This apartment is in a fantastic location just off the Royal Mile (and just up the hill from where the airport bus service terminates), and also quite close to New Town, which is just down the hill and across the bridge. (We ended up walking everywhere except for the Botanical Gardens.) Great views over the Princes St Gardens, too.

It's very clean and quite smartly decorated, and looks just as it does in the photos. The kitchen is small but is more than fine for cooking with, and the shower has plenty of hot water. Ian and his daughter met us at the apartment, gave us the keys and the run-down, and were great to deal with overall. It was terrific value for the money and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

One thing to note about the wi-fi: there's a USB dongle for use with a laptop, but that won't work if you have a smartphone, iPad, Kindle, etc. (which we did). Ian gave us the password for a neighbour's wi-fi network, but it kept dropping out a lot, unfortunately. However, the Malt Shovel pub down the street offers free wi-fi (you need to sign up for an account and each log-in is good for 24 hours at a time) -- and there are worse things than having to sit in a cosy pub with a pint listening to live jazz while you check your email.