If a beach hut sounds a little too back to basics for you, why not treat yourself to the full ‘lady of the manor’ experience at Links House? This five-star hotel sits just minutes from Dornoch’s enchanting beach in the Scottish Highlands, where it benefits from a microclimate of pleasant weather and pastel pink sunsets.

Plus, the hotel is luxuriously plush with rooms that offer sea rooms, huge beds, cosy armchairs and even a library bar with its own fire.

Where: Royal Dornoch, Golf Road, Dornoch, Highlands, Scotland, IV25 3LW

Sleeps: 2

Price per night: from £225

Available to book: direct

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