Where to stay in Edinburgh

A former lunatic asylum versus a stylish but unpretentious first hotel from an Italian fashion house.

Hotel Du Vin

Hotel Du Vin opened an Edinburgh branch last December. It is situated inside Bedlam Asylum, which served as the city's lunatic hospital in the 18th century. Scottish poet Robert Ferguson was interned there in one of the stone-flagged cells. However, the place would now be unrecognisable to former inmates.

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