Best Boutique Hotel: The Bonham.
In an upscale, western New Town neighborhood, The Bonham offers some of the most alluring accommodations in a city filled with fine hotels.

Best Traditional Hotel: Balmoral.
With a Michelin-star restaurant, doormen in kilts, and a romantic pile to rival any others, Balmoral is legendary, and its location is smack in the heart of the capital.

Best Rooms near the Castle: The Witchery by the Castle.
As its list of celebrity guests testifies, the Witchery offers opulence and individuality in a manner not seen anywhere else in the Old Town.

Best Hotel in Leith: Malmaison.
At the port of Leith, Malmaison is about a 15-minute ride north of Edinburgh’s center. Named after Joséphine’s mansion outside Paris, the hotel celebrates the Auld Alliance of France and Scotland and occupies a Victorian building built in 1900.

Best Hotel Health Spa: Sheraton Grand.
Near the city’s conference center, the Sheraton Grand has wonderful facilities in an adjoining
building. Especially noteworthy is the roof-top indoor/outdoor pool.