We believe that we have accommodation to suit all tastes. All our hotels, exclusive use castles and B&Bs are known to us. Equally importantly, all these establishments know all about The Gathering and know how you can get to where you want to be most easily or cheaply. Please choose the type of accommodation that best suits your taste and contact us by completing the form available at the foot of each section.

FIVE STAR HOTELS IN CENTRAL EDINBURGH

The Sheraton hotel looks right across to Edinburgh Castle. Veer a little left and there is Princes Street with its lovely gardens on one side and the capital’s principal shops on the other. Veer a little right and there is the superb Usher Hall, Edinburgh’s Concert Hall which will have completed its refurbishment by 2009. The luxury here is all that you would expect from the Sheraton and there is a most sumptuous and all encompassing spa facility. More at their website.
The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 270.

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The Howard is a haven of peace in the centre of Edinburgh. Behind a typical Georgian façade lies a small and exclusive hotel, very close to the centre of town. The butler service may seem a little over the top but it is good to have someone available to help you organise your day, your transport, your shopping, etc. More at www.thehoward.com The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 316.
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EXCLUSIVE USE CASTLES AND COUNTRY HOUSES If you are coming as a group, perhaps drawn from places scattered far afield, you may like the idea of taking a country house or castle for the weekend. You will probably sleep in a four poster bed and you will certainly dine together each evening in a historic building that it is exclusively yours. All of our properties are within 45 minutes drive of central Edinburgh. The size of available properties varies from eight to eighteen people. If one of these properties may be of interest to you, we would appreciate an early expression of interest so that we can manage the available accommodation to the best advantage of all. The cost per room per night for dinner, bed and breakfast varies from GBP 220 to GBP 500.
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FOUR STAR HOTELS IN CENTRAL EDINBURGH
The Hilton Grosvenor Hotel has seen a significant amount of Hilton shareholders’ money sunk into its facilities in recent years. The hotel takes up almost the whole of one side of a fine Victorian street in the west end of Edinburgh. It is a happy combination of the traditional and the modern with a fine restaurant and all the facilities you would expect. It is however quite a long walk to Holyrood and so taxis, or the nearby Haymarket train station will be needed. The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 196.	The Albany Hotel is in the traditional early 19th century part of Edinburgh, and just a short walk from the heart of the city. Over the past year this charming boutique hotel has come under new management: all rooms are now refurbished and beyond the fine Georgian front door the décor is unashamedly modern. There is a small restaurant in the basement. It is a pleasant walk of about 20 minutes to Holyrood. The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 168 .
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THREE STAR HOTELS IN CENTRAL EDINBURGH Most people who have contacted us so far have asked to stay somewhere which is good, clean, and reasonably central. Our varied selection of three star hotels meets this need. All are within a short walk of the centre and most are close to Holyrood. Some breakfasts are continental. Since some of these hotels are in historically important buildings, some do not have elevators. The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 140.
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B & Bs WITHIN 15 MINUTES WALK OF HOLYROOD Get close if you can! The area round Holyrood Park is not traditional B&B country, but these three and four star graded B&Bs (private houses with knowledgeable landladies who let out two or three spare bedrooms) are as close as it gets. The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 110.
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B & Bs WITHIN THE 18TH CENTURY "NEW TOWN" OF EDINBURGH
It takes a small leap of imagination to hear the carriage wheels passing by the classic town houses, arranged in neat squares and opulent ovals; but the cobbles are still there. You can no longer smell the horses or hear the grooms shouting, but the little mews houses at the foot of the garden are still there. The housemaids and butlers are long gone – you may be sleeping in one of their old rooms – but you still breakfast in the high ceilinged elegance of the traditional dining room, your hostess chatting to you as she serves the scrambled eggs. These houses are no longer restricted to the upper classes, but their 21st century inhabitants probably love them even more and are happy to let out some rooms to appreciative tourists so that they can continue to enjoy living there. The cost per room per night for bed and breakfast is GBP 150.
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OTHER ACCOMMODATION If none of the above is what you have in mind, then please contact us and we will find the right solution. Edinburgh has a wonderful range of excellent accommodation. However bookings for The Gathering are coming in well from all quarters and so this bold promise has a shelf life which extends only until July of 2008! Send Enquiry | Back to top
NOTE: For Gathering Passports, see our booking page at http://www.clansandcastles.com/booking2009.html

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Scottish Clans and Castles Ltd.
The Old Stables, Househill, Nairn IV12 5RY
Tel. +44 1667 456942 / Fax +44 1667 455 499
Email: info@clansandcastles.com
Scottish Clans and Castles Ltd is registered in Scotland No. 215349