Architects and entrepreneurs, James Ross Mitchell and Carolina Larrazábal, are Mint Croft’s current cottages owners and split their time between Skye and Nairobi, Kenya, where they have built a strong practice of innovative, environmental building design.
Many who stay at Mint Croft are celebrating special occasions, like honeymoons, anniversaries or birthdays, or have travelled from the other side of the world or nearer to home to experience the Scottish Highlands and islands. Whatever the reason, our doors are open and we look forward to greeting you warmly!
For me there is nothing quite like breathing in the salty air coming from the sea on a clear, crisp day or cosying up inside and feeling the magnificent power of an incoming storm.
That’s what excites me about our home at Mint Croft Isle of Skye. When I first came to see it, it made me feel at peace just like the place I grew up in Spain. Like so many places on Skye, there is a magical quality to our place in Geary.
It’s important to me that our guests feel that same sense of peace and magic when they visit.
Carolina
My family are from the Isle of Skye, and my great-great grandfather, James Ross, ran the Broadford Hotel in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century from where he is credited with creating the widely loved drink, Drambuie.
Our place in Geary is not just a home but also a creative studio for us to spend time each year. As we welcome others to spend time here, even if only for a few nights, we hope that they sense that Mint Croft and the misty isle it sits on is a very unique place.
It’s a place where even the smallest of things can leave you awestruck, where you’re greeted warmly, and where you feel utterly enchanted from the first moment and until you leave.
James
