Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa
St Andrews, Kingdom of Fife, Scotland
Official Rating: 5 red stars (AA Hotel Guide 2004)
Member: The Leading Hotels of the World
Course Master’s Golf
Package:
3 nights accommodation in an Eden double/twin room (parkland view), full Scottish
breakfast daily, 2 rounds of golf on the Dukes Course, with 1 3 course dinner in the Road Hole Grill:
1 Nov/06-30 Apr/07: £459 GBP per person based on 2 sharing room
1-31 May/07: £582 GBP per person based on 2 sharing room
1June-31 Oct/07: £672 GBP per person based on 2 sharing room
For other dates please enquire
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Old Course Hotel St Andrews Package
A deluxe five-star resort hotel of exceptional quality, offering a privately owned golf course, luxury spa and 4 restaurants. The ambience, created by highly professional and friendly staff is relaxed and welcoming. Spectacular views across the Old Course links, the North Sea and St Andrews, Scotland's oldest university town rich in history, art and culture. Set alongside the Old Course at St Andrews, the home of golf and the most famous golf course in the world, the Old Course Resort offers a sense of well-being among its guests. It is a place where the active and the leisurely both find themselves perfectly at home in surroundings where history and modern luxury come together beautifully. The hotel overlooks the world famous 17th Road Hole and the Royal and Ancient Clubhouse. In 2006 the hotel underwent a multi-million pound refurbishment. Everything has been improved -- new guest rooms, a stunning new spa, superb new conference wing, and modifications to the Duke's Course.
Member: The Leading Hotels of the World, Connoisseurs Scotland, Great Golf Resorts of the World, Relais du Golf, Prestige Hotels and Resort.
Recent Awards:
- Scottish Golf Hotel of the Year (Hotel Review Scotland Awards, 2004)
- World's Best Golf Resort (World Travel Awards 2003)
- Five Red Stars (Automobile Association, 2003)
- Road Hole Grill - 4 Dinner Rosettes (HotelReviewScotland.com)
- The Magnificent Road Hole Bar - Mark of Merit Award, 2003 (HotelReviewScotland.com)
Especially recommended for: couples, foursomes, golfing groups and societies, families, conventions.
Nearest golf: The resort is the most extensive in Europe with 7 golf courses, Old Course, New Course, Jubilee, Eden, Strathtyrum, Balgrove, Duke's Course. Its privately owned Duke's Course is the only inland course at the Home of Golf and there is tuition available here also. The Golf Practice Centre runs alongside the Old Course, is 10 minutes from town and open daily. The Scottish Golf Centre, Europe's leading indoor practice facility is 5 miles from the hotel.
Facilities: The resort has its own 18 hole golf course (Duke's), golf practice facilities, driving range, pro shop, spa (health and beauty treatments, fitness services, sunbed sessions, cardio room, weights room, steam room, sauna, sunbed, lap pool with poolside bar and sun loungers, whirlpool, spa shop), banqueting and convention facilities. Chauffuer driven cars and use of helipad available. Dedicated business centre and high-speed wireless internet access in all public areas and bedrooms.
Food and Beverage:
- The Road Hole Grill (3 AA Rosettes) - located on the fourth floor offering panoramic views of the coast, links courses and town. An elegant, traditional grill room. Dress code: jacket and tie
- Rode Hole Bar: Located above the 17th fairway on the fourth floor of the hotels and offering a rare selection of almost 200 alt whiskeys
- Sands Bar and Restaurante: Ground floor restaurant with Socttish and Mediterranean specialities. Dress code: casual
Jigger Inn: Caual authentic pub right next to the Old Course. Simple home-style cooking and a range of Celtic draught and bottled beers. Dress code: Casual
Duke’s Bar and Restaurant: offers creatie and tempting Scottish cuisine views of the golf course, town and sea. Dress code: casual
Spa: Kohler Waters Spa has a 20 metre pool with stunning waterfalls, thermal suite, roof stop spa garden. Work out at the fitness suite or join an exercise class, or for something more relaxing there are specialised treatments for men and woment including the famous Kohler bathing experience.
Nearby: Although golf is a major attraction of St Andrews -- so is the culture, so non-golfers are happy here too! Tour the historic castles, palaces, stately homes and abbeys nearby; there are garden tours, distillery tours, and even a witches tour; visit the historic old city with ruined Cathedral, St Andrews castle on the sea, the Preservation Trust Museum, St Andrews Museum, the British Golf Museum, the aquarium; take in the coastal scenery and the fishing villages or go shopping in the ancient university town with its medieval and Victorian streets-- antiques shopping is particularly good. St Andrews also has very good dining in a wide choice of restaurants and lots of pubs to choose from. The concierge will arrange river, loch and sea fishing, tours of historic sites, horse-riding and other field sports.
Accommodation: 134 rooms including 32 suites all decorated to an exceptionally high standard with Italian marble bathroom, Jacuzzi bath in the suites. Most have balconies overlooking the course and the sea or the town. Views from the 21 new rooms (16 are suites) are unrivalled as the finest views in the golf world. 24 hour rooms service, same day laundry and dry cleaning, satellite TV, full amenities expected of a 5 star hotel. High-speed wireless internet access in all bedrooms.
Menu: Scottish breakfast included. May-October: 1-3 nights stay 1 dinner in Road Hole Grill, 4 nights stay: 2 dinners (1 in Road Hole Grill, 1 in Sands or Road Hole Grill).
Distance: 1 hour from Edinburgh airport (52 miles); 100 miles Glasgow airport; 11 miles Dundee airport; Leuchars Station 4 miles (hourly services from London Kings Cross via Edinburgh)
