Hotel Indigo Dundee

Brick ceilings left over from an old industrial mill sit alongside Pop-art color splashes and lush local textiles at this boutique hotel a short walk from Dundee's city center. Rooms are spare but not cold, with slate-and-tile bathrooms and enough quiet detail to suggest someone thought hard about the place. The in-house Scottish bistro rounds things out without feeling like an afterthought.

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