The Moxy hotel rises up, bold and red-bricked, from Edinburgh’s recently rejuvenated Fountainbridge area. Rooms vary from comfortable twins to family rooms, each with stylish yet minimalist decor.

Some say it's a hotel that looks like a number two, but it's the No.1 in the eyes of the judges of a prestigious hospitality award. The W Edinburgh is widely derided as resembling a poop emoji ...