Venues for hire in the heart of Edinburgh

Remarkably located at the heart of Edinburgh’s Old Town, the French Institute and French Consulate General in Scotland offers fully accessible venues for cultural and private events.

These include :

Main auditorium / reception room (salle Emilienne Moreau-Evrard), 160 sqm

Board / meeting room (salle Philippe Kieffer)

Private lounge / meeting room (salle duchesse d’Angoulême)

Library (salle Sir Patrick Geddes)

Lower Hallway (salle Marie de Guise)

Five classrooms (second floor)

Please contact the French Institute for all enquiries, including equipment, availability and reservation. Rental fees are detailed in the following document :

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In addition, the Scottish Free French House, the consular residence, is available by invitation only for events and accommodation (reserved for official visitors and partners of the French Consulate General and French Institute in Scotland).

Chambre 1 (kingsize bed, vestibule, ensuite bathroom, Junior Suite possible with Chambre 2, two windows facing North, garden side, bedroom only surface = 20 m2)

Chambre 2 (twin beds, vestibule, ensuite bathroom, Junior Suite possible with chambre 1, two windows facing South, street side, bedroom only surface = 30 m2)

Studio 3 (self-serviced studio with single bed, additional guest bed, ensuite bathroom and private kitchen, one window facing South, street side courtyard, bedroom only surface = 20 m2)

Studio 5 (self-serviced artist’s studio-workshop, with double bed, vestibule, ensuite bathroom and kitchen area with two large sinks and a dishwasher, two windows facing North, garden courtyard, bedroom only surface = 20 m2)

Chambre 4 (single bedroom with two additional guest beds, private toilets across the corridor and shared shower room, one window facing West, street courtyard, bedroom only surface = 20 m2)