Express Holiday Inn Scotland, Picardy Place Accommodation, Rooms, Address
Express by Holiday Inn Edinburgh
Edinburgh City Centre Hotel, Picardy Place, South East Scotland, UK
post updated 30 December 2021
Express by Holiday Inn Hotel Edinburgh
Location: Picardy Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
Bookings: Contact the Express By Holiday Inn Edinburgh on +44 (0)131 558 2300 fax: +44 (0)131 558 2323
Picardy Place accommodation picture © Adrian Welch
Origial building architect: Robert Burn
Description: This Express By Holiday Inn is a 3 star hotel. Based at the east end of the New Town, in Picardy Place, the Express By Holiday Inn is opposite the Edinburgh Playhouse (theatre) and the Omni Edinburgh (cinema and restaurants).
Picardy Place accommodation building photo © Adrian Welch
Directions: This hotel on Picardy Place is within a listed Georgian building.
The Express By Holiday Inn Edinburgh is 5 minute’s walk from the east end of Princes Street. This Edinburgh accommodation has 161 bedrooms.
The hotel is much more impressive than the other Edinburgh Holiday Inn down in Leith with seductive evening external lighting and great position for the Theatre, Cinema and Shops.
Picardy Place accommodation photo © Adrian Welch
Contact this central Edinburgh hotel – e-mail them on [email protected]
There is also a Express By Holiday Inn in Leith, to the east of Edinburgh on the waterfront beside the Western Harbour:
Express By Holiday Inn Waterfront
Express By Holiday Inn Edinburgh Area
Express By Holiday Inn Edinburgh – buildings close by – key selection:
Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Pl, EH1 3AA
Playhouse Theatre building image © Adrian Welch
Edinburgh Playhouse
Greenside Place – Calton Square development
Greenside Place building picture from the architect
Greenside Place
Picardy Place
The tiny hamlet of Picardy was apparently begun in 1730 when a group of refugee silk-weavers arrived from Picardy in northern France. The south side was demolished in 1969 to create the Picardy Place Roundabout.
The surviving north side is designed by Scottish architect Robert Burn (1752–1815). The palace-fronted block has lost much of its original symmetry, especially with numerous ground floor alterations. The east side was “restored” around 1980 as a tax office, recreating the ground floor and basement but removing most of the chimneys.
This section was converted into a Holiday Inn hotel around 2010. The property changed hands in 2017 for £18 million.
Edinburgh Hotels
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Princes Street 347-bed hotel in Edinburgh
building photo courtesy of Blackfinch Property
Princes Street Hotel Edinburgh City Centre
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Sheraton Grand Hotel, off Lothian Road, in the emerging financial district, west of the city centre
building photograph © Adrian Welch
Sheraton Grand Hotel Health Club
Missoni Hotel Edinburgh, Old Town, city centre
Old Town accommodation building picture from designers
Missoni Hotel Edinburgh
Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street / North Bridge, city centre
Princes Street accommodation building image © Adrian Welch
Balmoral Hotel
City Travel Inn, west of the city centre
accommodation building photograph : Steffen Schefer
City Travel Inn
Novotel Edinburgh
Novotel Edinburgh
Express By Holiday Inns
Key Express By Holiday Inn Accommodation – Selection:
The Glasshouse Hotel is located opposite this accommodation building on the north side of Calton Hill.
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Trinity Academy
Design: Holmes Miller Architects
Trinity Academy Edinburgh secondary school building
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1 Broughton Market short term let apartments
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