If you have ever attempted to plan a holiday on a budget, you will appreciate how difficult it is to decide between hotel and self-catering accommodation. There are important perks to both options and these apply no matter what country you're visiting.
Whether you're scouring Rome hotels and B and Bs or searching Paris for vacation apartments to rent, you'll find yourself torn between cheap places to stay, and those that offer you greater comfort. Taking up rooms in a hotel means forking out more money than you'd like, but, on the other hand, cost-effective, self-catering flats are often too Spartan to be fun.
Vacationers organising a trip to Edinburgh, however, will be pleased to find the city is jam-packed both with cost-effective hotels and well-kitted-out self-catering apartments. Tourists can thus choose the option they prefer, regardless of their budget.
Accommodation ranges from quaint and quiet to vibrant and mainstream so that every kind of tourist will find something in Edinburgh to whet the appetite. It is possible to rent sumptuous holiday flats in the centre of town, and to hire large old historic houses in the smaller hamlets and villages surrounding the city.
In short, looking for accommodation is always a difficult business, and one that is constantly made harder by having to decide between hotel and self-catering. In Edinburgh, however, high standards, good quality and lots of variety make this tough choice just a little bit easier.