From a hotly anticipated city outpost from a Scottish grande dame, to a Miami-feel five-star seaside affair in Dorset, here are six of the UK’s best new check-ins to check out.
Gleneagles Townhouse, Edinburgh
Gleneagles Townhouse brings golden-age glamour to Edinburgh
(Gleneagles Townhouse)
When it comes to Scottish grande dames, none are grander than Perthshire’s Gleneagles. Now, the brand’s much-anticipated city debut, Gleneagles Townhouse, has touched down, adding a flourish of golden-age glamour to Edinburgh’s St Andrews Square.
The former Bank of Scotland HQ has been revamped by Ennismore Design Studio into a 33-room hotel and members’ club, centred around stop-you-in-your-tracks restaurant, The Spence. Worth donning your glad rags for, it’s an elegant space with marble columns, gilded touches, and an Art Deco-style bar under a wow factor glass dome. Here, Chef Jonny Wright’s brasserie-style dishes showcase ‘Scotland’s natural larder’ produce – think sika deer haunch with asparagus, morel penne, and wild mushroom tart with goats curd.
For fine whiskies and flutes of Champagne, there’s rooftop bar Lamplighters (for members and residents only) and wellness facilities – including a cryotherapy chamber and infra red sauna – will arrive soon.
On-point bedrooms are rich in Georgian touches, fusing canopied beds in corals, fern greens and pastel yellows with antique rugs and wooden floors. The best have St Andrews Square views and freestanding tubs, while attic-style Nook rooms are delightfully cosy.
From £495, room only; gleneagles.com/townhouse
Marine Troon, Troon
Marine Troon makes for a great golfing break
(Marine Troon)
Another Scottish escape, which is set to have golf enthusiasts’ hearts aflutter, is Marine Troon. The 19th-century brick countryside pile in Ayrshire, and former Marine Hotel, has views out to the frequent host of The Open, Royal Troon course, and 89 rooms sporting a fresh new look after a makeover by golf destination-led Marine & Lawn Hotels & Resorts.
Decor riffs not only on Troon’s golfing links, but also its seaside locale, brought to life in bedrooms with woven seagrass chandeliers, seersucker chairs and oceanic toile wallpaper, maritime artwork and thistle-adorned bathroom mirrors.
The lobby has a clubhouse feel, with navy velvet, cognac leathers and rustic wood, and there’s also a spa with indoor heated pool, squash court and seaweed-infused Ishga treatments, including a ‘Golfer’s Deep Tissue Massage’…
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