A wonderful, huge apartment in a magical city.
My wife and I fell in love with Edinburgh. Full of history, incredible fairy-tale architecture - and equally full of street life, art and amazingly friendly (and funny!) people.
Clyde's apartment was a terrific place to explore it all from and Clyde was a wonderful host. Easy to deal with (we booked last minute and it all went smoothly), stayed in touch and checked in to make sure all was going well.
The location was great. Views onto Queens park, tons of great restaurants within a few blocks, an easy few minute walk to the heart of old town on one side, and to the charming residential neighborhood of Stockbridge just across the park the other way. (BTW - the weekly outdoor market in Stockbridge was awesome - amazing foods of every sort, sweet hand-made arts and crafts, etc.)
The apartment itself is enormous, and even nicer looking than the photos capture. We stayed in the 'smaller' bedroom because it had the better view - and it was still one of the biggest, most comfortable bedrooms I've ever had in an airbnb or a hotel.
The furniture manages to walk the perfect line of being elegant and classy, while still being extremely comfortable and fun to live with. The apartment is clearly carefully and tastefully designed and provides everything you'd want (full kitchen, laundry, etc.)
Clyde, the owner, obviously put a lot of heart and pride into the place
and it shows. We'd stay there again in a heartbeat. A great find.
P.S. There are about 50 stairs to walk up. We never found it any sort of
problem, but something to be aware of if you have mobility issues.