The Sheraton Hotel

A grand five-star hotel near Edinburgh City Centre

The Sheraton Grand Hotel, completed in 1985, is another luxury hotel at the heart of Edinburgh. There are more than 300 Sheraton hotels around the world and while the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Edinburgh is similar in many ways, it does have original features that give it character.

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The location of the Sheraton Hotel makes it a good base for exploring the historic centre of Edinburgh and its famous nightlife. Princes Street, Edinburgh's main street is minutes away as are Princes Street Gardens where you can relax after a full sightseeing day.

The exterior of the Sheraton Grand is not as visually appealing as other City Centre hotels but its outstanding spa and health club can certainly make it one of the more attractive hotels in Edinburgh

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All articles about the Sheraton Hotel in Edinburgh:

Description of the Sheraton Hotel

Luxury rooms and suites

Sheratons's restaurants and bars

Getting to the Sheraton Hotel

The Sheraton Hotel - Web links

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Beautiful Photos from Edinburgh

View of Anchor Close, one of the long, narrow streets breaking off the Royal Mile and leading into Cockburn Street. Photo #3839

Edinburgh panorama from Calton Hill with the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground and the castle, Balmoral Hotel and Scott Monument in the background. Photo #G3557

Photo of Edinburgh City Centre from the base of Nelson's Monument on Calton Hill. From left to right, the Old Town, the Castle, the Balmoral and Princes Street. Photo #G3607

Origin of 'Edinburgh'

Tourists have problems with the name of Edinburgh. There are hundreds of ways people write it and the most common writings include 'edinburg', 'edinborough', 'edimburgh', 'edinbourgh', 'ediburgh', 'edinbugh', 'edinboro', 'edingburgh', 'edinbrugh', 'edimburg', 'edinburugh', 'edingurgh', 'edinbrough', etc.

According to the Scottish Place Names dictionary, the name Edinburgh means 'Fort of the Rock Face'. The 'edin' part comes from Scottish Gaelic and means 'rock face', while 'burgh' comes from Old English meaning stronghold.

Some more obscure (and quite funny) ways of writing Edinburgh include: edinburough, edingburg, edinbourg, edinburh, edinurgh, edenburg, edinbough, edinbourough, edinbrgh, edingborough, edenburgh, edinberg, edinborgh, edinborugh, edinburge, edinburhg, edingbourgh, etc.

Edinburgh is spelt Edimburgo in Spanish and Italian and Édimbourg in French.