Highland sporting hideaway
Open peat fires, wood-paneled libraries, and honesty bars stocked with single malts create an intimate sporting retreat beside Royal Dornoch.
What it’s good at
Notable
Personalized Highland sporting hospitality with bespoke country pursuits, Italian Frette linens, and attentive fireplace drams.
Notable
An 1843 Sutherland sandstone Free Church manse carefully restored into an intimate Highland country retreat.
Notable
Immersed in Highland sporting life, from Royal Dornoch fairway views to menus spotlighting Sutherland game.
What they say
One Michelin Key
Michelin
As golf hotels go, it’s on the small side, just 15 rooms, and it’s got personality for days…
Somewhere quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
The first tee of Royal Dornoch Championship Course sits just one hundred yards away, with Dornoch Beach a short stroll further.
The rooms
Named for Scottish salmon rivers, rooms feature custom Highland tweeds, fly-fishing reel door handles, heated marble floors, and Frette bed linens.
Treatments
- Treatments
- In-room beauty and spa treatments arranged via partnership with local Aspen Spa.
At the table
MARA highlights local Highland seafood and game. Afternoon tea and private dinners are served beside roaring hearths.
How it began
Built in 1843 as a Free Church manse, the decaying sandstone estate was rescued and restored into a luxury sporting lodge.
Good to know
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The medals
Gold
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Silver
Brilliant execution. And we’re picky.
Bronze
They did this well. You’ll notice.
Listed
A defining trait. Makes the hotel what it is.
The eight vibes
Design
Built around a vision. Even the door handles have a designer.
Luxe
Cared for at every turn. The bath is drawn before you ask.
Local
It could only be here. You wake up knowing where you are.
Social
Where the city goes out. The bar is full and the night is young.
Heritage
A building with a story. Once a palace, a monastery, a station.
Wellness
You leave feeling new. Rest, sweat, soak and sleep like a stone.
Classic
The city grew up with it. Same rituals, same regulars, same bar.
Resort
A world of its own. Something to do from breakfast to nightcap.
The scene
Lively
Where things happen: restaurants, shops, people.
Central
Well-located: walkable to some things, a short ride to more.
Quiet
Away from the crowds. Getting around takes intention.
Secluded
A place apart: the property is the destination.