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The Edinburgh City Hotel experience combines a quiet, yet very accessible Edinburgh city centre location, with a customer focused, service driven hotel where you’ll enjoy the high quality service standards which are at the very core of the Portland brand.
Ideal for the business and leisure traveller to Edinburgh alike, and family friendly too, our Edinburgh hotel focuses totally on the excellence of the guest accommodation experience.
Edinburgh City Hotel Accommodation
We welcome our guests with personalized service, excellently appointed and spacious guest rooms, and an intimate atmosphere. And with only 52 rooms, we provide individualised attention to our guests and their unique needs.
Whether you are travelling on business, a couple looking to enjoy an Edinburgh city break, on a Scottish romantic getaway, or a family visiting Edinburgh, the Edinburgh City Hotel is the perfect choice for you.
We welcome you to Edinburgh! Make yourself at home. Warm colours and comfortable beds ensure a relaxed atmosphere and an enjoyable stay in Edinburgh. Some ground floor rooms have been adapted for wheelchair users.
We can arrange special requests prior to your arrival from a lovely bottle of rose or sparkling champagne to enjoy, or chocolates and fresh flowers for the romantics. Enhance your stay with some thoughtful extras!
Hotel Features:
· 52 spacious, comfortable en suite bedrooms with work desk
· Free wi fi, flat screen TV with satellite channels and telephone
· Ground floor and fully accessible bedrooms
· Selection king, queen and twin bedded rooms
· Excellent choice of family rooms and cots available on request
(children up to 15 years stay free)
· All rooms offer trouser press, alarm clock, hair dryer and welcome
tray
· 24 hour room service (limited service after 10.00pm)
· All guest rooms are non smoking
· Lift to all floors
Upgrade Package (Charge)
Includes bathrobe, slippers, extra special toiletries, bottle of house
wine and glasses, luxury crisps, Scottish berry chocolate.
Dine n Wine Package
Dine and wine package for 2. Dine in at Simpsons and choose a 2 or 3 course
menu with a bottle of wine at a great price!
Attractions
Our stylish Edinburgh hotel is located in the beating heart of Scotland’s
capital. Edinburgh is truly a city that never sleeps. Just a short walk
from the hotel you'll find the famous Edinburgh Castle,
Princes Street shopping and Gardens,
The Grassmarket, Greyfriar's Bobby, The Usher Hall and The Royal Mile.
Close to the resurgent Grassmarket and Edinburgh Old Town area, full of great pubs, boutique shops and restaurants - the hotel is ideal for those who enjoy cafes and bars.
Edinburgh City Hotel is also close to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh’s Quartermile, and very convenient for the main Edinburgh business and financial districts.
Only a few minutes walk from Edinburgh International Conference Centre (EICC) and within easy walking distance of Edinburgh’s top theatres (including the Edinburgh International Festival Theatre), world class museums and art galleries.
Hotel History
Built in 1879, the original Memorial Hospital dedicated to Sir James Young
Simpson - a splendid building, now transformed into a modern, very appealing,
central yet quietly located 3 star Edinburgh city hotel with 52 modern
comfortable bedrooms each with a little individual character and all the
facilities you can expect in a quality hotel.
DIRECTIONS
Getting there from the Information Centre:
From Tourist Information Centre above Waverley Station the hotel is approximately
5 minutes by taxi and 15 minutes by foot. By bus - bus stop is adjacent
on Princes Street.
Take any bus that goes up Lothian Road. Once at top of Lothian Road, Lauriston Place is immediate left at the junction from Tollcross clock.
Getting There by Railway:
From Waverley Station the hotel is approximately 5 minutes by taxi and
15 minutes by foot. By bus - go up main steps of train station to bus
stop on Princes Street. Take any bus that goes up Lothian Road. Once at
top of Lothian Road, Lauriston Place is immediate left at the junction
from Tollcross clock.
Getting there by Aeroplane:
From Edinburgh Airport follow to the A8 eastbound. Continue on the A8
following signs for city centre. On arriving at the west end of Princes
Street turn right onto Lothian Road.
Follow road until you come to the Tollcross crossroads (there is a tall clock in the middle of the crossroads) then turn left onto Lauriston Place, then 2nd right.
Email Edinburgh City Hotel enquiries & reservations: bookscotland@madbookings.com
