Barriemore Guest House

With a grand location overlooking the entrance to Oban Bay, this place offers top-notch hospitality with tartan carpets on the stairs and plump Loch Fyne kippers on the breakfast menu. Rooms are all spacious, refurbished and full of features. The front ones – pricier but enormous – have fabulous vistas; there's also a great family suite up the back (£165) and solicitous service.