Macdonald Holyrood Hotel
Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH8 8AU, Scotland

Macdonald Holyrood Hotel, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh, Lothian, EH8 8AU, Scotland
Macdonald Holyrood Hotel is centrally located in the historic old town of Edinburgh, close to Holyrood Palace and beside the new Scottish Parliament building. The hotel offers superbly appointed bedrooms, a first-class restaurant and a state of the art leisure and beauty club. It is the perfect location from which to explore the delights of Edinburgh.

Enjoy Edinburgh on your doorstep with Edinburgh Castle, The Royal Mile and much more. Welcoming staff will offer you a high standard of service to match the luxurious suroundings and guests also have free use of the Vital Health, Fitness & beauty Club including indoor pool.

Leisure Facilities:
The Vital Health Fitness and Beauty Club offers a 14 metre swimming pool, sauna, steam room and techno gym. There are approximately twenty 18-hole golf courses nearby.

Local Attractions
Edinburgh is one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities of Europe where there are many interesting and fun attractions to cater for all needs.

Palace of Holyrood House
The new Scottish Parliament
Dynamic Earth
The Royal Mile
Edinburgh Castle
Princes Street
The Scotch Whisky Heritage Centre
Camera Obscura
National Galleries of Scotland
The Edinburgh Dungeons
Edinburgh Zoo
The Royal Yacht Britannia

Additional Sightseeing:

As featured in The Da Vinci Code, Rosslyn Chapel is 8 miles south of the hotel
Museum of Flight - 21 miles east of the hotel
Muirfield Golf Course - built in 1891 and the fairest test of a golfer's ability to play links golf
The Witchery Tours - ghostly tours of Edinburgh's sordid past! - take place in the City Centre
Musselburgh Race Course - havea a flutter on the horses! - 5 miles east of the hotel
Deep Sea World Aquarium
North Berwick Coastline and Golf Clubs
New Lanark Heritage Village
Stirling and the Trossachs

Directions
By Road

Directions from the West:
Follow the M8 from Glasgow until it joins the Edinburgh City Bypass. At the roundabout follow signs for A720 City Bypass Edinburgh South and East and follow this in an anticlockwise direction until you reach the Sherriffhall Roundabout, which is approx. 5 miles further on. At this roundabout take the 1st exit signposted A7 North/ City Centre. Follow this road straight into the city, past a BMW garage on the right and the new Royal Infirmary on the right. After approx. 4 miles you will arrive at Cameron Toll Roundabout. Go straight on here (2nd Exit), this road is called Dalkeith Road, and should be followed again straight on through all sets of traffic lights. The road will turn into St Leonards Street after you pass the Royal Commonwealth Pool and then into The Pleasance. At this point, the road will go steeply downhill with a crossroads at the bottom with traffic lights. Turn right here onto Holyrood Road - we are at the bottom of this road on the left hand side.

Directions from the East:
Follow the A1 towards Edinburgh. Take the turn off signposted A720 City Bypass and follow signs at the roundabout for Edinburgh West and North (1st Exit). Follow this along to Sherriffhall Roundabout, where you will follow signs for A7 North/City Centre. This will be your 4th Exit. Then follow directions as above.

Directions from the North:
Head for the Forth Road bridge. Cross the bridge and follow the motorway on about 5 miles into the City Centre until you get to the Barnton Junction. Here follow signs for the A720 City Bypass and Maybury Junction, turning right. Follow this dual carriageway straight on, straight through the next roundabout and down to the Maybury Junction. Turn right here, following signs for the Bypass. At the Gogar Roundabout, take the 2nd exit - the beginning of the City Bypass. Follow on to the Sherriffhall Roundabout, and follow the directions as above.

Directions from the South:
Follow the signs for Edinburgh then as above.

By Rail
Edinburgh Waverley Train Station - ½ mile
Edinburgh Haymarket Train Station - 1 mile

By Air
Edinburgh Airport - 8 miles
 
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