What Makes Poppies Hotel A Different Destination?
 Special Occasions
If you're seeking a very special venue in which to host a family occasion or a business gathering, then look no further than the superb private space at Poppies Hotel.
 Our Restaurant
Savour informal dining at its very best...complemented – tastefully - by great wines, carefully and expertly chosen to blend with the food.
 Our Dining
We passionately believe in our food at Poppies Hotel. We also believe you need to feel good to enjoy a great dining experience to the full and we are sure that you will enjoy our delightful, informal, stylish yet easy friendly atmosphere.
 Our Setting
The hotel’s quiet rural village location makes it irresistible as an alternative to the city for that quiet, personal, refreshing Scottish guest experience.
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loch katrine
The Trossachs, a land of shimmering lochs and craggy peaks, where the Highlands meet the Lowlands.
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Weekend breaks in Scotland are possibly the most popular leisure travel product in the UK
Due to its inaccessibility, the beauty of Loch Katrine was little known to those who did not live there until Sir Walter Scott published his poem "The Lady of the Lake" in 1810. After that, it became a favourite place to visit not just by tourists from abroad but by Scots living in the Lowlands of Scotland.
Loch Katrine is eight miles long and an average of one mile wide and flanked by mountains on all sides. There is a visitor centre at Trossachs Pier at the eastern end of the loch and another pier at Stronachlachar towards the western end. The steam ship Sir Walter Scott takes tourists on cruises and trips on the loch - the morning trip plies between Trossachs Pier and Stronachlachar while in the afternoon a shorter cruise of about an hour covers about half the length of the loch.
The SS Sir Walter Scott was built in 1899 at Denny on the Clyde at Dumbarton, sailed up the river Leven to Loch Lomond, then dismantled and transferred to Loch Katrine. Now the oldest surviving screw-steamer in regular service in Scotland. A diesel-powered replacement is unlikely because of the risk of contamination to the water. The engine room of the venerable ship is open for all to see and a feature is just how quiet the vessel is.
There is also a road from Trossachs Pier to Stronachlachar but it is for walking, cycling and electric vehicles only (on hire for the disabled at the visitor centre).
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