The Fife Arms is a Victorian coaching hotel in Braemar, reopened by the gallerists Iwan and Manuela Wirth after a lavish restoration. What sets it apart is the art — thousands of pieces threaded through the building, from a Lucian Freud to specially commissioned installations — so the bar is worth a look even if you’re not staying. Braemar sits in upper Deeside, about 90km west of Aberdeen; see the village of Braemar.
