The Nook
A cosy, stylish apartment
in Argyll, Scotland.
The Nook on the Isle of Seil, just twenty-five minutes drive from Oban, across the famous ‘Bridge Over The Atlantic’, is a cosy, stylish self-catering duplex apartment, suitable for couples or solo travellers.
Living
A cosy living area, with wood burning stove, plush sofa and smart TV. Perfect for warming the toes after a day of walking, wild swimming or stone-skimming…
Kitchen & Dining
A well-equipped fitted kitchen with oven, hob, microwave, fridge, kettle, toaster and ample worktop space and utensils. The dining area features a corner seat - ‘a nook within The Nook’ - plenty room for two, or four if you want to invite some fellow travellers or local friends around. It also makes a great spot to work at a laptop - if you’re that way inclined on holiday - and we have excellent, superfast wi-fi.
En suite Bedroom
Upstairs is a lovely, calm, airy bedroom with a king size bed, luxury bed linen and an en suite shower room. White cotton towels, hair dryer, Scottish seaweed & sage shampoo and herbal bodywash provided.
Outside
Guests at The Nook can use allocated areas of our large garden. There are seats out the front for morning coffee, and a table with seating in the back garden for drinks and al fresco dining.
Our chickens and bees
We have seven very friendly chickens across the drive in our kitchen garden - pop over and say hi to Betty, Roxy, Tina, Dusty, Dorothy, Hen and Anastasia Beaverhausen. Fresh eggs from the girls are often provided to guests (subject to avai-lay-bility).
Our bees live in multicoloured hives further down the garden behind a wall of hedges - viewing can be arranged on request.
Location:
The Nook is based on the Isle of Seil, 25 minutes south of Oban, across the famous ‘Bridge Over The Atlantic’. Seil is one of The Slate Islands, alongside Easdale, Luing, Shuna, Torsa and Belnahua. We are situated in Balvicar Bay, 5 minutes soiuth of the bridge, near the island’s nine hole golf course, which famously includes a hole that involves hitting your ball ‘across the Atlantic’!
There are plenty beautiful and interesting walks and hikes nearby, and Balvicar Bay and the whole Sound of Seil are perfect for paddle boarding and kayaking. One of the best things about the area is being able to island hop between Seil, Luing and Easdale - all a few minutes ferry trip from each other.
There are fascinating historical sites, beautiful gardens, nature reserves and other islands all nearby, and with the Oban ferry terminal only 25 minutes away, day trips to Mull, Iona or Kerrera are easy.
The local brilliantly stocked shop is a few minutes walk away, and there are two excellent pubs on the island: the Tigh an Truish*, based right next to the bridge, with delicious 2AA rosette food and drink in its restaurant and pub (you can drive 5 minutes or take a fantastic 25 min walk over the hills) , and The Oyster in the village of Ellenabeich (5 min drive away) which has a sunset beer terrace overlooking the sea.
The tiny island of Easdale is round the corner - just a five minute drive and one minute ferry journey - which has another great bar and eatery The Puffer* (recently redesigned by Banjo Beale), as well as the famous slate quarries for world-class wild swimming, and home of the World Stone Skimming Championships.
*Please click the links to check seasonal opening times.
