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"What’s most striking about the hotel is how its design harmoniously preserves the historical building’s beauty and important elements, yet it showcases a modern, chic style and every comfort you would expect in a posh hotel in the city."

"These suites garnered the nomenclature as they are the suites where Sir Richard Branson stays when he is in town, featuring one-of-a-kind artwork and are equipped with the brand’s iconic bed along with other luxurious appointments throughout."

"Each of the eight Grand Chamber suites has something delightful and/or unexpected about it – a mezzanine decorated in the style of a Bedouin tent, for example."

They're the kind of convenient touches that easily elevate your stay in a place with as much to offer as Edinburgh, and will remain high on our list of the city's pitstops both in and out of season.

If you’re hoping to admire some of Edinburgh’s unforgettable architecture, start with a stay at this Virgin Hotel, which has an impressive backdrop of its own, thanks to its setting within the India Buildings.

The first UK property from the luxury lifestyle hotel brand of Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, with another to follow in Glasgow this summer...

"Virgin Hotels, the luxury lifestyle hotel brand by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, has opened its latest outpost in Edinburgh in soft launch today for hotel guests.."

"The hotel is a collaboration between Virgin Hotels and Scottish architect studio Four-by-Two, and preserves notable elements of the original building to express the character of the cultural city of Edinburgh."

Virgin Hotels, the luxury lifestyle hotel brand by Virgin Group founder Sir Richard Branson, has opened its latest outpost in Edinburgh in soft launch today for hotel guests, and will open to the general public from 14^th June. 

"I didn’t realise the scale of this 222 bedroom and ten storey project, which is somehow slotted into the heart of a UNESCO World Heritage Site..."

"The new hotel will be a cultural city hub, with a design that sustains the building’s heritage while adding a vibrant, new style to the area."

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Housed in the historic 19th-century India Buildings on Victoria Street, the expensively refurbished hotel will have 222 bedrooms, multiple restaurants and bars

Both Edinburgh and Glasgow will also get a Virgin Hotel each. In recent years the company has produced a series of award-winning hotels across the US, but these are its first on this side of the Atlantic.

Virgin Hotels plans its first expansion outside of the USA this year with two new properties due to open in Scotland.