Scotland

For room prices, keep in mind seasonal changes. Check the hotel finders for the current prices!

First off, two great hotel finders for the UK. One for all of the UK

Smoothhound

and one mainly for London
Cheap London Hotels


It was my first exposure with these systems and I was initially suspicious as hell, but both ended up being highly reliable and helpful in securing the lodging I needed.



Edinburgh

Gilmour Bed And Breakfast
No 45 Gilmour Road, Newington
Edinburgh (01 31 667 3536)

Excellent breakfast is included (it's a B&B, after all).
Edinburgh bed & breakfast


I pushed on to Edinburgh and ended up in an excellent bed and breakfast place. The friendly couple even came to collect me, when I was lost. The place is in a great residental area away from downtown, close to a nice shopping mall. It hasn't even got a sign outside, advertising the business. Transportation was no problem, since all-day bus tickets are cheap and the bus stops close. The proper stop, after leaving the Edinburgh railroad station is the last one before the roundabout - traffic circle - (I recall buses 88, 8, and one or two more going in that direction). I highly recommend this one. The rooms are spacious and the price reasonable and they serve a nice breakfast there. From there it is easy to take the buses into town and use Scottrail or tour buses to range all around Scottland, and I sure did. In fact, just riding the buses to the mainstation and from there all around town and to the beach, is a very interesting and inexpensive city tour in itself. A great little laundry place is on the left side of the road away from the B&B and a couple of bus stops in direction downtown. You drop the laundry bag off in the morning and can pick everything up, clean and folded, in the late afternoon. What luxury! The excellent shopping mall is in the opposite direction, away from town and just on the other side of the traffic circle. Truly a home away from home.

Highly Recommended



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