A country
house with panoramic views over Loch Ness - Sleeps
16
Formerly The Foyers Hotel now a large self catering
holiday home.
 The Foyers, a large Victorian
country house enjoys a magnificent setting on the south
side of Loch Ness, is available to self catering groups
that require a spacious holiday home with distinction
and character. It is an ideal base from which to tour
the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, where some of
the most beautiful mountain scenery in the UK is to be
found. A country as dramatic in its landscape as in its
history. But this holiday home can also be your
Highland hideaway: a haven of peace; somewhere to
unwind and get away from it all but large enough to
share it with all of your family or friends.
 On entering the grounds, you will
be stopped in your tracks by the spectacular and unique
view, looking down on to Foyers bay and across the
legendary Loch Ness. It is impossible not to pause at
the entrance to wonder at the awe-inspiring sight of
the majestic peaks rising above the shore on the far
side of the Loch .
Inside, this quiet country house,
with nine bed-rooms, is tastefully decorated and
comfortably furnished to provide spacious accommodation
for up to 16 adults and children.
The Foyers was for generations a fine
elegant hotel with its own access to Loch Ness, now
available for self catering parties it retains many
features of the hotel including the bar with all the
pumps intact and even the bar dartboard and pool table
is still as it was before it became a holiday
rental.
 History
An inn at Foyers was first built in
about 1655 when Cromwell's troops had garrisons at
Inverness and Inverlochy . General Wade, who built the
first military roads and bridges linking Fort Augustus
and Inverness, around 1732, built himself a shelter
called the "General's Hut" and it has been stated that
the present building is on this site.
 Dr. Johnson and James Boswell famous
Victorians known for their Highland travels stayed at
the "General's Hut" and were not dissatisfied with
their fare: "We found" wrote Boswell, "the house not
ill stocked with provisions".
The "Initial Stone" featured on the
side of the house is a marriage plaque for the Fraser
of Foyers family, believed to be dated about 1763.
Foyers was the first village in the Highlands to have
electricity in each house and The Foyers Hotel was
boldly advertised as "the only hotel to have
electricity". The building that is now The Foyers was
enlarged to its present state in about 1865 and was,
more recently, modernised and refurbished in 1997.
Local 
Foyers is situated on the Southern -
side of Loch Ness, 20 miles from Inverness, the Capital
of the Highlands, and 13 miles from Fort Augustus ,
where the Caledonian Canal , via a series of lock
gates, enters Loch Ness.
A network of footpaths leads through
woodland, over lower hilltops and along the lochside.
Just a short walk from the house are the " Falls of
Foyers ", a dramatic 100 foot high waterfall. Also
within easy walking distance there are a couple of
restaurants where you can enjoy excellent food and
drinks, and a little bit further on there is Foyers
stores, Off license, Post office and Café.
 Nearby you can enjoy the finest
facilities for golf, horse riding, salmon and trout
fishing. The property is in the unique position of
owning licenses to fish for salmon on Loch Ness, for
trout on Loch Bran and Loch Mhor; these facilities are
available to our self catering guests by prior
arrangement.
Touring
Those venturing further afield will
be delighted to find how central Foyers is for
exploring a wide area of the Highlands . For instance,
it is just a two hour drive to Kyle of Lochalsh where
you can cross to the Isle of Skye by the new bridge.
The scenery en route is varied and spectacular, with
low lying lochs and Rugged Munros (mountains over 3000
feet). On Loch Duich stands the romantic Eilan Donan
Castle , seat of the Clan MacLean.
 Further North, but still on the West coast, and
again, easily accessible, are the villages of Poolewe ,
Gairloch and Ullapool as well as the exotic Inverewe
Gardens . Traveling Eastwards from Foyers one comes to
the old fishing town of Nairn , once well known as the
" Brighton of the North" because of the high number of
sunshine hours recorded there. On the way there stands
Cawdor Castle mentioned in Shakespeare's "Macbeth". In
the same direction, but nearer Foyers, is the Culloden
Moor Battlefield, where in 1746 the Jacobite's , led by
"Bonnie Prince Charlie" were defeated by the Hanoverian
Troops led by the Duke of Cumberland.
 Inverness,
capital of the Highlands , is half an hour away by car.
There can be found all the more sophisticated and
organised activities that the holiday-maker might want
- shops, theatre, cinemas, ice-rink, swimming pool,
leisure and sports complex etc.
And finally no tour of the highlands
would be complete without a visit to at least one of
the many malt whisky distilleries. Nearby are the Glen
Ord and Tomatin Distilleries, both of which offer a
welcome as warm as their "drams".
 The house offers spacious,
centrally-heated accommodation and excellent facilities
for the larger family party or group of friends.
The accommodation, for up to
16 persons, comprises:
Ground Floor :
Hall with paneled staircase
Dining room with piano and Loch view
Sitting room with TV/Video
Lounge with Loch view, pool table, board games and open
fire
Bar with dart board
2 WCs
Large fully-equipped commercial kitchen
Laundry room with washing machine and tumble dryer
 First Floor :
King-sized bedroom
5 Double bedrooms
Large twin bedroom
(all with en-suite shower and toilet)
2 Single bedrooms - one with en-suite shower and
toilet
2 Bathrooms
A cot and high chair are available
and there is garden furniture and a barbecue.
There can be few places more romantic
than Loch Ness for a fairy-tale wedding reception to be
shared with family and friends, and with the
opportunity for breathtaking photographs overlooking
Loch Ness and down the Great Glen
 Directions to
Foyers
Despite its sequestered location,
Foyers is easily reached, which ever way you decide to
travel. Just half an hour off the two main roads
from the South ( the A9 and theA82 ); also half an hour
from the Railway Station at Inverness; and only 45
minutes from the airport at Dalcross .
From Inverness , take the B862
towards Dores, then fork right on to the B852. The
house is 12 miles along this Loch-side road on the
right just before the village of Foyers .
From Fort Augustus , take the B862 to just beyond the
village of Whitebridge , then turn left on to the B852.
Drive through Foyers and the house is on your left on
the outskirts of the village."
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