Location

Auchterarder. Between Perth and Stirling. One hours drive from Edinburgh and Gasgow Airport.

 

Facilities

233 luxurious bedrooms of which 16 are exclusively decorated suites.

These include:

Royal LochnagarSuite. Royalty, heads of state and celebrities have experienced the sheer luxury of this suite.

Whisky Suites.These have outstanding views of the Glendevon Valley or the main driveway up to the hotel. They have separate sitting rooms with a dining area ideal for a leisurely breakfast or for private cocktails and dinner parties. The Whisky suites are ideal honeymoon suites too!

Estate. Which are generous in size,most with king sized beds. Fine views over the beautiful Gleneaglesestate, some looking towards Glendevon. Somehave balconies and air conditioning

Sovereign. These are luxury hotel rooms. Some havetheir own sitting area andothers arecomfortably-sized rooms. Most looking out over the grounds and gardens. Many of the double rooms have king sized beds.

Classic. Smaller inner-facing bedrooms in subtle, yet dramatic, colours with sensual fabrics that provide the finest comforts and the ultimate in relaxation. Many of the rooms have spacious bathrooms.

Room amenities:

• 2-line direct Dial Telephone with dataport & voicemail
• Terry Cloth bathrobes
• Remote colour television (cable & satellite)
• Hairdryer
• Minibar
• Trouser Press
• Ensuite bath & showers
• King size beds (on request)
• Tea & Coffee
• Safe
• Modem access
• Iron & Board
• Slippers
• Toiletries
• Umbrella
• Interactive TV
• Internet access
• Email access
• On screen hotel information
• Scheduled films
• Courses status
• Wake up call
• Games
• Travel information
• Daily news
• Room service menu
• View Bill
• On screen messages
• Free access to www.gleneagles.com
• Some rooms also have CD players, Videos or DVD players.

Restaurants & Bars.

• Scottish Chef of the year, Andrew Fairlie, creates signature dishes in his intimate, two Michelin-starred restaurant, where every detail has been carefully planned to create a truly special experience - from the leather of the menus and innovative original art on the walls through to the specially selected French cheeses and Scottish-grown herbs.
• The Resort has a selection of bars where guests can relax and enjoy an extensive range of beverages. Each bar contains a selection of Scotch whiskies, including Royal Lochnagar and the Classic Malts. A whisky trolley, featuring 50 rare malts including single cask dated whiskies, is popular with guests. The whiskies are served in hand blown glasses which were exclusively designed for malt whiskies ~ their fluted shape accentuates the aroma and taste of the malt. Guests can also choose from a selection of exclusive Gleneagles' cocktails and an extensive wine list consisting of more than 250 wines.

The Taste of Scotland is always to be enjoyed from morning kippers or a fresh egg from a nearby farmhouse; scones and cream or Dundee cake for afternoon tea in The Bar to Angus beef, Scottish salmon, venison or Highland grouse for dinner.

Please be aware that smoking is no longer allowed throughout Gleneagles, including the bedrooms, restaurants, bars and public areas of the resort. Any guests wishing to smoke may do so in designated outdoor areas.

The Strathearn: This isa two rosette award winning restaurant with magnificent views across the estate. The service is stylish and the food is from a classical era.

The Club Restaurant. This is the place to enjoy a fun, action packed dining experience. Since its opening in1982, The Club restaurant has established itself as the alternative for breakfasts, lunch and dinner. Offering an ever changing selection of oak fired designer pizzas, steak grills, trendy salads and authentic Italian pastas touched with a scent of the Mediterranean, this is refreshingly different dining experience.

The Bar - Takes its inspiration from the Jazz Age and reflects Gleneagles timeless glamour while matching the mood of today. For many of our guests the social life of the Hotel revolves around this dramatic and theatrical room

The Dormy Clubhouse: There's no better way to relax after an exhausting round of golf, than by enjoying great beer, traditional British food and efficient service in our relaxed and comfortable clubhouse.

Indoor Activities
For some, a holiday is a chance to have a break from the everyday routine, to relax, to be pampered. Guests can use the indoor and outdoor facilities.

The Club's indoor facilities include:

• 20 metre length lap pool and leisure pool equipped with underwater jets
• outdoor hot pool
• sauna
• jacuzzi
• Turkish bath
• Spa
• fully equipped gymnasium
• aerobics dance studio
• squash court, with viewing gallery
  
• snooker room
  
• luxurious changing accommodation
  
• fitness exercise programme individually tailored.
  

The Spa

Gleneagles Hotel is currently listed as a Leading Spa. The Leading Hotels of the World established the Leading Spas designation as the benchmark for global luxury standards in the spa and hospitality industries. Of the 90 Leading Hotels that applied for the Leading Spas certification, 48 hotels met the requirements to be certified. Ease the body and soothe the mind - The Spa, provides cosseting, pampering, massage, aromatherapy, facial and body treatments, beauty care and therapeutic treatments, the innovative ESPA holistic programmes in life enhancement and unique organic healing and therapeutic Ytsara treatments.

• The Hotel`s Outdoor Activities include:
• lawn tennis court
• four all-weather tennis courts
  
• croquet
  
• putting
  
• pitch and putt
• walking
  
• jogging
  
• cycling
  
• equestrian
• shooting
• falconry
• off road driving
• chauffeur
• tours

General Information

   FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
 
How long does it take to get from Edinburgh or Glasgow airports to Gleneagles?  
About 50 minutes. Saltire Golf Holidays can arrange transfers to from /to airport.
Car hire can also be arranged at Edinburgh, Glasgow and Prestwick airports.
Do I need a handicap certificate to play the golf courses at Gleneagles?
No. The hotel takes the view that `everyone should enjoy the game of golf regardless of their playing ability`.
 
What time is check-in and check-out?
Check-in is from 2pm on the day of arrival. And check-out is by 12noon on the day of departure.

If we are doing a leisure activity in the morning of departure and have to check out before this activity where can we get changed back into smart clothes for travelling home?
The Club or The Dormy Clubhouse are ideal for this.

Where can I access my e-mails?
There are three areas which can be used for checking emails.
In the bedroom via your Interactive TV (a charge applies)
In the private e-boutique located on the ground floor of the hotel (free access)
The  Interactive leisure unit located in Braid lobby (free access)
The Braid lobby leisure unit is permanently connected to the Internet for free of charge Internet surfing.
 
Is smoking allowed in the restaurants?
Smoking is not allowed throughout Gleneagles, including the bedrooms, restaurants, bars and public areas of the resort.  Any guests wishing to smoke may do so in designated outdoor areas. 

Nearest Courses

 For those who are addicted to the game of golf, the Gleneagles Hotel golf resort offers the chance to play on the world's finest golf courses.
As well as the challenge of the King's, the secluded charms of the Queen's, or the nine hole Wee Course, there is the exceptional PGA Centenary Course created by Jack Nicklaus, venue for the 40th Ryder Cup matches in 2014. This is golf in Scotland at its best.
 
 King's Course (6741yards)
The King's Course, opened in 1919, is a masterpiece of design, which has tested the aristocracy of golf, both professional and amateur. James Braid's plan for the King's Course was to test even the best players' shot-making skills over the eighteen holes. When they play the King's the world's greatest golfers admire the cunning and craft with which he achieved that goal. You find out all about it with your first approach shot. If you have driven straight and long from the tee, you will have what looks like a simple pitch to the elevated green. But you must be sure to select the correct club, because the shot is always a little longer than you think, with the wind over the putting surface often stronger than you can feel it from the fairway. And if you do not make the severely sloping green, a bunker yawns twenty feet below. Selecting the right club for each approach shot is the secret on the King's. It is certainly one of the most beautiful and exhilarating places to play golf in the world, with the springy moorland turf underfoot, the sweeping views from the tees all around, the rock-faced mountains to the north, the green hills to the south, and the peaks of the Trossachs and Ben Vorlich on the western horizon. All the holes have evocative and pithy Scots names. For example, the fifth, "Het Girdle" (Hot Pan), is a challenging par 3 with trouble every-where except on the green, while 17th's name, "Warslin' Lea" (Wrestling Ground), reflects the difficulty so many golfers have had with this long, sweeping par 4.
 

Queen's Course (5965 yards)
The natural beauty of the Queen's Course inspires the world's most experienced players.  The Queen's Course, in its long history, has played host to some of the world's golfing greats.  The beautiful settings and the challenge of the golf have attracted such top golfers as Johnny Miller, Greg Norman, Seve Ballesteros, Tom Watson, and Lee Trevino, as well as great names from the entertainment and sports worlds including Sean Connery, Burt Lancaster, Bing Crosby, Jackie Stewart, and astronaut Alan Shepard (the only man to hit a golf shot on the moon).Threading through high ridges on the north and west sides of the estate, the Queen's offers lovely woodland settings, lochans and ditches as water hazards, as well as many moorland characteristics. At 3,192 yards long, the challenge of the first nine can be deceptive, with even some of the best players finding it a test to make par into a fresh south-westerly breeze.
Golfers should not be lulled into a sense of false security as they stand on the first tee. The "Trystin' Tree," or lover's meeting place, after which the hole is named, is a challenging opener. The ground falls away at their feet, the fairway swings round to the left and slopes towards the trees, and there are a couple of cunningly placed bunkers testing their approach into the miniscule green.

PGA Centenary Course (7088 yards)
The PGA Centenary Course, created by Jack Nicklaus, is a modern classic.
Even for a champion and acclaimed golf architect like Nicklaus, the PGA Centenary Course was a challenge. It had to be a great course and, set as it is in the heart of Scotland, the country that gave the world golf, Nicklaus described the course as "The finest parcel of land in the world I have ever been given to work with". It had to be unique in its challenge, a course in the modern design ethos that at its fullest stretch tests the greatest players, while, in the immortal phrase of Bobby Jones, "offering problems a man may attempt according to his ability... never hopeless for the lesser player nor failing to concern and interest the expert." From the back tees, the PGA Centenary Course measures 7,088 yards, the longest inland course in Scotland. However, the tees are graded at each hole in five stages, including a challenging 6,558 yards from the white markers down to 5,072 from the red. Fittingly, the PGA Centenary Course begins by playing southeast towards the famed glen of the eagles sweeping up the Ochil Hills to the summit of the pass below Ben Shee which joins it to Glendevon.  A feature of the PGA Centenary Course is the feast of views of the spectacular countryside in which Gleneagles is set. Putting on the two-tier second green the golfer may be distracted by the lush panorama of the rich Perthshire straths. Then  as s/he moves  westwards over the next few holes, the rugged Grampian Hills come into view on the right, then distantly purple ahead, Ben Vorlich and the mountains above the Trossachs.
 
The Wee Course - a 9 hole golf course
The name the "Wee Course" recalls the original nine hole course at Gleneagles which was constructed in the summer of 1928.  Designed by Head Greenkeeper, George Alexander, it complemented the already renowned King's and Queen's Courses, requiring neat play and offering a pleasant challenge.  Members of staff from Gleneagles Hotel carried out most of the work themselves, using turf produced by the hotel's nursery. Enjoyed by many, the Wee Course remained much as George Alexander had intended until 1974 when a further nine holes were added and the Prince's Course was formed. Now history repeats itself as the Wee Course has been resurrected mostly on the ground that formed the original course using turf from the Prince's greens.  Golf Courses and Estate Director James Kidd and his staff have built the course themselves, recapturing the spirit of George Alexander's design. The new Wee Course offers a happy combination of skill and enjoyment for golfers at every level.  Enjoy your game!

 NEARBY GOLF COURSES:
Ladybank (50 minutes), Scotscraig (1 hour), St. Andrews Old Course (70 minutes), Dukes Course (70 minutes), Carnoustie (70 minutes), Crail (75 minutes), Kingsbarns (80 minutes), Western Gailes (90 minutes), Glasgow Gailes (90 minutes), Royal Troon (1 hour, 40 minutes), Prestwick (1 hour, 40 minutes), Royal Aberdeen (2 hours)

Nearest Airport

Edinburgh (40 miles) Glasgow 50 miles) Prestwick (70 miles)