Marta's apartment is located less than a minute's walk from the wonderful Holyrood Park. The park is so close it is almost a private back garden. For anyone moderately fit the apartment is within walking distance of almost everywhere in the old city. The descriptions on the site barely do the apartment justice. Marta is a very thoughtful host and did everything she could to facilitate our needs. We travelled as a family of 5 (2 in 60s, 1 thirty year old and 2 in their mid-twenties) and it met all our needs. Don't let the stairs put you off - climbing steps is part of the joy of Edinburgh.