Farm cottages with a hot tub
A farm cottage is a particular sort of stay. You are in the countryside, often at the end of a track, with fields on every side. The buildings are usually old: a stone byre, a granary, a steading converted into a row of cottages, or a farmhouse the family no longer lives in. The stays here are picked because the address in the owner’s listing is a farm, and each one has a hot tub on the property.
What you get
You get space and quiet. There is usually a garden or courtyard, and the night sky is dark enough to be worth looking at from the tub. Several of the stays at Logiealmond in Perthshire are in a group of buildings, so friends or two families can book neighbouring places, and the Horselea Farm stays at Forgandenny are a pair.
Working farms: a few things to know
Where a farm is still working, expect tractors, livestock and the odd early start. If dogs are coming, keep them on a lead in the yard and in any field with animals, and shut gates behind you. The stay’s own page on the booking site is the place to check what is on the farm and what is not.
The tub type is on every card. Wood-fired ones are fed with logs and need a little time to heat up, which suits the pace of a farm stay. If you want a bigger group stay, use the sleeps filter beside the cards; a few of the farmhouses sleep eight.
Where they are
Most of these farms are in two places: the glens side of Angus, around Lintrathen, Memus and Aberlemno, and Perthshire, around Pitlochry, Abernyte, Forgandenny and Logiealmond. If you want a Perthshire base, see Perthshire hot tub lodges and where to stay near Pitlochry. For the Angus side, try hot tub cottages near the Angus glens or the Forfar guide.
Booking
Press Check Prices & Availability on a stay to go to the holiday company’s booking page. Your dates, the total and any dog charge are shown there.
Questions guests ask
Are these working farms?
Some may be, and some are farm buildings that are now holiday lets. The owner’s page has the detail, so ask before you book if a quiet yard matters to you.
Can I bring a dog to a farm cottage?
Many accept dogs, and the card shows how many. Keep dogs on a lead near livestock and in the farmyard.
Do the farm cottages have private hot tubs?
Most do. Some are wood-fired, and the card shows the type.
How do you decide a stay is a farm cottage?
The address in the owner’s listing includes a farm. We list those stays here and read nothing more into it.