Aileen is an extremely efficient communicator, and also ensured that her staff was waiting to meet me upon arrival. The Grassmarket location of the flat is ideal for Fringe participants, as it's an easy walk to most of the key venues. The flat is accurately pictured in the photos. And perhaps most wonderfully, while Grassmarket itself is quite noisy at Festival time, closing the interior doors blocks sound from traveling to the rear bedroom.

One caution, at least for summer visitors. This is quite a warm flat, just one floor up from a ground floor cafe the kitchen or storage area for which seems to be just under the bedroom. Windows will open only about 2 inches (for security reasons, I believe), meaning that it's difficult to get the bedroom to cool down for comfortable sleeping (and to be honest, while street noise is *not* an issue in the bedroom, there is frequent coming and going in the courtyard into which the bedroom faces, so not in any event an option for people like me who are noise-sensitive). Most places have trade-offs, this issue being in my mind the only significant drawback to an otherwise charming spot.