Lantern Guest House

The location is perfect...right at the foot of Calton Hill... Bus stop right in front of the door. Right around the corner is the great Elm Row Café with a great breakfast and a great pub in the evening for dinner or a drink.... We had the large room and therefore enough space, a coffee machine in the hallway and our own small refrigerator... Since we arrived very early, we just wanted to leave our luggage, but we were lucky that the room was already prepared...so we could freshen up and head out... The room and the bathroom are really very cold, but we had a small electric radiator that provided heat very quickly... we also got the bathroom very, very warm... We had contact with the landlords several times and they were very nice and helpful.

I had the pleasure of meeting and seeing the owner only on the first day, but this was my fault as I practically went out in the morning at eight and returned home in the evening at 10. This Guest house is located very close to Calton Hill, and 10/ 15 minute walk from Waverley Station, so easily accessible even with large luggage. Since this is a house, breakfast is not included, in any case the owner provides a coffee machine with some pods in the entrance hallway to the structure (you need to leave a £0.50 coin) in this small hallway he also offers There is a fridge available in case you want to keep something cool, such as milk, juice or anything else. The room is really tiny, to give you an idea it is difficult to open a large trolley on the floor, as doing so prevents passage to reach the other end of the bed. The shower is also really tiny and furthermore after three days spent there I still find it incomprehensible how the hot water-cold water mixer in the shower itself works, but it seems that the British are really against the simplification of lukewarm water. It was not clear to me whether the towels were changed, since the owner did not provide me with any information on the matter in the email with the detailed instructions for accessing and using the room. And since it was my first time staying in a guest house, I didn't want to run the risk of leaving the towels on the floor and, if they hadn't been changed, reusing them even dirtier than I had already left them. Another sore point, again in reference to the bathroom, is the cold that you felt during the shower... In fact, this has no heaters, and since the guest house is located in a "under the stairs" you suffer a lot from the cold. For Italian friends: you don't need to bring adapters for electrical sockets. In fact, even if the plugs have three holes, two at the bottom and one at the top, to insert the classic plug that you use for the iPhone or to charge the camera just insert something sharp into the upper hole, even a pen is fine, and thus the two protection plates of the two lower holes will lower. By doing so, insert your plug and you're done. Therefore I advise you not to spend money on a purchase that will later prove to be superfluous.