Old Waverley Hotel

This hotel is impossibly central which means its Princes Street View suites look across to the Old Town skyline, Princes Street Gardens, the Scott Monument and the Castle while Waverley Station is virtually on its doorstep. Given the price of Edinburgh hotels, it's not even expensive and has great low season bargains. That said, it's functional and sllightly old-fashioned rather than stylish – it still has its fans though.