It is rare to walk into the home of strangers and feel like you’ve known them your whole life. Yet everyone that stays at Michael and Paul’s home leaves feeling that way.
Right from our initial communication, both Michael and Paul were always quick and prompt with their responses, and personally greeted us at the front door when we arrived. They also allowed us to leave our luggage early while our rooms were being prepared. After checking in, we marveled at the beautifully decorated rooms that were sparkling clean, very comfortable beds, high-quality amenities in the bathroom, thoughtful fragrant flowers, cold water jugs, and even binoculars for the views! In the mornings, their “Buddha breakfast” is a delicious treat with a variety of breads, pastries, cereals, fruit, yoghurt, jams, meats, cheese, coffee, teas, and juices, accompanied by relaxing music.
The stunning art (Michael’s originals) on each floor turned the home into a beautiful gallery as well, and made it a very unique space. They host art talks in their drawing room, as well as tours at the National Gallery - both available on AirBnB experiences, and highly recommended. They also organized a special one-off trip to Roslyn Chapel (made famous in The Da Vinci Code) for us.
Their home is located about a 20 minute walk from the Old Town/Royal Mile, and is on a quiet street which allows you a nice and relaxing escape from the city center, yet close enough to all the major attractions either on foot (you can get some good exercise in!) or via Uber.
In our opinion, Michael and Paul have gone above and beyond in the art of hosting, and they create an AirBnB experience that is hard to rival. We have traveled extensively all over the world and this is one of the best places we have ever stayed. We had an amazing time, and got to know two really wonderful human beings in the process! We can’t recommend them enough. Simply outstanding! 6 stars!!!!