Located off Princes Street, one of Edinburgh’s main thoroughfares, the new No. 11 Brunswick Street provides both peace and quiet and convenience. The boutique hotel, which occupies a restored Georgian house, has just 10 rooms, ensuring that the staff is attentive to guests’ needs. Each room has been painstakingly created and come with high-quality amenities and features, such as heated floors and towel bars in the bathrooms, fluffy bathrobes, luxury toiletries, free Internet, and Egyptian-cotton sheets.

11 Brunswick Street, Edinburgh; 44-131/557-691; 11brunswicks.co.uk; doubles start from $194