Taymouth Castle Golf Club in Perthshire, Scotland

The original 12 holes of Taymouth Castle Golf Club comprise a 1923 James Braid design, to which six more holes were added in the 1940s. The 6,066-yard, par-69 golf course plays uphill, away from the castle on the front nine, and then careens back down toward the castle on the back nine. On the tee box of the dramatic downhill 383-yard eighth hole, players are even treated to a view of nearby Loch Tay. And practically the entire back nine offers up progressively more majestic views of the castle itself, where Her Majesty the Queen (Victoria, that is) once slept.

In fact, beginning at the drive onto the Taymouth Castle Golf Club grounds through the stone gate, and continuing throughout your stroll over the links, you half expect to see a foxhunt cut in front of you, or perhaps a princess dancing through the trees, serenading a collection of frolicking birds, rabbits and deer.