The Old Boathouse
A riverside cottage by the Tay Rail Bridge
About this hotel
The Old Boathouse sits close enough to the Tay Rail Bridge to make it a ten-minute walk, a genuinely scenic setting for a couple who wants water views as much as golf on their Carnoustie trip. Free wifi and free parking cover the essentials, and the smoke-free property keeps rooms fresh after days spent outdoors in coastal wind. A short public transport ride reaches The Shoreline for a change of dinner scene, keeping the cottage connected to wider amenities without sacrificing its own quiet, riverside character. Roughly twenty minutes from Carnoustie's Championship Course by car, this is a stay built around slowing down between rounds rather than staying close enough to walk to the first tee each morning.
- Riverside setting
- Free parking
- Free wifi
- Smoke-free property
Our take
A couple wanting genuine riverside quiet, with the Tay Rail Bridge as a daily backdrop, will find real value in The Old Boathouse, twenty minutes from Carnoustie by car. A larger buddies trip or golfers wanting to walk to the course should look toward an in-town Carnoustie property instead, where that proximity defines the whole stay.
- Walk to the Tay Rail Bridge on a rest morning; it sits close enough to reach easily on foot.
- Allow twenty minutes' drive time to Carnoustie's Championship Course when planning tee times from this riverside base.
- Book The Shoreline for dinner during a longer stay, reachable by a short public transport ride from the cottage.
Why we love it
- Genuine riverside setting
- Close to the Tay Rail Bridge
- Free wifi and free parking
- Quiet, smoke-free property
Why guests love itMy partner and I chose The Old Boathouse for the riverside setting, and walking to the Tay Rail Bridge each morning before driving out to Carnoustie became our favourite ritual of the whole trip, a quiet start to a day that would later turn genuinely windy on the exposed links course itself, a contrast we grew to appreciate more with each passing morning.