Best Western Woodlands Hotel Dundee
A sauna for legs tired from links wind
Su questo hotel
Best Western Woodlands adds a genuine sauna to its indoor pool and spa, a detail that matters specifically after exposed, windy Carnoustie golf, where the difference between a simple pool and a proper sauna session shows up clearly in how tired legs feel by the following morning's tee time. Close to Broughty Castle and a short taxi from the Ship Inn & Waterfront Restaurant, the hotel keeps its own quaint lounge bar for evenings that do not require heading back out into the coastal weather. Groups playing back-to-back rounds across a multi-day trip tend to notice the sauna's value most by the third or fourth day, once accumulated wind has properly worked into shoulders and forearms. Fifteen minutes from Carnoustie by car, it suits a base built around recovery as much as golf itself, with breakfast, parking and full-service laundry covering the rest.
- Sauna
- Indoor pool and spa
- Fitness centre
- Lounge bar and restaurant
Il nostro parere
Golfers on a longer, multi-round trip who want proper recovery between days will get real value from the sauna and spa here, more than a typical hotel pool offers. A group wanting to walk straight to the first tee each morning should choose an in-town Carnoustie property instead, since this sits a short drive from the course.
- Use the sauna specifically after your windiest round; it is the property's standout recovery feature for links golf.
- Book spa access ahead during a busy weekend, since facilities can fill with other groups finishing rounds together.
- Allow fifteen minutes' drive time to Carnoustie each morning when planning an early tee time from this base.
Perché ci piace
- Genuine sauna alongside the spa
- Indoor pool and hot tub
- Quaint lounge bar for evenings
- Close to Broughty Castle
Perché piace agli ospitiWe booked four nights here specifically for the sauna after reading how exposed the Carnoustie links can get, and by the third day of back-to-back rounds it had become the single most valuable part of the whole stay, easing shoulders and forearms in a way the hotel pool alone never could have managed on its own by that point in a genuinely demanding week of golf.