A 200- year-old listed building, Old Fisherman's Cottage is one of the original detached traditional stone fisherman's cottages right on the coast in the quaint conservation village of Avoch 10 miles north of Inverness and less than one mile south of the small Cathedral town of Fortrose (sandy beach, golf-links) on the peninsula called 'The Black Isle'. You step down into this cottage from the quiet, winding shore road, and from its tiny shore garden and top windows, it has superb south-facing views out across The Moray Firth where you can, if you're lucky, see the famous schools of bottle nosed dolphins.

Double-glazed, cosy and charming, and sympathetically furnished with today's comforts, it makes an ideal holiday cottage. It has the shingle shore just over the garden wall - the little shops of this tiny working village are within easy walking distance - while by car, locally, you can easily discover Rosemarkie, the old town of Cromarty at the head of the peninsula, and all this unspoilt, historic, scenically-beautiful area. Further afield, the West Coast (Torridon, Gairloch, Ullapool area), the Moray Coast, Loch Ness - even Skye - can be visited.

Heating is by open-fire (starter pack INCLUDED) and electric night-store heaters (£10 electricity INCLUDED). Bed-linen and towels are INCLUDED. Pets are welcome.