The location is fab! Just off the Royal Mile. As others have said it’s not a “nice” looking alley, but it’s only a short walk to the apartment. When we were there building works we’re going on, as we were there at the weekend it didn’t bother us, it was however noisy on the Monday (working day) The check in is late 4pm and we had to find somewhere to store our luggage. We found a really affordable place (£5 a bag) called radical storage at the Giles hostel . The apartment was warm and cosy and the shops were close by to get milk and supplies. The rooms were comfortable. It was a really relaxing stay.