Property Details

The Tron Apartments is an impressive modern building situated on the Royal Mile. Centrally located in Edinburgh's historic Old Town. Minutes from the spectacular Edinburgh castle and Holyrood Palace not to mention the new Scottish parliament building. Surrounded by a fantastic selection of cosmopolitan cafes, bars and restaurants there is no shortage of evening entertainment. These Apartments are accessed by lifts views to Salisbury craggs and holyrood park. The apartments are located near to a number of tourist venues including the famous Edinburgh ghost tours and Mary Kings Close visitor attraction and The Edinburgh Dungeon. There are 7 of these fabulous apartment sleeps from 4 - 6 people.

Local Area Details

Edinburghs Royal Mile it is actually one mile and 107 yards from entrance to Edinburgh Castle to the gates of the Palace of Holyrood House is not only a popular tourist attraction but also provides a fascinating insight into the history of the City and of Scotland itself It was described by Daniel Defoe as the Largest Longest and Finest Street in the World Edinburgh Castle sits on top of what was at one time a volcano It has been used as a fortification for over 2000 years there was a hill fort there in the time of the Romans What is now Princes Street Gardens was originally a loch the Nor Loch which added to the defences of the rock The Royal Mile runs east down the shoulder of the hill from the castle The shoulder itself was formed when the whole of Scotland was covered by an ice sheet and the flow of the glacier ran from west to east dropping rubble and earth in the lee of the rock The castle esplanade the location for the annual Edinburgh Military Tattoo leads to the Royal Mile itself The Royal Mile consists of a number of connected streets starting at Edinburgh Castle and its esplanade and runs downhill from west to east starting with Castlehill followed by Lawnmarket High Street Canongate Abbey Street The Camera Obscura on Castlehill is a giant camera capturing a live moving image of the world outside The original building contained a Camera Obscura in the middle of the 19th century and was expanded by Sir Patrick Geddes a sociologist and a pioneer of town planning The Free Church of Scotland College and Assembly Halls on Bank Street overlooking Princes Street Gardens extend all the way back to the Royal Mile down a considerable length of Castlehill The Assembly Halls with its skyline of towers and turrets was built as recently as the latter half of the 19th century designed by the architect William Henry Playfair The Assembly Halls have leapt to prominence in 1998 because they were selected as the temporary home of the new Scottish Parliament until a permanent building was constructed at the other end of the Royal Mile at Holyrood

Additional Information

This property caters for disabled people

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Property Features

* Children are allowed

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Name:	Festival Apartments
Telephone:	0131-220-7950
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