Descriptions Hotel Edinburgh City
The Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel is well located, just a few minutes from the vibrant city centre and close to the principal financial and business district.
This historic hotel offers its guests a harmonious combination of traditional and contemporary design. It consists of a total of 52 rooms on 7 floors of which 1 is a suite and 3 are disability-friendly rooms. The splendid building was once a Victorian maternity clinic and has been carefully restored. Now it offers business travellers and holidaymakers alike excellent service and accommodation. The hotel has a lobby with a 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, a currency exchange desk, a lift and public Internet access. Further facilities include a friendly bar, a restaurant and laundry and room services. Please note the hotel is completely non-smoking.
Location.
Best Western Edinburgh City is in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh Castle, and the Edinburgh International Conference Centre are within 0.6 km (0.4 mi).
Hotel Features.
Best Western Edinburgh City is smoke free and offers a concierge desk and complimentary hotel wide wireless Internet access. The restaurant serves breakfast and dinner; room service is available 24 hours a day.
Guestrooms.
Accommodations at Best Western Edinburgh City include trouser presses, coffee/tea makers, and hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is complimentary; HDTVs come with satellite channels. Private bathrooms provide hair dryers.
General
The original maternity hospital was dedicated to Sir James Young Simpson, discoverer of Chloroform. This hostorical slant on the property and its extremely homely feel, make it a much sought after property in central Edinburgh. (BL 05/2006)
SurroundingArea
A couple of minutes walk from Grassmarket and within easy reach of both Edinburgh Castle and Princes Street, this is an excellent central location.
RoomTypes
The rooms vary in size from medium to large, but all are spacious and furnished in a traditional and homely style, with pleasant pink and blue colurs prominent. The rooms are in very good condition, as are the bathrooms. There is a very good choice of satellite channels available in each room, as well as modem points.
PropertyInformation
The hotel was once the Royal Maternity Hospital. Although the hospital has ceased to operate since the 1950s the building still has an imposing grandeur in the traditional Scottish baronial style.
DiningFacilities
Simpsons restaurant is located on the ground floor to the right side of the lobby. There is also a pleasant residents bar, which is small, but warm and welcoming. The restaurant serves innovative, stylish and delicious dishes made from Scottish ingredients in pleasant, informal surroundings.
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AreaDetails
Central 15 kms to the airport (edinburgh) 50 kms to the airport (glasgow) 2 km to the nearest station (edinburgh waverley) 1 minute walk to the nearest bus stop 1 km to the nearest fair site (eicc)
RoomInformation
52 Single rooms Double rooms Twin rooms Triple rooms Non-smoking rooms
Located in the centre of the historic city of Edinburgh, the Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel is just a few minutes from the principal financial and business district. At this property, there is a good range of hotel accommodation for you to choose from. All guest rooms are furnished and decorated to a high standard with your comfort in mind rather than minimalism. The well-appointed, spacious and airy rooms are the perfect place to relax and unwind at the end of the day. The Simpson's Restaurant and Bar serves a wide and varied selection of traditional cuisine along with a carefully selected choice of wines, beers and spirits in order to complement your meal.
Ideally located in the very heart of Edinburgh, a classic privately owned and much loved Edinburgh hotel. Oozing tradition and history, yet cool and contemporary. Occupying a site that was once a great maternity hospital, stylish Edinburgh City Hotel, is situated in the city centre of historic Edinburgh, but pleasantly quietly, amidst the hustle and bustle of this great capital city of Scotland. The property was built in 1879 as a maternity hospital, one of the first hospitals in Britain. Meals can be enjoyed in the bright contemporary restaurant and guests can relax in the cosy but stylish Snug Bar and reception lounge. Staff are very friendly, professional and obliging. Close to all key business districts, the Convention Centre, Princes St, the Castle, rail and bus stations and all major attractions. Combining old and new in a superb Victorian building fully refurbished during 1998 and subsequently, to a very high standard providing a very comfortable, and rather different modern, informal and personal Edinburgh hotel.
Built in 1879 the Best Western Edinburgh City originally opened as the Simpsons Hotel in 1998. The hotel has been tastefully furnished to a very high standard, rebranded as the Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel in November 2002, it is ideally situated within easy reach of Edinburgh Castle, Princes Street, and the main shopping areas. At this property, there is a good range of hotel accommodation for you to choose from. All guest rooms are furnished and decorated to a high standard with your comfort in mind rather than minimalism. The well-appointed, spacious and airy rooms are the perfect place to relax and unwind at the end of the day. The Restaurant and Bar serves a wide and varied selection of traditional cuisine along with a carefully selected choice of wines, beers and spirits in order to complement your meal. During leisure, guests can browse the net or explore the attractions that the city has to offer.
The Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel is located in Edinburgh making it one of the best hotels to stay at while in town. The Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel boasts a convenient location with modern amenities in every guestroom and superb service. Each guestroom is fully equipped with non smoking rooms, daily newspaper, hair dryer. The basic amenities provided at this Edinburgh accommodation comprise elevator, business center, laundry service/dry cleaning, room service. These top-class facilities are complemented to excellent services to meet the needs of visitors to Edinburgh. To proceed with this reservation at the Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel, please enter your visit dates and follow our secure online booking form.
One of two sister Edinburgh hotels, The Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel is just a few minutes from the Capital's city centre as well as the principal financial and business district. The world famous Princes Street - beneath the commanding Edinburgh Castle - an iconic city landmark high on its volcanic rock, the Royal Mile and the resurgent Grassmarket full of great pubs, boutique shops and restaurants are all a short walk away while the Edinburgh International Conference Centre is less than a mile away.
Guest accommodation is comtemporary in design but with the emphasis always on comfort. The architectural age of the building has led to rooms of some quite interesting shapes and character, not least those with turret alcoves on the upper floors. Triple and family rooms are also available and the dedicated rooms for disabled guests are classified Grade 1 by the Scottish Tourist Board in recognition of the high standards provided.
The stylish Simpsons restaurant offers a wide a varied selection of traditional cuisine along with a carefully selected choice of wines, beers and spirits in order to complement your meal. The relaxing, contemporary Snug bar is also on hand, allowing you to unwind at the end of your day over a cold beer or a dram of Scotland's finest.
This historic hotel offers its guests a harmonious combination of traditional and contemporary design. It consists of a total of 52 rooms on 7 floors of which 1 is a suite and 3 are disability-friendly rooms. The splendid building was once a Victorian maternity clinic and has been carefully restored. Now it offers business travellers and holidaymakers alike excellent service and accommodation. The hotel has a lobby with a 24-hour reception, a hotel safe, a currency exchange desk, a lift and public Internet access. Further facilities include a friendly bar, a restaurant and laundry and room services. Please note the hotel is completely non-smoking. Check in at 2 pm and check out till 11 am.
One of two sister Edinburgh hotels, The Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel is just a few minutes from the Capital's city centre as well as the principal financial and business district. The world famous Princes Street - beneath the commanding Edinburgh Castle - an iconic city landmark high on its volcanic rock, the Royal Mile and the resurgent Grassmarket full of great pubs, boutique shops and restaurants are all a short walk away while the Edinburgh International Conference Centre is less than a mile away. Guest accommodation is contemporary in design but with the emphasis always on comfort. The architectural age of the building has led to rooms of some quite interesting shapes and character, not least those with turret alcoves on the upper floors. Triple and family rooms are also available and the dedicated rooms for disabled guests are classified Grade 1 by the Scottish Tourist Board in recognition of the high standards provided. The stylish Simpsons restaurant offers a wide a varied selection of traditional cuisine along with a carefully selected choice of wines, beers and spirits in order to complement your meal. The relaxing, contemporary Snug bar is also on hand, allowing you to unwind at the end of your day over a cold beer or a dram of Scotland's finest.
***Our rates are per room, per night and are room only unless otherwise specified*** The Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel is located in the centre of the historic city of Edinburgh. We are close by all the key business districts, the Edinburgh International Convention Centre, Princes Street shopping, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, most major government offices and all the principal visitor attractions including the Castle, the Royal Mile, Holyrood Palace, the National Museum of Scotland and Dynamic Earth. Waverly and Haymarket Railway Stations are both nearby, as is the main bus station. Edinburgh Airport is only 8 miles distant. Converted to an hotel from a historic Victoran Maternity Hospital during 1998 the building offers an excellent combination of the old and the new with a choice of 52 well-equipped and generously proportioned modern bedrooms, and a contemporary restaurant. All of our rooms include dataports.
