We absolutely LOVED Michael's flat! It was our first time in Edinburgh, visiting from New York City. Leith is a fun area, lots of awesome restaurants and bars (we had a blast at Cafe Habana, the gay bar up the road, and Deep Sea for late night fish & chips takeaway after!) It's about a 10-15 minute walk to the Royal Mile and Old City, which was fine for us... if you don't like all the walking though, taxis are very accessible, quick and inexpensive.

The flat is every bit as gorgeous as the photos suggest, and then some! Very comfortable and Michael left it extremely clean and ready for us to use. He was also available via email for all our questions, which was a huge help. He also got us directions and public transit info to get to and from edinburgh airport. So helpful!

As the posting advises, it is located on a busy road, so there is some noise from the traffic; we live in NYC so it didn't bother us but if you require more quiet bring earplugs.

We walked to a ton of Fringe events and found it very easy and convenient. I can't say enough about Michael's awesome flat and wonderful hosting abilities! :)