Fairmont St. Andrews

Perched on a clifftop with sweeping views across St Andrews Bay, Fairmont St Andrews sits about ten minutes from the Old Course and the town centre, giving guests easy reach of "the Home of Golf" without staying right in it. Two championship courses, the Torrance and the Kittocks, make full use of the coastal setting, with rolling fairways and sea views that stay testing without punishing the average club golfer. The hotel itself brings genuine five-star scale: spacious rooms with sea or course views, several restaurants and bars, a full spa, indoor pool and gym. It suits groups and couples equally well, especially where not everyone in the party wants to spend the whole trip on the course.