Place to stay in Edinburgh?
Apr 9th, 2008, 02:33 PM
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Place to stay in Edinburgh?
Hi! Will be in Edinburgh for a few days in early May. Looking for an inexpensive but charming guest house or B&B, centrally located as we will not have a car. Any suggestions? (sorry if this gets posted twice)
Apr 9th, 2008, 05:31 PM
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We were in Edinburgh last September and stayed at a bed and breakfast named The Beverly. It was fine for our purposes and the owner/manager was very helpful with directions and other guidance.
It was in a refurbished town house west of downtown Edinburgh.
The bus line to the central city was a short walk away. Better still it was also just off the bus route from the airport into town.
Here is the url. You can look it up and see what you think.
http://www.thebeverley.com/
There are quite a few reviews of it on tripadvisor, mine included.
With the pitiful condition of the dollar, NOTHING is cheap in the UK.
Current prices are between £35 and 50 per person per night. We paid £90 total per night which came out to more than $180.00
I don't think anyone in Scotland is offering discounts to poverty stricken Americans like a restaurant in Venice I heard about.
It was in a refurbished town house west of downtown Edinburgh.
The bus line to the central city was a short walk away. Better still it was also just off the bus route from the airport into town.
Here is the url. You can look it up and see what you think.
http://www.thebeverley.com/
There are quite a few reviews of it on tripadvisor, mine included.
With the pitiful condition of the dollar, NOTHING is cheap in the UK.
Current prices are between £35 and 50 per person per night. We paid £90 total per night which came out to more than $180.00
I don't think anyone in Scotland is offering discounts to poverty stricken Americans like a restaurant in Venice I heard about.
Apr 9th, 2008, 07:50 PM
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Hotels are very pricey in Edinburgh, so this was a deal and included a great breakfast. It's on the third floor of an older building in the New Town. It's close to lots of good places to eat and Princes Street. I walked everywhere including to the castle and the rest of the old town. It's about a 15 minute walk to the station along the linear park that parallels Princes Street and divides the old and new towns. I had a huge room with king size bed although the private bath was just outside the room. The other room I saw on the floor was also large but the bath was ensuite.
http://www.53frederickstreet.com/index.html
http://www.53frederickstreet.com/index.html
Apr 9th, 2008, 11:11 PM
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There are a couple of city centre Premier Inns that charge £67 a room. See:
http://www.premierinn.com
The Travelodge at Haymarket has rooms for about £49 a room. See:
https://www.travelodge.co.uk
http://www.premierinn.com
The Travelodge at Haymarket has rooms for about £49 a room. See:
https://www.travelodge.co.uk
Apr 10th, 2008, 12:14 AM
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Central and Eastern EU country immigrants have 'soaked up' low cost housing options! Today the price floor is quite high and sure to go higher. If price is a concern you should consider housing outside the city!
Apr 10th, 2008, 03:32 AM
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Our guest workers from eastern Europe take up a lot of the cheaper long term flat rentals. They haven't had an impact on B&B or hotel prices.
£50pppn is standard for a nice B*B right in the centre - it then gets cheaper the further out you go. If £50pppn is within your budget look at the options on Abercromby Place, Northumberland Street and Dundas Street, all in the New Town (the central Georgian area). The Walton Hotel on Dundas Street got a vg review here recently & the position is quite good.
I haven't previously heard of 53 Frederick Street which Jeff recommends but it is in the New Town so very central.
A little further out are areas like Tollcross, Bruntsfield & Morningside which are all convenient. There's one in Tollcross which I've read really good things about here but can't remember the name - anyone ? Two Morningside B&Bs run by nice people I know slightly are One Albert Terrace (not the one in Musselburgh which is much further out) and Pringle's Ingle.
A bit further out again and to me slightly less fun areas but on good bus routes are these roads which have lots of B&Bs (each row is basically all the same road but with different names, in increasing order of distance out) -
1) Haymarket Terrace / West Coates / Roseburn Terrace / Corstorphine Road / St John's Road
2) South Clerk Street / (Newington Road / Minto Street / Mayfield Gardens / Craigmillar Park) or Dalkeith Road.
The Beverley with Bob recommends is just off Roseburn Terrace.
Premier Travel Inns & Travel Lodges are fine & I've stayed in them myself but they are not 'charming'.
If all of these are too expensive you will need to look further out again, like Portobello or Musselburgh (c.30-45 minute bus journey depending on the time of day).
£50pppn is standard for a nice B*B right in the centre - it then gets cheaper the further out you go. If £50pppn is within your budget look at the options on Abercromby Place, Northumberland Street and Dundas Street, all in the New Town (the central Georgian area). The Walton Hotel on Dundas Street got a vg review here recently & the position is quite good.
I haven't previously heard of 53 Frederick Street which Jeff recommends but it is in the New Town so very central.
A little further out are areas like Tollcross, Bruntsfield & Morningside which are all convenient. There's one in Tollcross which I've read really good things about here but can't remember the name - anyone ? Two Morningside B&Bs run by nice people I know slightly are One Albert Terrace (not the one in Musselburgh which is much further out) and Pringle's Ingle.
A bit further out again and to me slightly less fun areas but on good bus routes are these roads which have lots of B&Bs (each row is basically all the same road but with different names, in increasing order of distance out) -
1) Haymarket Terrace / West Coates / Roseburn Terrace / Corstorphine Road / St John's Road
2) South Clerk Street / (Newington Road / Minto Street / Mayfield Gardens / Craigmillar Park) or Dalkeith Road.
The Beverley with Bob recommends is just off Roseburn Terrace.
Premier Travel Inns & Travel Lodges are fine & I've stayed in them myself but they are not 'charming'.
If all of these are too expensive you will need to look further out again, like Portobello or Musselburgh (c.30-45 minute bus journey depending on the time of day).
