About this property

Comfortable Accommodations: Melfort House in Kilmelford offers a garden and terrace with free WiFi in public areas. Guests enjoy sea, lake, and mountain views from their private bathrooms equipped with free toiletries, showers, and electric kettles. Relaxing Amenities: The guest house features a lounge and outdoor seating area. Free on-site private parking is available, along with a continental breakfast served daily. Additional amenities include a sofa bed, dining area, and kitchenware. Local Attractions: Melfort Beach is less than 0.6 mi away, while Kilmartin House Museum is 15 mi distant. Corran Halls and Dunstaffnage Castle are 28 and 21 mi respectively. Oban Airport is 21 mi from the property. Guest Satisfaction: Highly rated by guests for its breakfast, host, and garden, Melfort House ensures a pleasant stay with excellent service.

Couples in particular like the location – they rated it 8.7 for a two-person trip.

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Property highlights

Top Location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.2)

Breakfast Info

Continental

  • Free Private Parking Available On Site


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Mike
United Kingdom United Kingdom
The breakfast was excellent, with a wonderful view, through an arch, of the loch. Melfort House was an interesting period house, decorated accordingly and possessed, to me, a lovely peaceful ambience. Matthew was the perfect host, very...
Fletcher
United States United States
The house is a lovely country estate house with beautiful but comfortable furnishings. It’s been a family home for years and was warm and welcoming. Location and views are amazing.
Ron
United States United States
--Gorgeous, beautifully decorated home nestled in tranquil area overlooking loch. -- large spacious room with comfortable bed. --Excellent breakfast with high quality ingredients prepared every morning by Innkeeper Matthew. --Matthew was a wealth...
Andreas
Austria Austria
Grand mansion, large rooms - only 3 so exclusive - wonderful lounge and dining room, great breakfast.
Penelope
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Lovely comfortable room, spacious and well appointed. Slept very well. Plenty of hot water.
Johannes
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Location with view over loch. Beautiful house with large airy rooms. Excellent breakfast and friendly staff. Shepherd's huts were great hit with my daughter and family.
Sandra
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Beautiful house surrounded by lovely gardens and close to a very pretty loch. Spacious bedroom and bathroom, huge comfortable bed. Whiskey and welcome tray were a lovely surprise. Peaceful relaxing environment.
Annalisa
United Kingdom United Kingdom
The house Is in a quiet idyllic location, the welcoming treats in the room, the view from the window, the delicious breakfast. Everything was fantastic!
Rach
United Kingdom United Kingdom
An oasis of peace and tranquility. Very large room with a comfortable large bed. Beautiful setting with a lovely view over the Loch. Freshly cooked breakfast was lovely and use of drawing room an added bonus.
Boardman
United Kingdom United Kingdom
A unique home to spend time in. Food excellent. Owner splendid host.

Managed by Matthew Anderson

Company review score: 9.1Based on 86 reviews from 1 property
1 managed property

Company info

Matthew have been running their home, Melfort House, as a bed and breakfast for 20 years welcoming guests from all around the world and introducing them to the joys of west coast Argyll.

Property info

Melfort House is in an open rural location set in 70 acres of pasture and woodland looking south over Loch Melfort to the islands of Scarba and Jura. All guests have access to the main drawing room with its comfy sofas and log Fire. Breakfast will include a variety of cereals, fruit salad tea/coffee and toast. A cooked breakfast of bacon, sausage,mushrooms, tomato is available and can feature Ardfern black pudding and McSweens haggis. A complimentary continental breakfast is included in the rate price for the Shepherd huts. During the summer as much as possible of our produce is grown in the garden and evening meals can be arranged in advance.

Neighborhood info

Melfort House is located 15 Miles south of the town of Oban and 23 miles north of Lochgilphead in the county of Argyll. There are regular train and bus services from Glasgow to Oban and Edinburgh and Glasgow airports are 3 and 2.5 hours drive respectively. Oban is a busy ferry port and regular boats go to Mull, Coll, Tiree, Colonsay, Islay and Barra. There are many facilities in the town ranging from a war museum to ruined castles and beaches.

Language Spoken

English

Area info

Amenities of Melfort House

Great facilities! Review score, 8.8

Most popular amenities

  • Free parking
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Free Wifi
  • Breakfast

House rules

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Check-in
From 4:00 PM
You need to let the property know what time you'll be arriving in advance.
Check-out
Until 11:00 AM
Cancellation/ prepayment
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Children & Beds

Child policies

Children not allowed.

Crib and extra bed policies

Cribs and extra beds aren't available at this property.

No age restriction
There's no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
Cards accepted at this property
VisaMastercard Cash is not accepted
Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.

The fine print

Must-know information for guests at this property

Please inform Melfort House of your expected arrival time in advance. You can use the Special Requests box when booking, or contact the property directly using the contact details in your confirmation.

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