Hotel description The Howard Hotel
The building is a traditional Scottish, Georgian townhouse, dating back to 1820. Renovated in 2006, this city hotel has a total of 18 rooms over 5 floors, of which 5 are suites. In addition to a garden and a terrace, the hotel includes a lobby, a 24-hour reception with a hotel safe, a lift and a cloakroom. In addition, there is a restaurant, a conference room, wireless Internet access, room and laundry services as well as a car park. From the moment of guests' arrival, a team of butlers will anticipate their every wish. This discrete luxury hotel offers a care for detail and a personal atmosphere, which ensures that guests feel special. This Georgian retreat in the heart of Scotland's capital is somewhere guests are able to call ""home"" during their stay.
Room description
The luxury accommodation is unparalleled in Edinburgh. The hotel offers double, twin and superior rooms, which include many unusual features such as canopy beds, rain baths and antique bakelite telephones. In addition, guests are able to enjoy a view of the famous, cobbled Great King Street to the front of the hotel or, from the 2nd floor, panoramic views of the Forth River and the Kingdom of Fife. All the rooms feature a TV/entertainment centre, which offers various channels. Films, from blockbusters to classics, are available on request and for an added fee. All films are loaned for a full 24 hours, whether they are started, stopped or paused, rewound or played again. The TV also includes Internet access with the keyboard enabling the option to surf the Internet. A choice of national and international radio stations are available as well as a music library and it is possible, like with a jukebox, to select it through the TV. The rooms include an en suite bathroom, a hairdryer, direct dial telephone, a double or king-size bed, a seating area, a safe and central heating.
Meal service description
Guests may serve themselves at the breakfast buffet. At lunchtime and in the evenings, guests may select dishes from an à la carte menu. Guests may book either a full board stay or bed and breakfast.
Comments from hotel
Check in: 15h. Check out: 12h.
Hotel location description The Howard Hotel
This hotel enjoys a central location in the New Town area of the city and only around a 20-minute walk from the centre. Plenty of sightseeing attractions lie in the vicinity. George Street, where guests will find chic designer boutiques, lies around a 7-minute walk away. Waverly train station and the St. Andrews bus are around 5 minutes away by taxi.
Payment methods description
American Express, MasterCard and VISA are all accepted in the hotel.
Description The Howard Hotel
- » Year of construction: 1820
- » Suites: 5
- » Single rooms: 2
- » Number of floors (main building): 5
- » Last renovated: 2006
- » Total number of rooms: 18
- » Double / twin rooms: 11
Hotel type
- » City hotel
Methods of payment
- » Visa
- » American Express
- » MasterCard
Room facilities (Standard room)
- » Lounge
- » HiFi stereo system
- » Shower
- » Satellite / cable TV
- » Hairdryer
- » Bathroom
- » Bath
- » Central heating
- » Safe
- » Internet access
- » Direct dial telephone
- » Carpeted
- » King size bed
- » Double bed
Facilities
- » Safe
- » Room service
- » Cloakroom
- » Laundry service
- » 24h. Reception
- » Public Internet
- » Lift-s
- » High chairs
- » WLAN access point
- » Car park
- » Conference room
- » Reception area
- » Restaurant -s
Restaurant
- » Full board
- » Breakfast buffet
- » Special diets
- » Continental breakfast
- » Lunch à la carte
- » Bed and breakfast
- » Dinner à la carte