See all properties
Save

Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel

5.0 star property
your current months are December, 2024 and January, 2025.
December 2024
January 2025

Photo gallery for Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel

Dining
Classic Cabin
Exterior
Exterior
Reception

Reviews

10 out of 10

Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Breakfast included
  • Restaurant
  • Bar
    Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
    24/7 front desk
  • Housekeeping
    Housekeeping
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Alexandra Dock, Historic Port of Leith, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH6 7DX
  • Edinburgh Port
    1 min walk
  • Royal Yacht Britannia
    14 min walk
  • Edinburgh Playhouse Theatre
    7 min drive
  • Edinburgh (EDI)
    36 min drive

Room options

View all photos for Classic Duplex

Classic Duplex

Classic Duplex

  • 45 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Classic Cabin

Classic Cabin

Classic Cabin

  • 20 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Luxury Duplex

Luxury Duplex

Luxury Duplex

  • 60 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Luxury Cabin

Luxury Cabin

Luxury Cabin

  • 24 sq m
  • Water view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

Similar properties

Rooftop terrace

Virgin Hotels Edinburgh

Pet-friendly
Free WiFi
Restaurant
Air conditioning
4.7 out of 5, Exceptional, (883)
The price is AU$405
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
8 Dec - 9 Dec
Virgin Hotels Edinburgh

About the area

Edinburgh

With a stay at Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel in Edinburgh (Leith), you'll be a 5-minute drive from Royal Yacht Britannia and 7 minutes from St James Quarter. .This luxury hotel is 2.2 mi (3.6 km) from Palace of Holyroodhouse and 2.3 mi (3.7 km) from Princes Street.

What's nearby

  • Royal Yacht Britannia - 14 min walk - 1.2 km
  • Princes Street - 8 min drive - 3.8 km
  • George Street - 8 min drive - 4.0 km
  • Royal Mile - 9 min drive - 4.4 km
  • Edinburgh Castle - 11 min drive - 5.3 km

Getting around

  • Port of Leith Tram Stop - 3 min walk
  • Brunstane Station - 9 min drive
  • Edinburgh Airport (EDI) - 36 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Kitchin - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Irish Dude Coffee and Food - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Teuchters Landing - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Roseleaf - ‬9 min walk
  • ‪Carriers Quarters - ‬7 min walk

About this property

Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel

Luxury Edinburgh hotel in Leith with free breakfast
Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel offers 22 air-conditioned accommodations with minibars and espresso makers. Beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. 32-inch Smart televisions come with Netflix. Bathrooms include bathrobes, slippers, and hair dryers.

This Edinburgh hotel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, safes, and phones. Additionally, rooms include complimentary bottled water and irons/ironing boards. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily. Amenities available on request include hypo-allergenic bedding.

Make yourself at home in one of the 22 air-conditioned rooms featuring minibars and Smart televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access is available to keep you connected. Bathrooms have hair dryers and bathrobes. Conveniences include phones, as well as safes and desks.
Take in the views from a terrace and make use of amenities such as complimentary wireless internet access and concierge services.
Enjoy a satisfying meal at The Lighthouse Restaurant serving guests of Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel. Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. A complimentary full breakfast is served daily from 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, a 24-hour front desk, and luggage storage. This hotel has 2 meeting rooms available for events. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary full breakfast is served each morning between 8:00 AM and 10:30 AM.
The Lighthouse Restaurant - Onsite restaurant.

Awards and affiliations

Eco-Certified Property
This property participates in Green Key (Foundation for Environmental Education), a program that measures the property's impact on one or more of the following: environment, community, cultural-heritage, the local economy.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site

Food and drink

  • Free full breakfast available daily 8:00 AM–10:30 AM
  • 1 restaurant
  • 1 bar

Restaurants on site

  • The Lighthouse Restaurant

Things to do

  • Access to nearby indoor pool
  • Access to nearby outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby indoor pool
  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Ballroom
  • Lift

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Turndown service

Business services

  • Meeting rooms - 2

Outdoors

  • Dock
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • In-room accessibility
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible (may have limits)

More

  • At least 80% of lighting from LEDs
  • Couples dining
  • Locally owned and organised tours and activities
  • Smoke-free property
  • Vegetarian dining options

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Heating
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)

Entertainment

  • 32-inch smart TV
  • Netflix

Food and drink

  • Champagne service
  • Electric kettle
  • Espresso maker
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Electrical adapters/chargers
  • Guidebooks/recommendations
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-friendly workspace
  • LED light bulbs
  • Local maps
  • Phone
  • Restaurant dining guide
  • Safe
  • Slippers
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Late check-in subject to availability
Minimum check-in age: 16

Check-out

Check-out before noon

Special check-in instructions

Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions; front desk staff will greet guests on arrival
To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property ahead of time using the information on the booking confirmation
If you are planning to arrive after 10:00 PM please contact the property in advance using the information on the booking confirmation

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher, a security system, and a first aid kit

We should mention

The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Fingal A Luxury Floating
Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel Hotel
Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel Edinburgh
Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel Hotel Edinburgh

Fingal - A Luxury Floating Hotel Reviews

Reviews

10

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 336 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 13 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 5 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 0 out of 356 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 2 out of 356 reviews" "

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Staff & service

9.8/10

Amenities

10/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Quaint shipboard. Great breakfast and service
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sandi, Farhills

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cannot commend all the staff enough. Polite, friendly, professional and very attentive. The cabin was fantastic. All the little extras in the room added to our exceptional stay. Breakfast was truly amazing. Everything cooked fresh and anything you wanted!! All served up by staff who were genuinely interested in making the start to your day a great one. Loved the experience and will be back next time we are in Edinburgh
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Home

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect. Loved the hotel the staff the food.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

liz

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Truly luxurious and thoroughly enjoyable. Staff, food, rooms and service all 5 Stars. Team stop just a minute walk so easy to go into Edinburgh in 15 minutes using Tram. Complimentary tickets to Royal Brittania were a welcome surprise. Wonderful all round
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Fantastic location for a quiet and tranquil break
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Highly Recommend
Our Fingal stay was awesome! It's a beautiful hotel. The staff was wonderfully helpful and pleasant. The room was comfortable with everything we needed.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

samuel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful facility and extraordinary staff…always ready to help with reservations, tickets etc. Dinner, served in their bar, is pricey and very mediocre. Breakfast, on the other hand, was wonderful
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brian

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Fingal Weekend
Great staff especially Callum the Concierge,breakfast outstanding.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Bryan

Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

nicole, Westlake

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was first class. We cannot wait to go back!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Phillip

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent find out for yourself
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Peter

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful room in an interesting floating hotel. Worth paying a little extra to stay on The Fingal. Staff were polite and accommodating, room was spacious and comfortable, food was excellent. Also received free tickets to visit the Royal Yacht Britannia.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Mark, Wellesley

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Who would have thought you could take an old ship, completely gut the insides, and make a luxury hotel out of it? Well, it sort of works, but it does have its drawbacks. Pros: the Fingal is tied up in the Port of Leith, a portion of Edinburgh 2½ miles from the city center. This is both an advantage and a disadvantage. Of course, as a tourist, it is nice to be stationed in the city center, the potential negatives being the constant crowds. Leith itself, though, is a very nice location and only a block from the Fingal, there is a high density of interesting bars and restaurants in the Port area to choose from (it’s not a scruffy area as you might think when you hear “port,” so that’s good). Also, it is very easy to get into the city center as a tram runs right by the hotel (L 3.80 per person round-trip) and it takes about 25 minutes to get to the Royal Mile. You are also near the tour of the Royal Yacht Britannia if that appeals to you. The staff is great and very attentive. The beds are great. There is a restaurant on top that is said to be excellent, but we didn’t get to try it because it was booked. Cons: Your room has been carved out of the innards of a ship. While way more spacious than typical ship staterooms, the design is quirky. Quirks include that you don’t get normal windows, but just sparse/small portholes (this was not originally a cruise ship). An oddity is that the toilets are negative-pressure vacuum toilets. Think of the airplane lav “foosh” sound
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joanne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Absolutely superb! The refurb of this ship is simply amazing, be sure to tour the engine room. Definitely eat dinner in the beautiful restaurant because the chef is very talented . The staff are wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Donnette, Sacramento

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Thoroughly enjoyed our stay on Fingal. Very unique experience and staff made it so pleasurable. Would definitely stay here again in this special hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Glen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patty

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

6/10 Okay

alexander

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dallas

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent Stay, The staff were incredible they could not do enough for us, will be going back soon
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great experience
Had a great stay. Staff was wonderful. Accommodations were excellent. Had a sit down full breakfast with the room. Tram stops just a short walk from the ship
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kayleigh

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

M

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

April

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing lovingly restored ship - so many special touches, like the rooms named after lighthouses with their accompanying pictures, the Noble Island products, the incredible food. The staff was very attentive, solicitous and very informative too - ask for the ship’s tour. Incredible stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024