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THIS MAGNIFICENT AND HISTORIC GEORGIAN TOWNHOUSE
BOUTIQUE HOTEL SPANS FIVE FLOORS WITH MAGNIFICENT
VIEWS OVER THE EDINBURGH SKYLINE. EACH ROOM IS
DESIGNED AND DECORATED TO AN EXACTING STANDARD.
SOME ROOMS ARE BOLD AND DRAMATIC BUT ALL ARE
SOPHISTICATED AND ELEGANT.
A LISTED BUILDING OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, IT
IS THE FORMER HOME OF JOHN WILSON, CELEBRATED
ESSAYIST, POET, ACADEMIC AND BON VIVEUR.
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6 Gloucester Place, Great Brit - Edinburgh EH3 6EF Scotland
AREA INFORMATION
EDINBURGH FESTIVALS. FOR THE WHOLE MONTH OF
AUGUST, EDINB
URGH PLAYS HOST TO THE LARGEST ARTS
AND ENTERTAINMENT FEST
IVAL IN THE WORLD.
EDINBURGH CASTLE. THIS MOST FAMOUS
OF SCOTTISH
CASTLES HAS A COMPLEX HISTORY. THE OLDEST PAR
T,
ST MARGARETS CHAPEL, DATES FROM THE 12TH
CENTURY,
THE GREAT HALL WAS ERECTED BY JAMES IV
AROUND 1510, THE HA
LF MOON BATTERY BY THE REGENT
MORTON IN THE LATE 16TH CENT
URY, AND THE SCOTTISH
NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL AFTER THE FIRS
T WORLD WAR.
THE CASTLE HOUSES THE HONOURS - THE CROWN JEW
ELS
- OF SCOTLAND, THE STONE OF DESTINY, THE FAMOUS
1
5TH-CENTURY GUN MONS MEG, THE ONE O CLOCK GUN
AND THE NATI
ONAL WAR MUSEUM OF SCOTLAND. IN
ADDITION TO GUIDED TOURS P
ROVIDED BY THE CASTLE
STEWARDS, THERE IS AN AUDIO GUIDE TO
UR AVAILABLE
IN SIX LANGUAGES. THE AUDIO TOUR TAKES THE
3; VISITOR ON A TOUR AROUND THE CASTLE, EXPLAINS ITS
ARCHI
TECTURE, AND TELLS ITS DRAMATIC HISTORY.
THIS GUIDE IS AVA
ILABLE IN ENGLISH, FRENCH,
ITALIAN, SPANISH, DUTCH, JAPANE
SE AND GERMAN. THE
CROWN JEWEL SHOP IN THE ROYAL APARTMENT
S OFFERS
EXCLUSIVE LINES OF SPECIALLY DESIGNED JEWELLERY.&
#13; A COURTESY VEHICLE, CAN TAKE VISITORS WITH A
DISABILI
TY TO THE TOP OF THE CASTLE. RAMPS AND A
LIFT GIVE ACCESS
TO THE CROWN JEWELS, STONE OF
DESTINY AND ASSOCIATED EXHIB
ITION, AND RAMPS
PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE WAR MEMORIAL. FOR T
HOSE
WITH IMPAIRED VISION, THERE IS A FREE BRAILLE
GU
IDE AND HANDS-ON MODELS OF THE CROWN JEWELS
WITH BRAILLE T
EXTS.
EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO. SCOTLANDS STUNNING&#
13; ANNUAL OUTDOOR MILITARY SPECTACULAR SET AGAINST
THE MA
JESTIC BACKDROP OF EDINBURGH CASTLE.
FEATURING THE EVER PO
PULAR MASSED PIPES AND DRUMS
FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
&#
13; THE REAL MARY KINGS CLOSE A HISTORICAL ACCURATE
INTER
PRETATION OF LIFE IN EDINBURGH FROM THE
SIXTEENTH TO THE N
INETEENTH CENTURIES.
ACCOMPANIED BY A COSTUMED TOUR GUIDE,
VISITORS
WALK THROUGH A WARREN OF HIDDEN STREETS BENEATH&
#13; THE ROYAL MILE TO DISCOVER DRAMATIC EPISODES FROM
THE
PAST.
THE PALACE OF HOLYROOD HOUSE
ROOM INFORMATION
- Double Room Superior -
Beautiful Double Room With Moder
n Yet
Elegant Decor, And Tasteful Furnishings
-
Standard Single Room -
Lovely First Floor Single Room
Overlooking Beautiful Georgian Terrace
- Suite Room
Deluxe -
Beautiful Suite Room Decorated And Furnished
To The Highest Standards
- Triple Room Superior -
3; Luxurious And Comfortable Triple-bedded Room
With Beaut
iful Decor And Furnishings
- Twin Room Superior -
; Magnificent Twin-bedded Room With Luxurious
Decor And Fu
rnishings
PROPERTY INFORMATION
BAR
INDOOR POOL
HONEYMOON SUITE
RESTAURANT
SATELLITE TELEVISION
HEALTH CLUB
CITY VIEW
RAZO
R ELECTRICAL SOCKET
POOL
COMPUTER AVAILABLE
PARK
ING
FITNESS CENTER
OUTDOOR PARKING
SPRINKLER SYS
TEM IN PUBLIC ROOMS
OVER SIZED ROOMS
JACUZZI
HEA
TED GUEST ROOMS
HEATED POOL
ANNEX ROOM
HOTEL POLICY
CHILDREN UNDER 2 YEARS STAY FREE WITH PARENTS.
NO PETS AL
LOWED.
- TRAVEL AGENCY COMMISSION POLICY -
10 PE
RCENT COMMISSION IS AVAILABLE WITH ALL
NON-NEGOTIATED RATE
S.
- TAXES AND FEES POLICY -
SEE RATE RULES FOR
DETAILS.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
FROM EDINBURGH AIRPORT / GLASGOW / BY CAR TO
EDINBURGH F
OLLOW SIGNS TOWARDS CITY CENTRE. AS
SOON AS YOU ARRIVE ON
PRINCES STREET YOU SEE THE
CASTLE ON YOUR RIGHT, TURN LEFT
DOWN CHARLOTTE
SQUARE. AT BOTTOM TURN RIGHT ONTO QUEEN ST
REET
THEN TAKE 1ST LEFT AND 1ST LEFT AGAIN ONTO HERIOT
; ROW. TURN RIGHT INTO INDIA STREET. AT THE BOTTOM
OF INDI
A STREET IS GLOUCESTER PLACE. THE HOTEL IS
APPROXIMATELY 8
MILES FROM THE AIRPORT.
BY RAIL. FROM EDINBURGH WAVE
RLEY STATION TURN
RIGHT AND CROSS PRINCES STREET, GEORGE S
TREET AND
QUEEN STREET. ONCE ON QUEEN STREET WALK DOWN
; HANOVER STREET ONTO HERIOT ROW. AT END OF HERIOT
ROW TUR
N RIGHT ONTO INDIA STREET. AT THE BOTTOM
OF INDIA STREET I
S GLOUCESTER PLACE AND THE
HOTEL.
FROM PRINCES S
TREET. TURN ONTO HANOVER STREET.
CONTINUE UNTIL YOU REACH
QUEEN STREET THEN CROSS
AND WALK AHEAD AS FAR AS HERIOT RO
W. TURN LEFT
INTO HERIOT ROW AND THEN RIGHT INTO INDIA STR
EET.
AT THE BOTTOM OF INDIA STREET YOU WILL FIND
GLOU
CESTER PLACE AND THE HOTEL.
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