Had a great experience in Edinburgh and the flat being as advertised contributed to this. It is indeed central and in our experience safe, my sister successfully leaving the flat by taxi to catch an airport bus at Waverley Bridge at 5 a.m. (note the long hours of daylight in summer). Arrival was also smooth with Lorraine meeting us at the appointed time, especially important considering we were travelling without cellphone access. If you have luggage, do take her advice and get a cab, easily done from Waverley Station for around 5 pounds. There are hills in Edinburgh!

It's worth mentioning here the helpfulness of The Coffee Mill Cafe directly across the street from Webster's Land. Once we got to know him after a couple of days, the proprietor called a cab company to arrange for the above pick-up. Also, free wifi there pretty much covered most of our internet needs. The American breakfast with "well done" eggs got us off to a good predictable start every morning. Definitely frequent this place if you're not making your own breakfast!

Access to the castle and the Royal Mile is up a steep series of steps from the middle of Grassmarket. In general you should be prepared to do some walking.

We were fortunate to get some warm sunny days which meant keeping windows somewhat open at night. We heard some party noise and gulls in the middle of a Saturday night, but otherwise we slept fairly well here. I would be happy to return to this flat under similar conditions.

Norbert