An honest review of the 170-year-old hotel in the UK’s ‘best place to visit’

Scotland’s smallest city is in the spotlight (Picture: Getty Images)

Stirling has long been known as the ‘gateway to the Highlands’ — a place where you can sip a dram of whisky, and rest your head before heading north.

But Scotland’s smallest city is undergoing something of a rebrand.

Last year, Rightmove named Stirling the happiest place to live in Scotland. And, more recently, Time Out crowned it the best place to visit in the UK, beating out the likes of Ed...