Best for design gurus
££ MARKET STREET HOTEL
Between the Old and New Towns, just steps
from Waverley station, you’ll find the capital’s
first representative of the Design Hotels group.
Its striking, angular stone facade is topped by
an irregular, geometric roof with a reception,
unusually, on the top floor. Interiors are
contemporary and pared-back, and rooms
are on the compact side — in categories such
as Cozy, Roomy and Vista — but the sleek
bathrooms are spacious. The place to be,
however, is the seventh-floor Champagne
lounge, Nor’Loft. Nursing a cocktail while
looking out over the rooftops of Edinburgh’s
handsome skyline takes some beating.
ROOMS: From £168. marketstreethotel.co.uk
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