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Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom · Radisson Blu · Accessible Luxury
Ian Begg, who spent his career repairing old Scottish buildings, gave the Royal Mile a new medieval face in 1989. Between Blackfriars Street and Niddry Street, the hotel that looks centuries old was finished in March 1990 on a gap site left empty for about twenty-five years, the stone a skin of cast slabs on a modern frame. It opened as the Scandic Crown, later traded as a Crowne Plaza, and now has 238 rooms as a Radisson Blu.
- 238 rooms
- Opened 1990
- Neighborhood: Old Town Edinburgh
- Rooms from 280 sq ft (26 m²)
- Architect: Ian Begg
About Radisson Blu Hotel, Edinburgh City Centre
- A fire damaged part of the new building in the early 1990s, soon after the March 1990 completion.
- Sleeping Beauty Spa holds the indoor pool, sauna, and steam room, while Itchycoo Bar and Kitchen cooks downstairs and moves tables onto a garden terrace in warm weather.
- In 2005, while the house was still a Radisson SAS and midway through a £5 million refurbishment, it sold for £43 million.
- Entry-level rooms start at 280 sq ft (26 m²).
History
Ian Begg began this Royal Mile hotel in 1989 and finished it in March 1990 on a gap site between Blackfriars Street and Niddry Street, empty since the demolitions of the 1960s. It opened as the Scandic Crown, later became a Crowne Plaza, then a Radisson SAS, and now trades as Radisson Blu, with 238 rooms. The medieval look is cast stone hung on a modern frame. A fire damaged part of the building in the early 1990s.
The setting
80 High Street, on the Royal Mile in the Old Town, about 250 metres from Waverley and a short walk uphill toward the castle.
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