Bar none, the worst place we stayed during a 10-day trip through the UK. Advertised in the heart of Edinburgh’s historic Old Town district, the property is in fact on the outskirts of the Old Town nestled in the middle of a construction zone and tucked into an alley littered with trash. The door to the main stairwell, leading to the apartment door, is open for anyone to wonder into at all times. The walls are paper thin and there is no drowning out of the noise from the bustling streets directly outside the window. Forget about sleeping as you will hear everything (namely lots of screaming) happening on the streets as if you were sleeping in a tent on the sidewalk below. Perhaps the most egregious shortcoming of the property is the bathroom, which features a toilet that can only be flushed once every 30-45 minutes if lucky, and an electric shower that has two settings - third degree burns and frostbite - and jumps between the two every 5-10 seconds making a shower all but impossible. The complimentary Wi-Fi is supplied by a mobile hotspot that gives enough speed to load a basic webpage at most, but cuts out frequently and often does not work. If you’re traveling internationally, as we were, and dependent on Wi-Fi for a connection, you’ll need to walk to the Starbucks down the street rather than depend on the spotty reception within the apartment. All in all, we arrived at 8pm and by 8am the following morning, we booked a different hotel room in the city in our desperation to flee the property and experience the simplest accommodations (showering, safety, etc.) After just 12 hours in the apartment we developed head colds and opened a closet door in the bedroom to discover a bucket where I can only assume all the hot water from the shower leaked into surrounded by mold and mildew. The property poses well in the pictures on Air BnB but this apartment is the definition of “looks can be deceiving.” Don’t be fooled into thinking you’re finding a steal of a stay in historic Edinburgh as we did. There’s a reason this property is listed at a mere $62 per night. Don’t worry any of your needs during your stay will be ignored and you will be called a liar.