Ballat Smithy Cottage

4.9 out of 5

94 reviews

0% recommend

4.7 location

4.9 staff/service

5 cleanliness

4.9 facilities


Guest from Southampton
26th April, 2025

5.0 of 5

What a fantastic little cottage!! I booked the cottage for a base whilst a friend and I covered the first couple of legs of the West Highland Way and the location was ideal for this and local amenities along with our dedicated driver to drop us off and pick up at the end of our daily treks. Superbly equipped and a beautiful touch with the welcome pack including bread cheese bacon and eggs to start us off. Immaculately lean and all in all a fantastic place . Thank you Anne

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Tips for other travellers
Clachan Inn at Drymen is great and the larger hotel for evening meals. The Skoosh cafe at Drymen for breakfast to if you’re not cooking for yourself.

Guest from Maidenhead
31st December, 2024

5.0 of 5

Clean, cosy, comfy, well equipped cottage. Friendly Host. Excellent pre arrival information. Excellent welcome pack of food on arrival. Would stay again.

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Tips for other travellers
A couple of pubs a short drive away in Drymen that do food.
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Owner Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review your stay; I'm glad you enjoyed your time here. It was a pleasure to meet you and I hope you'll keep us in mind for the future.


Guest from
20th October, 2024

4.8 of 5

Ideal cottage in a great location for visiting this beautiful area, beautiful welcome pack of local and homemade products and a lovely home made loaf of bread. The bike store is very useful. Anne is very welcoming and friendly. We visited for our honeymoon for a week from 12/10/2024. We were lucky with the weather and the autumn colours were breathtaking. The road is busy but didn’t disturb us or cause any issues and we would definitely recommend and stay again. Thank you Anne. Doug and Jackie Atherton

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Tips for other travellers
Recommend the steam boat trip on loch Katrina the walk up conic hill, a visit to Luss and a lovely meal at Gargunnock Inn about 15 mins drive away.we also cycled from Aberfoyle on one of the marked cycle tracks which is recommended.

Guest from Dartford
26th September, 2024

5.0 of 5

Lovely, clean & comfortable cottage in a central location near Loch Lomond - very handy for visiting the beautiful surrounding areas. Anne was very helpful and there if we needed advice. It was "home from home" with everything we needed. Thank you.

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Would Recommend: Yes
Tips for other travellers
Drymen - lovely village with various pubs, some with live music. Killearn, nice village - Oscars Cafe on the way to Milngavie. Milngavie - handy for Glasgow train for theatre and "Kelvin" museum. The Hillhouse by Rennie MacIntosh - Helensburgh The heated outdoor lido at Gourock (also, nearby ferries go to the islands) Luss pretty + boat trip on Loch Seaplane flight from Cameron House, Loch Lomond. Beautiful Callander and the Antiques/Crafts at Doune.
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Owner Response

Thank you very much for taking the time to review your stay, and for your lovely comments. It was a pleasure to meet you and I'm delighted to hear that you enjoyed your time here. I hope you'll keep us in mind for the future.