Scottish
Highlands
Five Signature Courses · 7 Days · Dornoch & Inverness, Scotland
Mosaico Travels
Curated Luxury · Exceptional Destinations
Where the game was
born and perfected
The Scottish Highlands hold golf's oldest secrets. Dornoch — where records show the game being played in 1616 — sits on a wild, windswept peninsula where the gorse blazes gold in early summer and the Dornoch Firth glitters below. Royal Dornoch's championship links is spoken of in reverential tones by the greatest players and architects the game has ever produced.
An hour's drive south, around the shores of the Moray Firth, a new chapter is being written. Cabot Highlands — home to the legendary Castle Stuart and now Tom Doak's masterful Old Petty — is building a 36-hole destination to rival anything in the world. And Nairn, shaped by Old Tom Morris and James Braid, has quietly been one of Scotland's finest links for over a century.
Seven days. Two extraordinary bases. Five courses that span four centuries of the game's evolution.
- Royal Dornoch Championship — World Top 15, rated "as good as golf gets"
- Royal Dornoch Struie — the lesser-known gem alongside the Dornoch Firth
- Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart — Scottish Open venue, World Top 60
- Old Petty — Tom Doak's first Scottish links, officially opened spring 2026
- Nairn — Walker Cup 1999 host, shaped by Old Tom Morris & James Braid
- Two extraordinary Highland hotels as your base throughout
Golf's most extraordinary northern frontier
Within a 65km arc from Dornoch to Inverness lies a concentration of world-ranked links golf that has no rival at this latitude. The microclimate of the Moray Firth delivers Scotland's driest weather patterns; in June and July, twilight tee times at 6pm see golfers finishing in lingering northern light at 10pm. This is the Highlands at its most generous — ancient, unhurried, and utterly alive.
Your Detailed Mosaic
Seven days across two legendary bases — each chapter with its own courses, its own rhythms, and its own Highland magic.
Dornoch, Sutherland
Arrive Inverness · Transfer to Dornoch · Welcome Dinner
Fly into Inverness Airport — one hour from Royal Dornoch — where your Mosaico private transfer awaits. The A9 north takes you through some of the most quietly magnificent landscape in Scotland, arriving in the ancient cathedral town of Dornoch as the Firth catches the afternoon light. Check into Links House at Royal Dornoch, perfectly positioned overlooking the first tee. This evening, settle into the Highland pace over a Welcome Dinner — the week's extraordinary golf laid out over single malts and local seafood.
Royal Dornoch Golf Club
Royal Dornoch Championship Course
Step directly from your hotel to the first tee of one of the greatest courses on earth. Royal Dornoch Championship — World Top 15, ranked Scotland's finest by Golf Digest — is an out-and-back links of extraordinary natural beauty, its raised plateau greens (the original template for Donald Ross's entire career) presenting a putting challenge unlike any other. The gorse glows gold along the fairways; the Dornoch Firth shimmers to the south. The 14th, Foxy — a near-445-yard par-4 of pure, natural genius — is a hole golfers remember for the rest of their lives. Walk it. Feel it. This is the pilgrimage.
Royal Dornoch Golf Club
Royal Dornoch Struie Course · Dornoch Town · Farewell Dornoch Dinner
A completely different but deeply satisfying second day at Royal Dornoch. The Struie — routed partly across elevated ground and partly down along the flat shores of the Firth — is a course in its own right, demanding patient course management and offering some of the best views on the entire visit. Ranked in Scotland's Top 50 links. After the round, the afternoon belongs to Dornoch itself: the 13th-century cathedral, the ancient street plan, the legendary Dornoch Bookshop, and a restorative dram at one of the town's small hotels. The Witch's Stone — marking Scotland's last witch burning in 1727 — stands quietly in a nearby garden. The evening closes with a Farewell Dornoch Dinner — a proper send-off for the first chapter of the Mosaic Journey before tomorrow's move south.
Cabot Highlands, Inverness
Transfer to Inverness · Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart
Morning checkout from Links House and an hour's drive south to Inverness, checking into the magnificent Culloden House Hotel. Afternoon tee time at Cabot Highlands — the property formerly known as Castle Stuart, host of the Scottish Open four times on the European Tour. Gil Hanse and Mark Parsinen's 2009 masterpiece is a cinematic links: wide fairways, dramatic elevation changes between the Firth and the forested hills, and green complexes of genuine championship stature. The views from the high points — across to the Black Isle and the mountains of Ross-shire — are simply breathtaking.
Cabot Highlands, Inverness
Old Petty — Tom Doak's Highland Masterpiece
The most eagerly anticipated new links in Scotland in a generation. Tom Doak's Old Petty — officially opened spring 2026 at Cabot Highlands — takes its name from the ancient Old Petty Church that sits adjacent to the routing, with the 400-year-old Castle Stuart visible from 13 of the 18 holes. Routed along a tidal estuary, the course prizes angles over length, clever tee ball placement over brute force, and green complexes of genuine architectural ambition. Walking only — by Doak's insistence, a tribute to the way links golf should be experienced. This is a course that will be spoken of for decades. You are among the first to play it.
Nairn Golf Club
Nairn Golf Club Championship · Farewell Dinner
The week's final round at one of Scotland's most celebrated and historically significant links. Founded in 1887 and shaped over successive generations by Andrew Simpson, Old Tom Morris, James Braid and most recently Mackenzie & Ebert, Nairn's championship course stretches to 6,832 yards along the Moray Firth shore with views of the water across the first seven holes. Walker Cup 1999. Curtis Cup 2012. Amateur Championship host. The greens here are widely considered the truest in Highland golf — firm, fast and unforgiving of complacency. The Farewell Dinner that evening marks the end of a week that will not be easily forgotten.
Inverness — Departure
Morning at Leisure · Inverness Airport
A final Highland morning before your Mosaico concierge arranges your private transfer to Inverness Airport. Time for a last walk along the River Ness, a final stop at one of the city's whisky specialists, or simply a quiet coffee at the Culloden House before the journey home. You depart having played five of the finest links courses in Scotland — and one of the most significant new courses in the game's modern era. Safe travels.
Every Round, Extraordinary
Day 2 · World Top 15 · Scotland #4
Royal Dornoch Championship
Golf has been played here since 1616. Old Tom Morris shaped it; Donald Ross perfected it and took its raised plateau greens to America. One of the most revered courses in the world.
Day 3 · Scotland Top 50 Links
Royal Dornoch Struie
The Struie occupies a long strip alongside the Dornoch Firth — different terrain and character to the Championship, but equally compelling. An honest test of links management.
Day 4 · World Top 60 · Scottish Open Host ×4
Cabot Highlands — Castle Stuart
Gil Hanse and Mark Parsinen's 2009 cinematic links. Wide fairways, sweeping Firth views, dramatic elevation. Four Scottish Opens. One of the most spectacular settings in Scottish golf.
Day 5 · Tom Doak Design · Opened Spring 2026
Old Petty — Cabot Highlands
Tom Doak's debut Scottish links. Routed along a tidal estuary beside 400-year-old Castle Stuart, prizes angles over power and green complexity over brute length. Walking only. You are among the first to play it.
Day 6 · Walker Cup 1999 · Curtis Cup 2012
Nairn Golf Club
138 years of championship evolution. Old Tom Morris. James Braid. Mackenzie & Ebert. The finest greens in the Highlands, 6,832 yards of Moray Firth links, and a proud tradition of major amateur golf.
Beyond the Fairways
Ancient Sutherland
The Highland Capital
Two Exceptional Hotels
Links House
at Royal Dornoch
The most perfectly positioned golf hotel in Scotland. Links House sits directly overlooking the first tee of Royal Dornoch — a luxury boutique property of nine rooms, each individually designed with Highland warmth. A working fire, exceptional local food and wine, and the privilege of rolling out of bed to the first tee of one of the world's greatest courses. Part of the Highland Golf Links collection.
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Culloden House
Hotel
A magnificent Georgian mansion set in 40 acres of landscaped grounds just outside Inverness — five minutes from the battlefield that changed Scottish history forever. 28 individually appointed rooms, a formal dining room of real distinction, a remarkable whisky collection, and the quiet grandeur of a Highland country house at its finest. Prince Charles Edward Stuart — Bonnie Prince Charlie — is said to have stayed here the night before Culloden.
Georgian Country House · 5-Star · InvernessEverything Taken Care Of
Links House at Royal Dornoch — 3 Nights
Three nights at the most perfectly positioned golf hotel in Scotland, directly overlooking the first tee of Royal Dornoch. Boutique luxury, exceptional Highland hospitality.
Culloden House Hotel — 3 Nights
Three nights in one of Scotland's finest Georgian country houses, minutes from Culloden Battlefield — the ideal base for Cabot Highlands and Nairn.
Five Signature Rounds of Golf
All green fees at Royal Dornoch Championship, Royal Dornoch Struie, Cabot Highlands Castle Stuart, Old Petty, and Nairn. All tee times arranged and confirmed by Mosaico.
Luxury Private Transfers
Private vehicle for all airport arrivals and departures, Dornoch to Inverness transfer on Day 4, and all golf course transfers throughout. Every movement handled seamlessly.
Welcome & Farewell Dinners
A Welcome Dinner on arrival evening in Dornoch, and a Grand Farewell Dinner in Inverness on Day 6 — both curated to reflect the finest of Highland cuisine and hospitality.
Mosaico Concierge
Your dedicated Mosaico concierge throughout — coordinating tee times, whisky tastings, distillery tours, transfers, dinner reservations, and every detail of the Highland experience.
Package Pricing
Per person starting from rates. Includes six nights across two extraordinary Highland hotels, all five rounds of golf, private transfers, and welcome and farewell dinners.
Starting From
per person · USD · double occupancy
3 nights Links House at Royal Dornoch · 3 nights Culloden House Inverness · 5 rounds including all green fees · All luxury ground transfers · Welcome & Farewell Dinners
Starting From
per person · USD · double occupancy
3 nights Links House at Royal Dornoch · 3 nights Culloden House Inverness · Curated Highland activities — Culloden, Dunrobin Castle, Loch Ness, Speyside distilleries · All transfers · Welcome & Farewell Dinners
"No golfer has completed his education until he has played and studied Royal Dornoch. It is the most natural course I have ever seen — and the most beautiful."— Herbert Warren Wind, American Golf Writer, 1964
Your Highland
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