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Best Hotel Bets
Best Boutique Hotel: In an upscale neighborhood, The Bonham, 35 Drumsheugh Gardens (tel. 0131/226-6050), offers some of the most alluring accommodations in a city filled with fine hotels. Alternatively, the same company offers The Howard, 34 Great King St. (tel. 0131/557-3500).
Best Traditional Hotel: With a Michelin-star restaurant, doormen in kilts, and a romantic pile to rival any others, the Balmoral, 1 Princes St. (tel. 0131/556-2414), is legendary, and its location is smack in the heart of the capital.
Best Rooms near the Castle: As its list of celebrity guests testifies, the Witchery, Castlehill (tel. 0131/225-5613), offers opulence and individuality in a manner not seen anywhere else in the Old Town.
*Best Hotel in Leith: At the port of Leith, Malmaison, 1 Tower Place (tel. 0131/555-6868), is about a 15-minute ride north of Edinburgh's center. Named after Joséphine's mansion outside Paris, it celebrates the Auld Alliance of France and Scotland and was created from a 1900s Victorian building. Malmaison once housed indigent seamen but today is an oasis of chic.
Best Hotel Health Spa: Near the city's conference center, the Sheraton Grand, 1 Festival Sq. (tel. 0131/229-9131), has wonderful facilities in an adjoining building, highlighted by a roof-top indoor/outdoor pool.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without
notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before
planning your trip.
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