Walk into Paul's flat and you'll feel like you're at home--assuming your home has ample space, high end appliances and fixtures, and a wonderful location. The flat: --the main concern to be disabused is that it's a 'ground floor' (below grade) flat. (In other words, steps up to the main floor..and steps down to the ground entrance. However, this distinction is meaningless. There is a wide entrance veranda that fills with light...and at the rear of the house, a small private terrace that (thanks to a slope) is exactly at ground level. There is a main hall that runs from to back, and both bedrooms, the living room, the kitchen/dining room and one of the two baths have natural light. --Every room has a door off of this hallway. This is perfect for privacy in the case of differing jet lags, small children, etc. Visitors can be as collegial or segregated as they want. --Every room is very good size, including the bedrooms, which have extremely comfortable beds. The kitchen/dining area easily accommodates six for cooking/cocktails/eating. --As mentioned, top end appliances and fixtures. --Also, the place is spotless. Location: --Our preference is always for a location that's in a neighborhood...but still convenient to the central sites. This flat fit our needs perfectly. --It's situated on the 'back side' of Calton Hill. A walk of about 100 yards gets to the intersection of Leith St. At the roundabout is a mini-mart for essential needs...a bank with ATM...and a very good coffee/breakfast spot. Take a right, and within the first block you find a pharmacy, pizza place, pub and wonderful Italian grocer/deli/wine merchant, complete with its own breakfast/lunch spot in the back. We visited here repeatedly. --Take a left at the intersection, and it's a half-mile gradual incline to the Balmoral Hotel and Waverley Station, which we considered the crosshairs for everything we wanted to see--Old Town, New Town, central shopping. (We took day trips to both St. Andrews and Glasgow our of Waverley. Couldn't be easier--highly recommended.) Along the way, there are also several other pubs, the city's main live theatre, a multiplex movie house, a Starbucks, and the city's largest department store, John Lewis. --If you don't want to walk, there's a taxi queue also on Leith right around the corner, and the bus stops here, too. --The extra benefit is that you can also reach Holyrood Palace, the lower end of the Royal Mile and the path to Arthur's Seat (for the climbing-inclined) by going around the back side of Calton Hill, avoiding the business and tourist crowds in the central area. If your preference is to have every tourist attraction and as many restaurants and pubs as close as possible, then you may be better off in the middle of Old Town. For us, the ability to relax at the end of the day...and cook for ourselves when we want...outweighs all else. We don't mind walking (and you will confront hills in Edinburgh--no way around that!) But And...