Hotel of the Week: The Fife Arms – Scottish Highlands, Aberdeenshire

If you think that Scottish hotels, especially ones close to The Queen’s beloved Balmoral Castle, are set in their ways, then get ready to have your preconceptions turned inside out, upside down and round and round in a whirl. The Fife Arms, opened earlier this year, in the heart of Braemar, is Instagram gold. Its interiors by Russell Sage recall the busy, eclectic taste of the Victorian era, with the richest of wallpapers, brocades, velvets, taxidermy and grandfather clocks – full of interest and yet never fusty. The art, courtesy of its owners, international gallerists Iwan and Manuela Wirth, is simply amazing: a Picasso dominates the tartan-walled drawing room; there’s a Lucien Freud, a Louise Bourgeois spider, an extraordinary ceiling by Zhang Enli, a flying stag with swan’s wings in the bar. Locals congregate here: The Fife Arms is first and foremost a place of hospitality and you will eat, drink, relax and sleep here as well as in any traditional, comforting Scottish hotel. Just don’t forget your camera.

Doubles from £130
+ 44 (0)1339 720200; thefifearms.com

TIP

SEE

Ask The Fife Arms’ ghillie (aka Concierge) Ros Evans (to be found in the front hall at her own desk) to arrange for you get out in the incredible Highland landscape, there are plenty of hiking trails, rewarded by heart-stopping views over the Upper Dee Valley.

EAT

Much of the cooking in The Clunie Dining Room takes places over the open flames of a fire pit, designed by the ground-breaking Swedish Michelin-starred chef Niklas Eckstedt – and cooked by one of his chefs who has come to live in Braemar.

BUY

The Fife Arms shop features unique creations from some incredible Scottish makers, including designer and weaver Araminta Campbell, who has created the house tartan for The Fife Arms, used in the bedrooms and even on the walls of the Drawing Room.   Invest in a deliciously warm Fife Arms tartan Lambswool Blanket, made in Scotland, 140 x 180 cm – £250, or a Lambswool Shawl, made in Scotland – £110.

NOTA BENE

The Fife Arms was officially opened in January 2019 by TRH The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay (as they are known in Scotland – aka The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall)

Want to find out more? Visit the hotel’s website.

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Great British & Irish Hotels / C&TH’s Guide to Hot New Hotels for 2019 / 10 of the Best Homestays in London

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