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Waterfront Cottage with own Beach and Stunning Views Across The Clyde

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Bihar from the beach garden
Property grounds
From the Pink Beach, looking back

Reviews

10 out of 10
Exceptional
3 bedrooms2 bathroomsSleeps 6

Popular amenities

  • Beach view
  • Dryer
  • Barbecue grill
  • Parking available
  • Washer
  • Pet-friendly

Explore the area

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Toward
  • Castle Toward Residential School
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Rothesay Ferry Terminal
    ‪60 min drive‬
  • Rothesay Castle
    ‪60 min drive‬
  • Glasgow (GLA-Glasgow Intl.)
    ‪81 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bed 1

1 King Bed

Bed 2

2 Single Beds

Bed 3

1 Double Bed

2 bathrooms

En suite

Toilet · Shower only

Ground Floor

Bathtub or shower · Toilet

Spaces

Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

Waterfront Cottage with own Beach and Stunning Views Across The Clyde

** Please check the location to be sure there's not a ferry crossing between the cottage and the rest of your plans. The location is in Toward, near Dunoon, on the Cowal Peninsula. It sometimes shows as Isle of Bute in searches as it's so close, but it is across the water! **

Bihar is an exeptionally bright cottage set in mature gardens running down to its own pink rocky beach on the Firth of Clyde.

It's impossible not to relax with the ever changing stunning view of the tidal waters, the passing Bute ferries, military ships, submarines and summer cruise ships. Many hours can be passed watching the magically calming view.

Entered via the long gravel drive with easy parking for multiple vehicles, Bihar is a charming cottage of maybe 100 years, operating as a holiday cottage for most of these years.

The entrance hall leads on to a ground floor twin bedroom and small double bedroom, both with views across the water, served by the ground floor family bathroom.

There is a large open plan living and dining room with windows to 3 sides and magnificent views across the water to Wemyss bay. In addition to the central heating, there is a wonderful log burner that can really belt out the heat on a winter evening spent slouching on the huge tartan sofa, or playing the tuned Yamaha U1 piano.

The well equipped kitchen includes a dishwasher, electric hob, electric fan oven and fridge freezer.

A small laundry room off the kitchen offers a further sink, plus washing machine and tumble drier.

Upstairs is a large bedroom with the best views in the house, a king sized bed and a small en suite shower and WC. There would be plenty of room for a couple of camp beds or similar in this room. Just ask and we can arrange.

Being further down the peninsula from Dunoon, Toward is on flatter ground and on a sunny day (it's often sunnier than the forecast!) offers sunshine all day long and into the evening. The midgies are less fond of Toward too as there are fewer trees and a slight breeze keeps them more under control than in many parts of the West coast.

Despite it's remote location, Bihar can be reached by public transport with the 489 bus meeting the Dunoon CalMac passenger ferry (see West Coast Motors Timetable) many times per day. The bus will stop where you ask the driver to, so you can get door to door service.

The water side garden has two hanging egg chairs to while away the hours, plus several ordinary chairs a couple of recliners and 2 tables. There is also a chiminea and coal BBQ.

There's no shop, pub, supermarket, nightclub or helipad in Toward itself, but 2 miles up the road in Innellan are 2 good pub/restaurants and a Post Office shop. Another 5 miles further up the road to Dunoon where there are pubs, restaurants, supermarkets and a cute cinema.

It's a great place to relax.

(Licence applied for ref 230930-000081)

Property manager

Patrick
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Languages

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Amenities

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Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 2 total)
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted
Please do not flush nappies down the toilets. The pipes are too small and will block, possibly blocking the outlet for 3 houses on the row.

Important information

You need to know

This property is managed by a private host (a party not acting within their trade, business or profession). EU consumer law, including the right of withdrawal, will not apply to your booking. The cancellation policy set by the private host will cover your booking.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

We should mention

A car is recommended for transport to and from this property

About the area

Dunoon

Located in Dunoon, this holiday home is in a rural area and on the waterfront. Castle Toward Residential School and Castle House Museum are local landmarks, and some of the area's attractions include Benmore Botanic Garden and Funworld Leisure. Quadmania and Ardencraig Gardens are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with kayaking and windsurfing nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with horse riding and hunting.
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Toward

What's nearby

  • Castle Toward Residential School - 5 min drive - 3.5 km
  • Dunoon Ferry Terminal - 10 min drive - 10.1 km
  • Rothesay Ferry Terminal - 60 min drive - 55.4 km
  • Rothesay Castle - 60 min drive - 55.3 km
  • Mount Stuart - 70 min drive - 63.9 km

Getting around

  • Dunoon Station - 14 min drive
  • Glasgow International Airport (GLA) - 81 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Seaview Cafe - ‬50 min drive
  • ‪Wemyss Bay Station Bar - ‬50 min drive
  • ‪Rock Cafe - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Cafe Riva - ‬47 min drive
  • ‪Station Cafe - ‬50 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is Waterfront Cottage with own Beach and Stunning Views Across The Clyde pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 2 total).

What time is check-in at Waterfront Cottage with own Beach and Stunning Views Across The Clyde?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Waterfront Cottage with own Beach and Stunning Views Across The Clyde?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Waterfront Cottage with own Beach and Stunning Views Across The Clyde located?

Situated on the waterfront, this holiday home is 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Castle Toward Residential School and within 9 miles (15 km) of Castle House Museum and Dunoon Ferry Terminal. The Queens Hall and Cowal Golf Club are also within 9 miles (15 km).

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 106 out of 115 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 8 out of 115 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 1 out of 115 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 115 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 115 reviews

9.8/10

Cleanliness

6.0/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.0/10

Eco-friendliness

10/10

Check-in

10/10

Communication

9.8/10

Location

10/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Paul C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

First class accommodation

The accommodation was very spacious, clean, and ideal for a family with a dog. The garden was large and very suitable for children and pets, and ideal for outside activity - play, relaxing and eating. The location was perfect, with beautiful views, close to safe walks, and exploring the shore, as well as being just a 15 minute drive from the town of Dunoon with supermarket, cafes, restaurants, and shops.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Weekend break

We had a wonderful stay in Toward. The location of the cottage is idyllic, and it was sometimes hard to do anything other than watch the water and the birds and ships passing by. But walking around the shoreline and exploring Dunoon were worth the effort and we found good local places to eateffort.atshoreline arouheadland
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kerry S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Toward

Had a great time here, lovely views, house was perfect for us, great location for a peaceful break, hope to return again soon.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Excellent Experience

Wet and windy, Warm inside
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ildiko M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Amazing cottage next to The Clyde

This place is for people who love peace and quiet and privacy, we do. Noise from the road is almost minimal, perhaps if you sit in the front garden but we spent all time in the back garden watching sunrises, ships passing by, listening to bird songs early morning, fishing from the private beach. Location worked well for us, we used our car to get around, nearest supermarket is in Dunoon about 15 minutes drive away. The property is well maintained, decorated, comfortably furnished, heating, WiFi works perfectly, kitchen is fully equipped, l couldn’t find fault. The en-suite master bedroom upstairs is amazing with stunning view to The Clyde. Having two bathrooms is very convenient, although it was just two of us, house would be suitable for two couples as well. Outdoor space and private beach area is awesome. We drove up to Oban, Loch Lomond, Callander, I wish we could’ve stayed longer. Communication with Patrick was great, also check in/check out info. Thank you for having us.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Martin S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Relaxing Holiday

We enjoyed our stay very much in this beautiful house, a very relaxing experience in a comfortable environment.There is not a lot that hasn't been thought about by Patrick the host, making our stay in this beautiful part of Scotland so pleasurable, we will return. Thank you. time of yearof year,
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jenny W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic!

We absolutely loved our stay at Bihar! The house is wonderful (so many high quality amenities) and the view even better. The weather was quite bad, so the house was a bit cold, but fine with a bit of heating turned on. Nevertheless, we took a couple of dips in the water. We saw seals and submarines, unfortunately no dolphins or porpoises.
Stayed 14 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Elaine H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gina L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Scenic Location

Beautiful part of the country. Amazing views over Firth of Clyde and beyond the Holy Loch with the Kyles of Bute in the opposite direction. Fantastic spacious cottage with everything you could need and stunning views from the lounge and upstairs master bedroom. The cottage has a lovely feel to it with large gardens front and back with access to the pebble shoreline. Just love the area around Dunoon. Patrick is also a great host.
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rhona I.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fab

Absolutely loved our holiday nice and peaceful beautiful views, although it tells you no shop or restaurant just few miles up the road there is the royal bar and the Osborne hotel which both serve food we eat in both, we also did pucks glen walk was amazing worth a visit, Patrick the host was very helpful nothing a bother for him, had to contact him a couple of times and found out he was on holiday felt really bad, but didn’t bother him at all, would definitely go back
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great to be back

Our 4th year in a row. It’s a lovely house, in a perfect location. 10/10
Stayed 7 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Simon

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, communication
Stunning view across the Clyde. Very quiet with large gardens The rear garden leading down to the waters edge but not fenced in, if you're bringing a dog. Beds & bedding extremely comfortable. Well equipped kitchen. Enjoyed learning to play the piano & listening to music on the surround sound system.
Stayed 14 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Julie F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Lovely clean cottage

The cottage was spotless and well equipped with binoculars, piano, kitchen equipment to bake, roast and barbecue. Good for disabled as ground floor bedroom and toilet facility. We had a great break, with our daughter and dogs, enjoying walks locally.
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pauline U.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family getaway 😁

The accommodation and location was brilliant for us as we love the outdoors. It was my daughter’s 19th birthday and she wanted to get away with friend and family before going traveling. My eldest daughter came with her boyfriend who are both in their final year of Uni doing Ocean science and Marine Conservation, they spent hours at the bottom of the garden in the rock pools and surprised how much they found. We all went squad biking on her birthday which is highly recommended. There are some fantastic walks, lakes for paddle boarding and pubs with really friendly locals. Then back to lovely accommodation with a log fire, really relaxing atmosphere and very well equipped. We would highly recommend and we hope to be back very soon x
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lesley M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stunning

Property amazing. Garden amazing. View amazing. Really comfy bed. Fully equipped kitchen. Videos and games to use. Real fire. Clean. Host lovely and easy to contact. Couldn’t really ask for anything more. Would definitely recommend Thank you.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Amanda M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Toward stay at Bihar

Toward was a quiet holiday but i was aware of this prior to booking and it was just what i needed. We did have to call the host when we arrived as the TV was not working and he came to the house the next morning, early, to mend the issue. Excellent attention. The house could do with a booklet, explaining heating, TV controls and hob wirking instructions. It may also be useful for a light at the back door, as i could not see my dog when he went out.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Louise B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

5 star property within all the elements

Bihar cottage is absolutley fantastic, well equipped kitchen, cosy living area with log fire, surround sound and a tuned piano which we adored playing. The beds are SUPER comfortable. The most special aspect is the back door which opens up to a large garden leading down to the sea. if you like a cold swim this is perfect for you. The sun rises behind the mountains in the distance. Very relaxing holiday. Would highly recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kevin L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Bihar

Our 4th visit to bihar and it has never disappointed, the perfect place to get away from it all and take in the stunning view, our dog loved the huge gardens and also the water, its his disneyland! We'll definitely be back
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Saifullah A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Mr Saif

It was short trip, my family really enjoyed, it was much relaxing, property location is very nice and beautiful view. I would like to go back again in future.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sarah T.

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Bidha

We had an excellent stay the cottage was very well equipped, comfortable beds and large rooms we would definitely stay here again
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

karen k.

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Perfect

A wonderful stay over the Christmas period. Views are so peaceful. Everything you could possibly need was provided . Hoist was fab. Any questions answered so promptly. Didn't want to leave. Will definitely be back. The only thing I forgot to ask the Hoist was i required snow Christmas Day. 😊
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

shirley F.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

What a view

We stayed for 6 nights, with family and 2 labs. The house is warm, cosy well equipped. The view from every room at the back of the house is fantastic. The dogs loved the garden which led down to a rocky beach. I enjoyed a cup of tea in the morning watching the ferries passing. The house is in a perfect location to explore Argyll. Would highly recommend to all.
Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Aileen M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Bihar

Lovely week away! Beautiful house in a great location. Stunning views of the Clyde. Had a great time watching submarines and ships sail past. Great walks from the house too and only a short drive from Dunoon for essentials. Would definitely go again.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Veronica B.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Fantastic Stay

Had the best weekend in this beautiful cottage with stunning garden views. This property was the most well equipped we’ve ever stayed in, loads of space and storage and look forward to hopefully returning at some point in the future. Highly recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Alan p.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

September in the sun

Loved the cottage and location.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2023

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