Mount Stuart House
Kerrycroy, Isle of Bute
01700 503877
11 to 5PM Su-F, 10 to 2.30 on Saturdays. Everyday at Easter weekend, then from 1st May to 30th Sept.
south on the coast road from the ferry some 6 miles
Britain's most spectacular Victorian Gothic House set in parkland of 200 acres, planted with species brought from all over the world. There is a shuttle bus from the ferry port at Rothesay, and service buses to Kerrycroy and Kilchattan Bay.
The Kyles of Bute, the narrow straits that separate the northern end of the island from the Cowal Pensinsula, are a designated National Scenic Area.