21212, Edinburgh, Scotland

We love being able to walk out on to Calton Hill for a 360-degree view of the city.

Close to Calton Hill and the Edinburgh Playhouse, the hotel is around a mile from the National Museum of Scotland and the Royal Mile.
By car: from Glasgow around 1 hour, from Newcastle around 2 hours 40 minutes and from Manchester just over 4 hours. A 24-hour multi-storey is a short walk away at Q-Park.
By train: from Glasgow Queens Street around 50 minutes, from Manchester Picadilly around 3 hours and from London Kings Cross around 4 hours 45 minutes. The hotel is a 13-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley train station. thetrainline.com

Dedicated (and potential) food lovers looking for more than just a room for the night should stay here. Eat breakfast in a luxurious pod watched over by a Caravaggio.

We love having a cup of freshly brewed coffee or tea brought to us anytime, anywhere.

• Free Wi-Fi
• Award-winning restaurant
• Bar
• Breakfast

Front-facing rooms have views across the city, but those overlooking the long garden with Calton Hill beyond feel like they glimpse a secret Eden. The decanter of sloe gin waiting in the bedroom is just the thing to warm up a rainy day.

Bedrooms
Facilities include: dedicated lounge area, ensuite bathroom, luxury toiletries, bathrobes, smart TV, free Wi-Fi, bluetooth speaker, tea and coffee facilities

This is a restaurant with a sense of humour, where the signature pre-desert milk flows from a jug shaped like a cow. Kitching is a master of the unexpected, the sum of his 'beef & cabbage horseradish & vanilla' unimaginably more than those modest parts might imply.

21212: four AA Rosettes, Michelin star 2010-2019. Elegant, sumptuous, fine dining, Scottish food with a twist. Open for lunch and dinner Tuesday-Saturday (breakfast everyday for guests). Weekly changing menu - 3 courses from £50, 5 courses from £85.