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The Glasshouse Hotel : Description

The glasshouse is a modern three floor hotel located in scotland's capital city, 300 meters from bustling princes street. The modern glass architecture incorporates the façade of the 150 year old lady glenorchy church. All 65 air conditioned guestrooms have chic contemporary décor and furniture and floor to ceiling windows. Designer toiletries, bathrobes and slippers,and frette egyptian cotton bed linen provide comfort; while minibars,cable television, cd players and high speed wireless internet connections offer entertainment. Suites feature spacious living areas with wooden floors; each suite is named after a scots whisky and contains a decanter of the whisky for guests to sample. The majority of rooms have private terraces. The hotel features a private, two acre rooftop garden, offering a tranquil retreat. Landscaped with lawn, shrubs, a large patio, and network of paths, it offers views of calton hill; items from the room service menu can be enjoyed on the roof garden, which is open all day, and often hosts sculpture exhibitions. Cooked to order scottish and continental buffet breakfasts are available in the observatory, with cherry wood paneling and large windows overlooking the woodland. The snug is open every evening until the early hou rsand a 20 sophisticated but informal lounge has sofas, armchairs, and an ultracontemporary gas fire set within a broad coffee table. The room service menu is available 24 hours and offers three course meals. Three modern boardrooms and two syndicate rooms are available for business functions, and two social rooms, as well as the rooftop garden, are available for event and weddings. The hotel also features its own gallery space, regularly displaying the latest artwork from local edinburgh artists. Guests can enjoy a night out at the edinburgh playhouse, located next door to the hotel and visit edinburgh castle, one mile away. The hotel is approximately eight miles and a 20 minute drive from edinburgh airport. Frequent daily bus station adjacent to the terminal to the central edinburgh bus terminus at waverley bridge, 700 meters from the hotel. Taxis are also available from a taxi rank adjacent to the terminal; a one way taxi fare is approximately £15. Central edinburgh is compact and, although hilly, can be explored on foot.

Hotel Facilities

• Continental Breakfast
• Whirlpool
• Tennis Court
• Golf Course
• Handicap Accessible
• Dataports
• Meeting Rooms
• Business Center
• Dry Cleaning
• Indoor Pool
• Non Smoking Rooms
• Airport Transfer available
• Car Rental Desk
• Family Rooms

Further Hotel Details

• Check in time: 1400
• Check out time: 1200

Further links: Edinburgh Hotel Reservations