Gleneagles Townhouse

Gleneagles hotel in Perthshire is spoken of in reverent tones as a grand Highland dame. But, for urbanites, they’ve deposited a vast amount of aristocratic swagger and utmost-luxury living into Gleneagles Townhouse, their centrally placed counterpart in Edinburgh’s New Town. Expenses have not been spared on this former earl’s residence and Bank of Scotland building, with rich decoration throughout, a rooftop bar that’s a credit to the city, card-holding members’ spaces, and a spa in the former vaults. By all accounts, one for the memory bank.