The New Town is where Edinburgh does Georgian order: stone terraces, grid streets and garden squares a short walk from Princes Street (see Princes Street Hotels). Nine of the 41 stays compared on this site sit here, from a dorm bed at £18 per night to aparthotels from £125. Most carry a lift and 24h reception, and the area stays quiet compared with the Old Town.
Below are the New Town listings ranked and compared from live listing data. Two hostels open the table, a £18 dorm bed rated 8.6/10 across 1965 reviews and a £21.42 bed rated 9.2/10. Above them sit budget hotel rooms from £83 and two aparthotels from £125, so the spread suits both backpackers and visitors wanting a private room.
Most-reviewed stay
Heeton Concept Aparthotel Edinburgh
Aparthotel at 74 -77 Queen Street in Edinburgh's New Town, with double rooms from £142 a night.
easyHotel Edinburgh
Budget hotel · New Town
from £88 per night, double roomBudget hotel at 125A Princes Street in Edinburgh's New Town.
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Stewart by Heeton Concept - Aparthotel
Aparthotel · New Town
from £125 per night, double roomAparthotel at 10 Young Street in Edinburgh's New Town, with double rooms from £125 a night.
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Princes Street Hostel
Hostel · New Town
from £18 per night, dorm bedHostel at 5 West Register Street in Edinburgh's New Town, with dorm beds from £18 a night.
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Edinburgh Central Youth Hostel
Hostel · New Town
from £21.42 per night, dorm bedHostel at 9 Haddington Place in Edinburgh's New Town, with dorm beds from £21.42 a night.
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Travelodge Edinburgh Central Queen Street
Budget hotel · New Town
from £83 per night, double roomBudget hotel in Edinburgh's New Town, with double rooms from £83 a night.
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Travelodge Edinburgh Central Waterloo Place
Budget hotel · New Town
from £99 per night, double roomBudget hotel in Edinburgh's New Town, with double rooms from £99 a night.
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Spacious Apartment close to Edinburgh Castle
Apartment · New Town
2-bedroom apartment in Edinburgh's New Town that sleeps 4.
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Unique Flat in the Heart of New Town
Apartment · New Town
3-bedroom apartment in Edinburgh's New Town that sleeps 6.
Check availability →Budget decides a lot here. A dorm bed keeps you central for £18 to £21, while the cheapest private rooms start at £83 and climb to £99. If a kitchen matters, the New Town apartment options publish no from-price, so their rates show on the live listings only.
Ratings need care because platforms score on different scales. The hostels sit at 9.2/10 and 8.6/10, the budget hotels anywhere from 5.7/10 to 4/5 depending on the site. Read each listing on its own scale rather than comparing across them, and check the review counts, which range from a hundred to over three and a half thousand.
November midweek is when the from-prices on this page hold, and even then they are guides, not quotes. August is the pressure point: Fringe crowds push rates up sharply across the city, and Hogmanay and Six Nations rugby weekends do the same. Book those dates well ahead, or shift to January, the cheapest month in the city's published hotel data.
