A quick guide to the hotels on Princes Street - Edinburgh
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- Опубліковано 25 лют 2022
- In this weeks Edinburgh Vlog we take a quick look at what hotels there are alone Princes Street, and what could be better than staying in a hotel room over looking the castle.
We take a quick look at The Balmoral, Motel 1, Hotel Indigo, The old Waverly Hotel, Mercure, Premier Inn, Easy Hotel and of course the Caledonian Waldorf Astoria. We also have a quick glance at prices which of course are subject to change.
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First off - Thank you for all your vids! Booked already into The Grassmarket Hotel this 3rd trip (this coming May!!) Truly my favorite area! That said, I can always use a list of new ideas for the following trip ~ I adore your city
You missed the travel lodge right opp waverley bridge think its above top shop. The entrance is around the back in a side street. We stayed in a family room on the top floor the views over to the old town and castle were unreal
I never saw it. Sorry.
Really good video..I had no idea how many hotels are on princes street..I still say you have the best clear voice ever..you should be on radio. Or tv presenting..x
I stayed at the Hub by Premier off of Rose Street on my last trip. It was around £40-50 per night mid week. Not a lot of floor space, but really well designed. Highly recommended if you are traveling by yourself.
Stayed there too recently, fantastic little place for the price, clean, well designed, great position.
Just come back from a stay at the Balmoral. Was lucky enough to stay for 3 nights in a Grand Suite and one in the Bowes-Lyon suite. Truly deserves the praise it gets, brilliant hotel. Perfect position for getting to all the great whisky shops on the Royal Mile. :)
Love to start my Saturday with a wee wander, Tony!
Great video and so lovely to see prince's St again, we have stayed at the Old Waverly many times, and looking forward to visiting beautiful Edinburgh again in March,
Great video Tony, always look forward to seeing how you showcase Edinburgh. Great idea showing the hotels, a series would be great like you did the Closes. Keep them coming
Yes! Please do more of these 🙂
Brilliant Tony ! Found myself looking for a place to stay more than once! While visiting my old home city. Very helpful info would love to see more 👍
I will always be grateful to you for your videos, back in 2019 you did a video on cockburn street and you pointed at a backpackers (had no idea it was there), at the time we were booked in a place on Grove street because that is what I could get at festival time. So we swapped from Grove st and booked on your recommendation at the backpackers and it help my mum so much because every time she needed to rest we could go back to the place and rest and we still were in the center of everything . If we had been in Grove ST we would have found it hard going back and forth all the time as my mum needed to rest a lot. We are going back to Edinburgh next year and mum wants to stay on Princes street this time so this video has helped a lot.
We stayed at the Mercure in 2011 - called something else then. We traveled with Globus Tours so we had no trouble with busses. It was clean and affordable. Loved Scotland and hope to come back again. Thanks for your videos
Interesting video, thanks. I never noticed there were so many hotels on Princes Street. Also there are also hotels with entrances on Rose Street, which have rooms with views of Princes Street.
Stayed at the Old Waverly - had a room overlooking Scot Monument - was very nice and views were great. Hard to get a pick up and drop off in front because of the bus stops. Nice bar with good food.
6:47 right there, just 1 building up St Andrews Street is a Travelodge. That's where we stayed (by this pint in the trip we just needed something we knew and was in about the right spot). It was fine. Clean, comfortable, well priced. The only weird thing about it was that the entrance is on Meuse Lane, so it's what I would refer to as a back alley. But close to Waverley and everything.
On my next trip I need to figure out whether we stay at the Grassmarket (totally missed that area last trip), on the Royal Mile, or at the bottom of Cockburn (thanks Tony for pointing out that street to me)
I love a good walk-through..but this was super informative, as well! 👍
Personally, I'll never be able to afford the 2, at each end...but the others are within reach 😃
Thanks for all the help, Tony...it is very much appreciated 💙
hello from Denmark 🌸 ❄️
Thanks loads of great information
An episode(s) of hotels in Old Town and New Town, Stockbridge, Leith etc. would be helpful. I use AirB&B and have stayed in a variety of areas around Central Edinburgh, all within walking distance and all unique neighborhoods.
Another good video Tony.
What a great idea!
Thanks for this review of the options on Princes Street, Tony!
Not sure if it would benefit anyone else but I have always driven to Edinburgh, and knowing about car park options is always key in my decision making process.
Agree. When we travel in Edinburgh we need a car space which can be difficult
This is really helpful thank you! 😊
My sister and I did air band b at Deans village was a great walk around there to
Last time I was in Edinburgh (about 4 years ago) I stayed at Motel 1. It was modern, clean and comfortable with an excellent breakfast and I would stay there again. Not good for parking, but very handy for Waverley Station just across the road, and very central for visiting Edinburgh.
When I was in Edinburgh last november I stayed at the CoDE Pod THE CoURT hostel on Parliament Square just behind St Giles cathedral. It was very nice, they have capsule (pod) like dorm and private rooms, check it out.
Tony we always stay at the Travelodge which is nearly opposite the station in Princes street, above Top shop. You get in the entrance up the side street in The Muse. It’s very basic, clean, cheap and handy
This is the one just off St Andrews Street, right? That's where we stayed too.
Hi Tony, totally enjoyed this video. I am hoping that at some point you will do this kind of video, but highlighting the Royal Mile (Especially the Inn on The Mile, since we have booked this one 3× now because of COVID). Hoping we get there in July!
Excellent video, thank you! Would love to see maybe some Grassmarket area hotels? 😊
We had High Tea at the Balmoral and it was wonderful. But staying even 1 night would have been a budget buster for sure!
I stayed at the Point a hotel on bread street. Very modern, very "cheap" and not far away from the princess street gardens or haymarket :)
I’d love to see a video on the High Street hotels and restaurants!
I've stayed in quite a few of those Hotels (Not the really Expensive Two!!! lol).
But I usually stay in The Frederick St Hotel. 2 minutes walk from Princes St. Price for March 14-19th £169!
(It's even cheaper than the Cockburn St Back-packers. £235?).
It's a super Hotel. Highly recommend it.
Loved this Vlog.
Take Care. O
Thanks Tony, would you mind doing the Old Town hotels also please? Around the Royal Mile? Cheers
I don't stay on Princes St. when I'm there, but closer to the outskirts to both save money and have larger rooms. Because you have buses going all day and night, you can book a room 2 or 3 miles out and it's about 1/2 the cost usually and you don't have to share bathrooms. Breakfast is usually part of the package and you can literally be at in City Centre in 5-10 minutes. BUT...that being said, yes, Princes Street is centerally located, great views, loads of buses and of course, you're already in E.C.C.
Would like to see royal mile hotels next time
Dont know if you have done a vid on it yet but would love to see one on the Mackenzie tomb. Who he was,what’s happened to the tomb and the experiences people have had since I don’t believe in ghosts but there is certainly something unusual.
I believe there will be small boutique hotels in Jenners and the BHS buildings
Think Hotel Indigo is now in the hotel that was the Royal British hotel. there is also a Travelodge on Meuse Lane opposite Mc Donald's that leads out on to Tk Max and the Old Waverley Hotel
Every time I’m in Edinburgh, I stay at the Premier Inn. Tried Easy Hotel once, rooms to small for husband 6’6”.
Disabled access would be a good help.
Do edingurgh hostels as well. There are very good hostels with very old buildings
Good morning Tony where I'm calling from is Canada was just speaking to a friend that came back from Edinborough told me about circus lane or circling can you do a video on that please it sounds absolutely beautiful for what he was saying thank you
Go do a hotel guide on Geoge St. next. I stayed at the Tigerlilly once, very funky...almost too funky! We had a great stay though. I once stayed in a small attic apartment on Rose St. The building started life as a biscuit factory, then a "house of somewhat questionable repute", then short-term rentals. Maybe a video titled, "I can't believe what this used to be"! I still want to see a, "Tony rides a bicycle through Edinburgh" video! Come on Clan Broonford, everybody post a comment...."Tony riding a bicycle through Edinburgh"!!!!!
Hi Tony, we are in Musselburgh to taste test DeRollo and Luca ice cream. Heather and Doug x
We prefer Luca ice cream. Very tasty and better value for money. 👍
Hey Tony could you do hotels in The Old Town too at some stage? Near the Royal Mile?
Shoutout to the Rutland Hotel kinda/sorta right next to the Waldorf at the end of the video. Although technically not on Princes Street you can see it in the shot 😊
Apex is down at the beginning of Princess street
Thanks for the video! I'm hoping to come to Edinburgh in March 2023. I've heard there is a strike going on in all of the UK, is this true?
What about if someone wanted to tent during peak season. Is there a camping sight within a few miles?
The Balmoral Hotel was the North british Hotel in the sixties.
That's right, the railway hotel - hence it's habit of keeping the clock 5min fast to benefit train users! The hotel is still often referred to as the NB by the older generation...
Assuming those prices are per person not per room, right? With students I've used Unite Sudents (excellent accomodations!) and Vrbo for myself w/o students. I like the local flair rather than hotels!
There’s a Philippines 🇵🇭 fast food place opened recently west end of princes street if you are looking for a food place to react to? There is also another Philippines 🇵🇭 place near ocean terminal offering Philippines 🇵🇭 dishes called Aid’s Filipino kitchen(they own the elephant house)
What about the Apex it’s just a little ways down
Hi, many thanks for this video. How close is the Moxy Edinburgh Fountainbridge hotel to the waverley or hay market station and is it safely walkable or is taking a taxi more convenient?
I had to look it up, as I had never heard of it. It's about a 10 minute walk, but the area is safe.
@@ClanBroonford Thank you. Much appreciated :)
Hey Mate :
I have been wondering for a long time if I were in Edinburgh and wanted to buy a good bottle of Scotch
Where would I need to go ?
Say a 35yr old Hyland Park .
In Canada, I would need to go to a gov.
controlled Liguor store .
In the USA, a private liquor store .
What is the case in Scotland ?
Mike
An ideal video for chapter markers, don't you think?
I'm not sure what you mean?
It's something UA-camrs can do to make their videos easier to navigate. You make each hotel a "chapter" in the video so viewers could quickly find the ones they were most interested in. Watch this for more info:
ua-cam.com/video/b1Fo_M_tj6w/v-deo.html
BTW, there's a Gregg's in Waverley Mall. Ask me how I know... 😉
I may be wrong but I fear that is now a Starbucks! Perhaps Tony could check for us? I was looking for it in October and couldn't find it.
@@albacairncross2960 I was there summer 2019, and there was both a Gregg's and a Starbucks.
@@LiqdPT Thank you!
@@albacairncross2960 looks like my other comment got removed (I'm guessing because it included a link)
I looked at the map of the mall and the Starbucks and Gregg's are right next to each other. So I suppose it's possible that Starbucks expanded and the mall website isn't updated. But as I recall, the Gregg's was easy to miss with the big Starbucks right next to it
EASYGYM?
3 mins Tony lol
The Cinema is under The Scotsman, not the Balmoral 😉
Thank you. 😀
@@ClanBroonford No worries! I work for the company so let me know if you’d like me to put you in touch for a tour.
Shame about the pavements! If you're coming from abroad make sure you have good insurance because you might end up in hospital. This is Edinburgh's "prime" street but it's not safe to walk along with all the jutting out paving stones. Anyway maybe the new St James Quarter will be the final nail in the coffin for Princes Street as far as shopping is concerned.