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Opulent, sexy, and audacious: Checking in to the W Edinburgh

Luxury
Jane Anderson
12 December 2023

W Hotels Worldwide has landed in Scotland. Jane Anderson discovers how the brand’s 69th property is making its mark. 

The Extreme Wow Suite's living room

Whether you love or hate the somewhat controversial Ribbon Building, spiralling up and up like a gigantic metallic twirl from amongst the Georgian architecture of Edinburgh’s New Town, this W home certainly makes its mark. I made it to the taller-than-me neon pink ‘W’ parked outside its doors just five minutes after stepping off the train at Waverley Station, and you can’t help but gawp up at its audacious curves.