While this place was quite small for our small family, we made it work for the time we were there. The location of the apartment is very central, close to the royal mile, and Holyrood park, and not that far from the new town. However, the immediate surroundings of the apartment block, and the apartment block itself, is not the nicest part of town (if it weren't high Summer, we would have felt unsafe taking our two little kids in and out of the building in the dark). The apartment was simple, but clean and well presented, and ultimately was a comfortable place to stay.