The Fife Arms in Braemar, Scotland

Tucked into the Highland village of Braemar, close to the Royal estate of Balmoral, The Fife Arms is the sort of place where art, whisky and wildly good taste collide. Owned by art-world power couple Iwan and Manuela Wirth, it’s less hotel, more living gallery: a Picasso here, a roaring fire there, sumptuous, maximalist interiors everywhere. For solo travellers, it feels deliciously conspiratorial — like being invited into a very glamorous secret. That's also just a little bit decadent, and a whole lot fun...