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Dipal Acharya

Edinburgh’s Gleneagles Townhouse is ready to welcome you for Hogmanay

It’s a funny thing, being a little sister. On one hand, life is supposed be a smoother road, paved by the hardships and travails of the elder sibling. On the other, there are the impossible standards — the universal awe and admiration for everything the firstborn has achieved, which quickly dissipates with the second. It can be a tough act to follow.

A quick origins story: Gleneagles hotel opened in 1924 and was hailed as ‘the eighth wonder of the world’, a playground for the rich, famous (and occasionally royal) to tee off on a renowned golf course and decompress after a busy London ‘season.’

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