Accommodation

From DebConf7

If you have questions which are not answered on this page, please contact accommodation@debconf.org.

Hostels

We have booked rooms for those who requested sponsored accommodation in two backpackers' hostels a few minutes' walk from Teviot:

• Cowgate Tourist Hotel 96 Cowgate.
• Budget Backpackers 37-39 Cowgate.

How to find the hostels:

• Hostel map
• Images of the route from Teviot to Budget Backpackers (and on to the Cowgate Tourist Hotel)
• Video of the route from Teviot to Budget Backpackers
• Video of the route on to the Cowgate Tourist Hostel
• Images of the route from Teviot directly to the Cowgate Tourist Hotel

If you are booking your own accommodation, and want something cheaper than a hotel, other nearby backpackers' hostels include:

• Smart City Hostel 50 Blackfriars Street.
• EuroHostel Edinburgh 4/2 Kincaid's Court, Cowgate.
• Castle Rock Hostel 15 Johnston Terrace.
• Edinburgh Backpackers Hostel Cockburn Street.
• High Street Hostel 8 Blackfriars Street.
• Argyle Backpackers 14 Argyle Place (Marchmont).
• Brodie's Hostels 93 High Street.
• Royal Mile Backpackers 105 High Street.

Hotels

The DebConf venue, Teviot, is in the south of the city centre, close to a wide range of hotels and guesthouses.

We suggest the Premier Travel Inn Edinburgh City Centre, 82 Lauriston Place (about 550m from Teviot). Telephone: +44 131 221 7130. If you wish to stay there, you should book your accommodation directly with the hotel. (Make sure you book in the Premier Travel Inn on Lauriston Place: there are several others in Edinburgh, further from the conference venue.)

• Hotel map
• Images of the route from Teviot to the Premier Travel Inn
• Images of the route from the Premier Travel Inn to Teviot

Lauriston Place

This map shows the locations of some of the cheaper hotels near Teviot, including the Premier Travel Inn. (Note that the Premier Travel Inn is next to the Novotel, and across the road from the Best Western.)

Nearby hotels include:

• Premier Travel Inn Edinburgh City Centre 82 Lauriston Place (about 550m from Teviot)
• Apex City Hotel 61 Grassmarket (about 650m from Teviot)
• Travelodge Travelodge Edinburgh Central 33 St Mary's Street (about 800m from Teviot)
• Ibis Edinburgh Centre 6 Hunter Square (about 700m from Teviot)
• Novotel Edinburgh Centre 80 Lauriston Place (about 550m from Teviot)
• Point Hotel 34 Bread Street (about 950m from Teviot)
• Ten Hill Place 10 Hill Place (about 400m from Teviot)
• Paramount Carlton Hotel 19 North Bridge (about 750m from Teviot)
• Radisson SAS 80 High Street (about 750m from Teviot)
• Apex International Hotel 31-35 Grassmarket (about 650m from Teviot)
• Best Western Edinburgh City Hotel 79 Lauriston Place (about 550m from Teviot)
• Scotsman Hotel 20 North Bridge (about 750m from Teviot)

http://www.visitscotland.com/accommodation/?view=Accommodation has more information on accommodation options. Renting an apartment or staying in a bed-and-breakfast may be cheaper than a hotel.

TripAdvisor is a useful resource for seeing other travellers' reviews of accommodation. For example, they have reviews of the Premier Travel Inn.