Ardlamont Estate is only 80 miles from Glasgow, but a whole world away in terms of the peace, tranquility, and spectacular scenery of its remote setting on Ardlamont Point at the very southern-most tip of the Cowal Peninsula.

Visitors can now soak up the relaxed atmosphere of this once totally private estate.

Guests can go shooting, stalking or fishing, use the Estate as a base to explore this little known part of Scotland on foot, horseback or bicycle or simply unwind with occasional visits to the neighbouring villages of Kames and Tighnabruich with their hotels, bars and seafood restaurants.

At the heart of the 640-acre estate is the beautiful and historic Ardlamont House, a classical example of a Scottish country house, dating back to at least 1646 when it became the ancestral home of the Lamonts, one of Scotland’s oldest clans.

Nowadays its ringing corridors, sumptuous public rooms with their blazing log fires, and elegant four-postered bedrooms are regularly let to house parties.

These include family and friends of couples who take advantage of the chance to have a totally unique wedding within the grounds, shooting parties with their game bags full of pheasant, partridge or duck and film and video makers shooting top fashion models or music stars.

Several cottages on the Estate have been refurbished to the highest standard and are available as holiday lets.

Those who wish to enjoy some of the best sailing in the world in the waters of the Clyde estuary, Arran, Kyles of Bute, with access to the Western Isles can do so in truly unique style.

Ardlamont boasts one of the Dunkirk Little Ships fleet that evacuated the Allied armies from Dunkirk In 1940. The 77 ft steel-hulled MY Llanthony is now fully restored to its former glory as a private yacht, and available for charter with crew.