The Albany Hotel

About The Albany Hotel

The Albany occupies a Georgian townhouse at 56 North Street, which puts it about as centrally as it is possible to stay in St Andrews. St Salvator's Quadrangle is opposite, the cathedral is a five-minute walk east, the Old Course a similar distance west, and the shops and restaurants of Market Street are one block behind.

There are twenty-two bedrooms, a mixture of singles, doubles and twins, king rooms and a pair of suites, all individually decorated in a traditional style that suits the age of the building. As with most conversions of this type the rooms vary in size and shape, and the quietest tend to be those at the rear away from North Street, which is worth requesting for a weekend stay.

The hotel is family-run in feel and the service is the reason most guests come back, with breakfast in the front dining room and a small bar and lounge for a drink afterwards. There is no on-site car park, so you will be relying on the pay-and-display bays on North Street or the Petheram Bridge car park a short walk away. For anyone arriving by train to Leuchars and taking the bus in, that is no drawback at all.