With peacocks in the garden, kilt-wearing staff, fire-warmed sitting rooms and antiques at every turn, this 17th-century country house is an indulgent place to stay.

The Arts and Crafts movement is lovingly nurtured in this restored Victorian terraced house in a conservation area, run as a B&B by Brisbane natives Susan and Paul Johnson.

Expect a cheerful welcome at this pub with rooms, which stands by a bridge over the Union Canal in a conservation village.

Overlooked by the dramatic landmark of Arthur's Seat, this period gem of a Victorian villa with fine original details and handsome furnishings is now run as a friendly B&B with imaginative breakfast choices. It's just ten minutes from the city centre.

Kilted doormen greet you at Rocco Forte's Victorian former railway hotel, with its iconic clocktower, lavish public spaces, spa, bedrooms designed with Olga Polizzi's light-touch elegance, classic French cooking of seasonal Scottish ingredients, and afternoon tea in the legendary Palm Court.

A revamped former Northern Lighthouse supply ship berthed in a working dock in Edinburgh's trendy Leith district has been repurposed as this five-star hotel with glamorous Art Deco interiors, luxury cabin rooms and suites, a cocktail bar and fine-dining restaurant.

On a leafy crescent in Edinburgh's West End, three Victorian townhouses combine as one stylish hotel, with bold, colourful interiors, European-inspired menus in the restaurant, and light bites in the glamorous lounge and atmospheric bar.

Close to the city centre, a Jacobean-style Victorian villa sitting above a manicured front garden combines with Hampton House across the road as a single, characterful hotel, with bedrooms and suites blending contemporary comfort and period style, and fine dining in the Dunstane Restaurant and Bar.