What a terrific place in a wonderful city! It is just far enough away from New town/Old town to be surprisingly quiet, and yet still close enough to walk to all of the main attractions you’d want to see. Plus it is a newly built, well-designed space in a great little neighborhood. The facilities are such that I would even recommend it for three couples who don’t mind living close proximity – but would still each have their own distinct space. I was traveling with one other friend, so we each had our own bedroom and bath (one of which was ensuite), leaving us a lot of space and saving a great deal of money over each of us getting a separate hotel room in the same vicinity. For two couples, it would be great.
The kitchen was very well equipped – much better than other AirB&Bs that we’ve stayed in. And it is so well situated that each morning I would go out and get us some fresh breakfast pastries and coffee – and the walk was only about five minutes to several café options in the Broughton neighborhood. There was a compact washer/dryer and an ironing board with iron, and hairdryers, and many other unexpected amenities. The small outdoor garden/patio is quite lovely.
It was our first time in Edinburgh, and even with a lot of online research one thing that was not apparent are the hills. So when planning how far it is to walk from one place to another, one does need to take into account that there’s a little more exertion involved as the hills are fairly steep. This applies to pretty much all of Newtown and old town, but I mention it here because this property is about three blocks down a somewhat steep hill from the level main road of York St. This did not present an issue for us, particularly since the uphill walk is at the beginning of the day when you are fresh and ready to do some tourism, and the downhill walk is when you’re on your way home tired at the end of the day. But I hadn’t seen this in any of the other reviews, so I thought I would mention it here.
On the flipside, one of the things that we liked about this property is that we did not have to walk up one or two or three flights – as was the case with almost any Airbnb in old town, and many of them in Newtown. Overall, a great choice for touring Edinburgh!