Britain on the Cheap

Enjoy a free night at the posh Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh when you book a two-night itinerary aboard The Royal Scotsman train in 2011. The Orient-Express train is like is an Edwardian country house hotel on rails, with luxury en-suite cabins. Or get three nights for the price of two or four nights for three [...]

Superbreak has a half-term trip to Edinburgh for $174/£108 for a family of four, including one night at the Holiday Inn Edinburgh, near the Edinburgh Zoo, and tickets to the Edinburgh Dungeon for all. Breakfast is included for the adults; children under 12 pay locally. The package is good today through Feb. 28.

Saga Holidays and InterContinental Hotels are offering bargains on weekend stays in more than 230 Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn and Holiday Inn Express hotels across the UK. The deals run now through Feb. 27—book before Jan. 31 and you’ll get a 20% off voucher on food and drink purchases. Rates are for a minimum stay [...]

Want to check out the designers in Edinburgh and, of course, Scotland’s only Harvey Nichols? Superbreak offers a two-night B&B package—with a free dinner on the first night—for $200/£119.50 per person, per night at the Barcelo Edinburgh Carlton Hotel. Good weekends now till Christmas, based on two sharing.

Spend Christmas in Edinburgh for $578/£360 per person at the Macdonald Roxburghe Hotel in the heart of the Georgian New Town, near shops, pubs and restaurants. Superbreak offers a three-night package with lodging plus breakfast, carols, a four-course dinner, mulled wine and mince pies for arrival on Christmas Eve. On Christmas day, enjoy a Bucks [...]

It might be worth a splash out at The One Below in Edinburgh’s Rutland Hotel, the UK’s only interactive, touch-sensitive iBar with private booths and iPod docks. The hotel is a 12-bedroom luxury boutique stay.

Heading to Edinburgh and want to splash out on a meal? You can’t go wrong with Rhubarb at the Prestonfield, The Witchery by the Castle and The Tower, on the rooftop of the Museum of Scotland—especially now that their owner, James Thomson, has just won the Catey Award as “Restaurateur Of The Year.” This is [...]

The Sheraton Grand Hotel & Spa in Edinburgh, Scotland, is inviting travelers to book two consecutive nights and get the third night free. Rates start at $155 per room per night. Through July 31.