The Gleneagles Hotel
Perthshire & Gleneagles · Edinburgh & Scotland
A sense of the place
Why it's in the collection
Because an estate of 850 acres in Perthshire has kept, since 1924, three championship courses, the 2014 Ryder Cup and a hotel that holds five-star standing here – about an hour from Edinburgh and outside the city.
- Opened in 1924 at Auchterarder, in Perthshire, on an estate of 850 acres, billed at the time as the 'Riviera in the Highlands'; independent. About an hour from Edinburgh and some fifty minutes from its airport: not in the city.
- 205 rooms and 28 suites; three championship golf courses and the 2014 Ryder Cup. Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star 2026 for the hotel.
- Three MICHELIN Keys in the 2025 selection – on which it holds five-star standing here.
The neighborhood
Perthshire & Gleneagles
The Gleneagles estate, about an hour to the north, with one of the four hotels: the only one not in Edinburgh. Out of the city, the area takes in Strathearn and Auchterarder, the estate's golf courses, the Ochil Hills to the south and the Highlands to the north.
- Strathearn and the Ochil Hills, around the estate.
- Perth and Stirling, about half an hour by car each.
- Edinburgh and its airport, about an hour to the south.
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