Beautiful Art Deco-era apartment in central Edinburgh. We didn't meet our host as she was busy when we arrived, but picked up the key from a nearby business, which was no problem at all. The flat was stylishly decorated and very clean and well appointed, with a great kitchen. The only slight problem was the temperamental electric oven, which caused a trip of the surge protector - however it worked fine when we switched this off and back on again, and I'm sure it'll be fixed very soon.

The apartment overlooks a busy road which was noisy with the windows open, however the street noise was much less intrusive once they were closed. There were great views across town to Edinburgh Castle.

An unusual feature of this apartment building is the private swimming pool in the basement, which we enjoyed using.

Unfortunately there is no parking reserved for either guests or residents, so we paid to leave the car in the underground car park at the nearby Scottish Widows building. However this seems to be a general feature of the city and shouldn't be taken as a criticism of the Lothian Road apartments per se.

We would happily stay here again, we decided.