We love how this place overlooks the Edinburgh Castle but it was a pity that we visited this place in the summer as the view of Edinburgh Castle in the living room was all blocked by the grandstand of the military tattoo!
The good thing was that this place had a back gate that opened just to the entrance of the Edinburgh Castle, so as I had only a day to spend at Edinburgh, I really loved this really close proximity to the castle as it was a must visit place for me.
The interior is country home design and the exterior is quite beautiful but it's located on the fourth floor on spiral staircase without lift. Hence, for those without good knees or are bringing big luggage, please refrain from booking this place. Karen was there to receive us and she was really helpful in helping us lug part of our luggage up the stairs. It was really a logistics nightmare as we were told to get the taxi up to the Esplanade of the castle but due to part road closure on the Royal Mile, we had to alight at the roundabout near St Giles Cathedral and lug our heavy luggage up the Royal Mile and down to a back lane, up a few flights of stairs and then finally, up the four storeys of spiral stairs! It was real hard work! Of course, it was through no fault of David as we really had a lot of luggage to carry!