The Fife Arms — Braemar, United Kingdom
About The Fife Arms
Once, Braemar was a pitstop en route to Balmoral, where royal Brits spent (and still spend) their summers. Groupies and royals alike came and went through the little town, often staying at the Fife Arms. The entourage made for some notable historical guests even before the hotel was transformed into a lavish arts-and-tartans hunting lodge in the 2010s: today, it's an arts hotel where Picassos mingle with boarheads and the ambiance is otherworldly, and worth visiting on its own. Nevertheless, all that velvelt and leather makes it strikingly easy to daydream about Robert Louis Stevenson writing parts of Treasure Island here; today, there's also a room themed around romantic poet, Lord Byron, and the hotel features tribute rooms for other Scottish notables like Sir Walter Scott and Nan Shepherd. The Braemar Literary Festival is hosted at the hotel annually, and the maximalism that oozes of…
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While newly styled, all rooms are distinct and fabulous.
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Mar Road, Braemar, Aberdeenshire AB35 5YN, United Kingdom