Advantages: Clean, nice, good location Disadvantages: Breakfast wasn't great, heating nearly cracked my face
...Thistle is part of the King James Mall complex. This is at one end of Princes Street, the main road in the "New Town" of Edinburgh. It is very close to Waverley station and was very easy to find, although we had to ask a French guy running a stall outside the Mall where the entrance was. Although to be fair, we were very drunk by this point, having travelled up on the train with a bottle of vodka.
The main disadvantage to the location of the hotel ... ...in Edinburgh is uphill from the hotel, so even though it is quite centrally located, going anywhere did feel like a bit of a mission to me.
== Appearance ==
In a town full of history, The Thistle is part of a complex that represents a less shining period of British architecture, being a fine example of concrete Brutalism. Basically it's a box on top of the Mall with large square windows.
Inside, an effort has been made to give the Thistle the ...
anaglypta 26.12.2008
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