Edinburgh holiday apartment "Albert Street" in good location, close to city centre - great value!

We stayed in this lovely flat for four nights during the height of the Festival (2011), a time when any hotel this conveniently located would have cost the earth. It is a clean, thoroughly renovated and well-appointed flat in a charming old building: the best of both worlds. Albert Street lies a short walk from both Calton Hill and Holyrood Park, both with gorgeous views over the Old Town. We kept strolling to the city centre, but if you were in a hurry nearby Leith Walk has a great many buses that will whisk you to Princes Street in under ten minutes. The flat is close to a number of good food shops with a wide selection, although we arrived to find the essentials (milk, bread, delicious jam) waiting for us in the fridge, thanks to our thoughtful host. Cooking in the flat was a pleasure; we prepared breakfasts and suppers, but there is space and equipment to make more elaborate meals if one needs to. We set up the table (it can be folded away) by the huge window so we could look out on the garden below while we ate. The double bedroom is also nice and bright, as is the WC and beautiful glass shower. The flat is ideal for a couple, but a third person can be accommodated comfortably in the pull-out sofa in the sitting room - or another couple, if they are friendly! We travelled with our two teenaged children, one of whom had the sofabed and the other a sleeping bag and mattress that the owner was nice enough to provide. It is, finally, the human touch that makes this flat such a delight: Barbara was attentive to every detail down to the helpful binder with maps, brochures, and telephone numbers. We wished we could have stayed much longer. We would love to go back.

Rod & Elena
Montreal, Canada