Scotland, Luxury Hotel Gleneagles Offers a Posh Summer Camp for Grown-Ups

Gleneagles, a luxury hotel about an hour outside Edinburgh near Auchterarder in Perthshire, Scotland, is positioning its “Glorious Playground” concept as a posh summer retreat for adults. The property, opened in 1924, blends the Scottish Highlands’ scenery with amenities built around 205 bedrooms and 28 suites, plus extensive grounds and forests. Guests are driven in by Land Rovers and can fill days with activities ranging from golf—Jack Nicklaus designed the Centenary course, which hosted the Ryder Cup in 2014—to equestrian and multiple outdoor pursuits like fishing and falconry. The article also traces the hotel’s celebrity and royal draw, citing figures such as Princess Margaret, Vivien Leigh and Sir Laurence Olivier, and notes that Jazz Age concerts were broadcast over the early BBC “wireless.”