www.privateairny.com Private Air | Winter 2025/2026
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W
hen summer yields
to something
quieter and more
golden, and the
Scottish Highlands slip into their
most poetic mood, there is no finer
place to take it all in than e
Fife Arms. Tucked in the heart of
Braemar, a storybook village on
the edge of Cairngorms National
Park, this 19th-century coaching
inn—meticulously reimagined by
the art-forward minds at Artfarm—
ushers in autumn with a new
three-night experience designed
for connoisseurs of both nature and
nuance.
Introducing "Falling for the
Highlands"—an indulgent escape
where crisp air, curated whisky
flights, and velvet hills collide.
As if plucked from the pages of
a heritage novel and rewoven in
modern tartan, e Fife Arms is a
masterwork in atmosphere. Each of
its 46 rooms and suites is a richly
layered vignette—wallpapered in
tweed, art-lined with everything
from Lucian Freud to Picasso, and
filled with the kind of objets and
antiques that demand their own
biography. But come autumn, it's
what's just outside your sash window
that steals the scene: hills awash in
amber, stags silhouetted in morning
mist, and a Highland hush that
resets your entire nervous system.
Guests who book the "Falling for the
Highlands" package are treated to a
tapestry of curated experiences, each
grounded in the rhythms and rituals
of the land. Days begin with hearty
breakfasts and end with three-course
feasts at e Clunie Dining Room,
where game and seasonal harvest
take center stage. Between meals,
the Highlands await: clay-pigeon
shooting, fly fishing, and brisk hikes
through pine-scented trails. But it's
the new, exclusive additions that
truly elevate the experience.
A twilight swim in the River Dee,
guided and timed to the fading light,
