Ardoe House Hotel & Spa

Just three miles from Aberdeen City Centre, Ardoe House has 120 en suite bedrooms, including four feature suites that lean into the building's character. Expect period touches alongside modern essentials, with satellite TV, direct dial telephone and fibre optic internet access as standard, handy if you're sorting tee times, dinner bookings or simply checking the weather before heading to the coast.

For an Aberdeen golf tour, the setting makes life easy. You're close enough to dip into the city for food, pubs and a bit of atmosphere, while many of the area's headline courses sit within roughly a 40-minute drive, depending on where you're playing that day. It's also adjacent to the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre, a useful bonus if you want a loosen-up session, a lesson, or a bit of extra practice before taking on the links.

Off the course, this is a full-service hotel rather than a bed-and-breakfast stopover. There's an indoor swimming pool, Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna for recovery, plus tennis courts, a gym, an aerobics studio and four beauty treatment rooms. If your group has golfers and non-golfers travelling together, that breadth of facilities matters. It gives everyone a proper holiday, not just a place to sleep between rounds.

If you're doing 27 or 36 holes in a day, the ability to come back, get warm, get fed and reset is a real advantage. The hotel strikes a good balance between being peaceful enough to feel like a retreat and accessible enough that you're not stuck out in the middle of nowhere when you fancy a change of scene. The rooms are comfortable, the facilities cover most bases, and the location puts you in easy reach of both the golf and the city without forcing you to choose one or the other.

Overall, Ardoe House is a strong, flexible base for golfers who want championship golf nearby, but still want comfort, facilities and an easy evening plan. If you're planning an Aberdeen tour, it's well worth pencilling in as your base for a few rounds.