“Delightful luxury hotel set on one of Scotland's most picturesque links golf courses. Rooms have a distinctly Scottish feel with tweed headboards and tartan patterned quilts. The fine dining restaurant serves an ever changing menu of locally sourced delights and an extensive range of wines. ”
“Delightful luxury hotel set on one of Scotland's most picturesque links golf courses. Rooms have a distinctly Scottish feel with tweed headboards and tartan patterned quilts. The fine dining restaurant serves an ever changing menu of locally sourced delights and an extensive range of wines. ”
Hotel Review
Right next door to the Royal Dornoch Golf Course, Links House is ideally positioned for golf lovers, but this 180 year old manse house is much more than just a golfing destination. It’s also a luxury highlands resort, with a fine dining restaurant MARA, cosy bar, and a sandy beach just steps away. The hotel consists of three buildings, where bedrooms, suites and apartments house tartan clad furniture, luxury bathrooms, and manor house décor. Wood panelling, art and antiques, and original fireplaces, make each room and apartment feel like a home. An hour’s drive from Inverness, Links House offers the use of fishing tackle, bikes, and a tour of the gardens where produce is grown especially for the restaurant’s menu. All that’s missing is a spa, but with views like these and the sea lapping the shore just beyond the golf course, relaxation arrives naturally.
Written by Hugh Graham-Watson
Recommended For
- Active Holiday
- With golf on the doorstep, walking, shooting and fishing close by, it's the perfect spot for a weekend of country sports.
- Country Escape
- After a long day outdoors, head in to the roaring fires and cosy sofas of the library and sitting room.
- Fishing
- Great salmon fishing in the surrounding areas such as on the river Carron and Helmsdale.
- Riding
- Guided horse riding along the Dornoch Firth can be organised by the hotel.
- Great walks
- Beautiful walking in the surrounding Highland countryside.
- Golf
- Adjacent to the first tee of Royal Dornach Golf Course.
- Foodies
- Fine dining restaurant MARA
- Luxury
- Good wine list
- Full of character
- 5* Luxury
- Village
- Restaurant
Facilities
- Parking
- Free parking on site
- Good wine list
- Fireplace
- Outdoor dining
- Library
- Bar
- Wifi
- Satellite / Cable TV
- Suites
- Sitting Room
- Garden
- Restaurant
Activities
- Fishing
- Great salmon fishing in the surrounding areas such as on the river Carron and Helmsdale.
- Riding
- Guided horse riding along the Dornoch Firth can be organised by the hotel.
- Great walks
- Beautiful walking in the surrounding Highland countryside.
- Golf
- Adjacent to the first tee of Royal Dornach Golf Course.
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10 of the best Scottish escapes
"After a windswept walk on the beach at Royal Dornoch, one of the prettiest spots on the north-east coast, sink into a bespoke tweed sofa by the roaring fire in the wood-panelled library of this elegant manse with a warming dram."
Originally published by The Guardian (view article)
