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Home Smoked Lobster; Whiskey’s; Braid House Room;
Dormy Restaurant with open views across the golf course
Rarely do you find courses in such
glorious locations that are backed
up by hotel facilities and standards
of such superb quality
highlight of your stay. Scottish food is only one Cup in 2014, and offers all you could ask from a
choice among others, not to mention the depth day’s golf. And then there are the 6,741-yard
and range of the hotel’s wine cellars. King’s Course, and the 5,965-yard Queen’s.
Dinner might be taken in the Strathearn Condé Nast readers voted Gleneagles the best
restaurant, with its magnificent views over the place in Scotland to play golf and it’s not difficult
estate and could be perhaps seared scallops to see why. Rarely do you find courses in such
with a fine herb risotto or a tian of Arbroath glorious locations that are backed up by hotel
Smokie followed by a Tournedos of Scottish facilities and standards of such superb quality.
beef fillet or Scottish lobster. At the Golf Academy players of all levels of
Alternatively try Andrew Fairlie’s ability are able to improve their game with the
eponymous restaurant, the only 2 Michelin advice and help of highly qualified instructors,
Starred restaurant in Scotland, where the and there are special Golf Academy breaks
brilliant chef – a Scottish Chef of the Year – available as well as Tuition Breaks. But just in
offers temptations using supplies from both case you don’t happen to play golf yet still relish
French markets and local Scottish suppliers. the great outdoors in such a beautiful place.
His wonderful signature dish is smoked Gleneagles offers just about every possible
lobster, created by smoking the lobster shells activity in its place. Walking and hiking, fishing, off-
over old whisky barrels for up to 12 hours. road driving and even a gun dog school are
Andrew also offers a fabulous ‘degustation’ available. And if you don’t want to exercise, why
menu of seven courses. not take one of the hotel’s superb chauffeur-
Gleneagles is nothing if not flexible, allowing driven tours of the area, which are very popular
guests to plan their own schedule and in this vein with first time visitors to Scotland.
Deseo is a casual, colourful ’Mediterranean Food Gleneagles also offers year-round spa breaks
Market,’ where throughout the day various food in its fabulous spa with fully equipped gym, pools,
stations offer a wonderful variety of dishes with Turkish bath and a lovely range of treatments. In
lovely, clean Mediterranean flavours. fact, Gleneagles is the hotel for all seasons in the
There is, of course, no question that many twenty first century: seamlessly blending all that is
visitors are at Gleneagles primarily for its golf. The best of its classic traditions with the state of the art
PGA Centenary course will host the 40th Ryder in contemporary luxury hotels.
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