Braemar, Aberdeenshire
A Victorian coaching inn in the Cairngorms, transformed by art dealers Iwan and Manuela Wirth into one of the most extraordinary hotels in the world. There is a Picasso in the drawing room and a Lucian Freud in the hall.
It is wildly eccentric, beautifully done and close to Balmoral, should one wish to drop in. Dogs are welcome, and the Flying Stag bar is a proper Highland pub.
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