HotelThe Balmoral

The author describes the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh as having such "attention to detail in the elegant rooms" where the colours are "picked to echo the country's heathers and moors". He continues "the sheer élan that has re-created the Edwardian splendor" is captured in this grand " former railroad hotel" and says that "staying at the Balmoral" is a [more]

Straying in the very room where J K Rowling finished the last Harry Potter, the reviewer cannot resist allusions to magic, muggles and the various characters now so well known to us all. In the course of following in Rowling's inspiration she sits at the "modern" desk, on the "beige sofa", on the "dark leather chairs" and on the "soft" bed. She c [more]

For Barry Shelby the "landmark" Balmoral hotel remains "one of the grandest hotels in Britain". The hotel with its "soaring clock tower" is situated "almost directly above the Waverley Rail Station" and upon entering you will be greeted by "Kilted doormen". Recently refurbished rooms are "sumptuously furnished". Some rooms such as the Dee Suite a [more]