The Perfect Staycation in Oban This Year

Planning your Oban Staycation 

Last year The Middle Aged Man shared his Glasgow to Oban Staycation experience. Here’s a quick recap of his trip:

“After a leisurely and scenic drive from Glasgow we arrived at our accommodation for the two nights, the Perle Oban Hotel, which is a luxury hotel, set a stone’s throw from the towns harbour. The hotel is set in a beautiful Victorian era building but designed with modern panache. Unfortunately due to time constraints and pre made bookings we didn’t get the opportunity to visit the hotels very own Café Bar (Brew & Co) or their BAAB Meze & Grill restaurant but from looking at the menu’s they are definitely something we’d like to try at some point. Throughout our stay the staff were friendly and helpful, catering for any needs that we had. Our room was a standard double but it was fairly large in size with high ceilings and an art deco inspired theme. The bed itself was super comfortable and little touches like the Nespresso machine & Bose docking system made our stay all the more enjoyable.”

 

Day 1: “After dropping our luggage in the room, we headed out, and took the steep but short stroll up to McCaig’s Tower which is a prominent monument and viewpoint overlooking Oban and the surrounding islands. After a bit of photography and posing we headed down and took a walk along the long and winding seafront pathway, taking in Oban’s War Memorial and views of Dunollie Castle, which unfortunately was shut to visitors when we visited.”Day 2: “The next morning after a well-earned kip, we grabbed some breakfast to go from a local café, jumped in the car and took the 15-minute drive from Oban to Beinn Lora for a Birthday hill walk. Beinn Lora sits to the North of Oban in a little village called Benderloch, and even although it only measures 308 metres high, it is a great little walk with some steep gradients to get your heart beating and temperature rising as well as some seriously boggy ground to navigate your way over. After about 2 hours of walking we reached the summit and thankfully the fog cleared to allow us breath-taking views over Argyle & Bute.”

“After our successful refuelling, we took a drive back into Oban, and then along the coastal road, to Ganavan Bay. As if we hadn’t done enough walking where we took a walk along the cycle path to the village of Dunbeg and back which took about an hour and was an effective way to burn off some of the tray bake we had over indulged in at lunch.

After another evening in our lovely accommodation it was sadly time for us to head back to Glasgow to prepare to go back to work after the Xmas break. Our trip to Oban will life long in the memory both for the fact that I was celebrating my birthday, but also the fact that we had great accommodation, had explored the great outdoors & had some culinary treats along the way.”

BOOK YOUR STAYCATION AT PERLE OBAN

To find out more about booking a  staycation  in Oban at Perle Oban contact our team at stay@perleoban.com or visit our  seasonal offers.