Mark is a great host in a wonderful City. He gave exact directions to his house from the train station which was about 2 blocks away. Mark gave us a short tour of the apartment and showed us where the breakfast items were. Our room was beautiful - bigger than we expected with a wall of windows overlooking a large inner square or courtyard that belongs to everyone living around it.
The bed had a sparkling white duvet and goose down pillows that were the best of our whole trip. We had lots of space in the room and an extra twin bed we used to put our luggage on.
The bathroom was also wonderful. There is a deep tub and a separate large shower with perfect water temperature and lots of shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, and big towels. There was a hair dryer in our room.
We loved Mark's kitchen because there is a large round wooden table tucked in a bench seating nook that was fun to hang out at to look at maps or write postcards or talk and eat. Cosy.
Mark gave us two sets of keys which was nice for us to be able to go out separately.
Mark's apartment is right on the famous Royal Mile! When you go out of the gate you are about 5 or 6 interesting blocks from Edinburgh Castle, St.Giles Church, a flow of buses to everywhere in the city, and a few feet from an amazing pub with the best steaks we've had in years.
So the location is fabulous, but Mark's availability and kindness and our talks with him made it the best Airbnb experience we've had anywhere!