoy the magnificent views form the house. Improvements have been made, though we thought it would be hard to improve on the near perfect, and the addition of an area for table tennis and darts seems a great idea as dry weather is not always guaranteed in the West of Scotland. All in all we had a wonderful week and would certainly like to think that we will return again at some point.

10/10 Excellent

Joan D.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect house

This property is a home from home. It is extremely well equipped with all the cooking equipment needed to make meals for 8 adults and lots of extras - hand wash, lots of dishwasher tabs, rinse aid etc. 3 bedrooms have en -suite and the 4th is opposite the main bathroom. The loft area is fantastic and provided a tranquil area for my daughter to work from home while downstairs the sitting room with tv and glorious large kitchen with utility room had a huge table which could easily seat 10 and a high chair. There is also a barn with table tennis , darts and swing ball. The views are perfect and lots of advice about where to eat in this beautifully unspoilt part of Scotland.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donna C., Cumbernauld

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful just beautiful

We had an amazing stay at Four winds it was a total home from home and the owners had thought of absolutely everything you would ever need while staying there. Communication was second to none. We had an amazing time exploring the marina and Kilbride bay ( best beach ever and worth the walk ) Lots to explore in this beautiful part of the country and a lovely trip up from Glasgow with lots of breathtaking scenery. We couldn’t recommend this property enough as we had three generations staying there and plenty of room for us all to meet together or spend time apart. Thank you for letting us have a wonderful holiday in your home.
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022

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