Edinburgh’s elegant newcomer  Edinburgh - cultural hub,
historical centre - has been accommodating tourists since the
early 19th-century, when it first began to generate a reputation
for its remarkable architecture and intellectual community. It's
fitting, then, that the newest hotel on the ancient city's
scene, No.11 Brunswick Street, is a 21st-century fusion of the
two.  Owners Hamish and Susan Grant purchased the Georgian
property - then in a dilapidated state - in early 2012, and set
about restoring it to its former glory, grandiose portico, ionic
columns and all.  Now, almost 200 years after the building was
designed by famous Scottish architect William Playfair, its 10
renovated bedrooms - elegant, Italianate, offset by a slate-grey
and green colour palette (a subtle nod to the Scottish weather,
perhaps?) - are equipped with state-of-the-art bathrooms and
vast, fling-wide-open sash windows.  Dining and afternoon tea
comes by way of the Brasserie, which serves a flexible menu
featuring locally sourced in