Description:The howard hotel is a 5* luxury boutique hotel in edinburgh city centre. The hotel building is a traditional scottish, georgian townhouse, dating back to 1820. This city hotel has a total of 18 rooms over 5 floors, of which 5 are suites. The hotel includes a lobby, a 24-hour reception with a hotel safe, a lift and a cloakroom. The hotel offers a butler service to cover such day-to-day tasks as valeting, surfing the web, polishing your shoes, taking care of your dry-cleaning requirements, arranging dinner parties and organizing your social itinerary, or other special requests. Many rooms are equipped with unusual features such as canopy beds, rain baths and antique bakelite telephones. Views include edinburgh's prestigious cobbled great king street to the front of the hotel, and panoramic views across the firth of forth and onto the kingdom of fife from our second floor bedrooms. The superior rooms offer a more spacious alternative to the luxury double rooms, each superior room has additional wardrobe space, most have king size beds and a seating area, suitable for enjoying afternoon tea or our special in room dining service. All bedrooms at the howard are equipped with etv - a television / in-room entertainment centre which includes a variety of channels available for viewing, movies on demand (charges apply), internet access through the television, radio, music jukebox, hotel information and special offers. The hotel also has its own restaurant, the atholl . This sophisticated, luxury restaurant is set in an intimate setting and seats just 14. It is popular with both guests and local residents alike - an is famous for it's afternoon tea. The drawing room is the perfect place for a pre-dinner drink or nightcap after a day of sightseeing.Please note parking icosts £15 per 24 hours.