Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Accommodation Agencies
If you arrive in Edinburgh without a room, the Edinburgh Information Centre (
Click here
) booking service will try to find a room to suit you (and will charge a £5 fee if success-
ful). If you have the time, pick up the tourist office's accommodation brochure and ring
around yourself.
You can also try VisitScotland's
booking hotline
(
0845 859 1006)
, which has a £3
surcharge; or search for accommodation on the Edinburgh & Lothians Tourist Board (
Click here
)
website.
Old Town
Most of the interesting accommodation in the Old Town is either backpacker hostels or
expensive hotels. For midrange options you'll have to resort to chain hotels - check the
websites of Travelodge, Ibis etc.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
Hotel Missoni£££
(
0131-220 6666;
www.hotelmissoni.com
;
1 George IV Bridge; r £90-225; )
The
Italian fashion house has established a style icon in the heart of the medieval Old Town
with this bold statement of a hotel - modernistic architecture, black-and-white decor with
well-judged splashes of colour, impeccably mannered staff and, most importantly, very
comfortable bedrooms and bathrooms with lots of nice little touches, from fresh milk in
the minibar to plush bathrobes.
B&B
Witchery by the Castle£££
(
0131-225 5613;
www.thewitchery.com
; Castlehill, Royal Mile; ste £325-350)
Set in a
16th-century Old Town house in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle, the Witchery's eight
lavish Gothic suites are extravagantly furnished with antiques, oak panelling, tapestries,
open fires, four-poster beds and roll-top baths, and supplied with flowers, chocolates and
complimentary champagne. Overwhelmingly popular - you'll have to book several
months in advance to be sure of getting a room.
Knight Residence£££
APARTMENTS
