I cannot stress how much I love staying at the homes of real local people. Kelly and Hamish are 200% real! I enjoyed their warm welcome, invaluable insider tips, and chats that gave me an in-depth view on life in Edinburgh.
Their cosy appartment is located very conveniently, with Haymarket train station, buses and tram closeby. There is no elevator, so climbing a few stairs will get you some extra physical exercise. Kelly and Hamish’s place is neat and tidy, and makes you feel at home away from home. The real host of this house is Bramble the cat. Her Ladyship has the adorably excentric manners one can expect from Scottish feline nobility ;-)
The immediate neighbourhood is quiet, yet it offers great breakfast (at the Milk coffeebar), an excellent pub dinner (at the Jolly Botanist) and a wee dram for a night cap (Ryrie’s pub) — all at crawling distance.