The Tormaukin Hotel Perthshire in Perth ★★★★  

The Tormaukin is an 18th-century country inn situated in the village of Glendevon near Gleneagles in Perthshire. With its beamed rooms, open fires and wooden floors, it's a retreat from the hustle and bustle of urban living, where you can be sure of the warmest welcome and the most delicious locally sourced food - with succulent Highland beef and wild boar likely to be among the culinary highlights of your stay. The Tormaukin is the perfect choice if you need to get away from it all. It's hard to imagine a more perfect retreat nestling in the peaceful Perthshire countryside. Yet, it's only an hour from Glasgow and Edinburgh and close to both Stirling and Perth. The hotel is the perfect base from which to explore all that this beautiful area of Scotland has to offer, from historic buildings such as Scone Palace to some of the finest golf courses in the country, as well as one of Scotland's oldest distilleries, Tullibardine in Blackford. The area also boasts some excellent fly fishing and walking opportunities.