2 Cambridge Street (The Dynamite Club) gallery Gallery
Contact the owner directly to check date availability and secure your booking.
What part does Sawday’s play?
We think you'll love
- Hélène and Erlend with their generosity of spirit and sense of style
- Being able to walk to everything, including the stations
- The breakfasts - worth getting up for and will keep you going all day
You should know
- No TVs in bedrooms - just lots of lovely books
- Children accepted but it's not really geared up for them - too many breakable things
- Parking in the city is expensive, come by train! If you must bring a car there is cheaper parking further out - ask Erlend
The owners are truly original characters and it is they that make the place
so special. You are treated as a friend & they let you use their lovely
zen-styled garden. There is no traditional check in/out procedures. You just
chat to them in the drawing room & they give you tips/advice. They have
often chatted to guests till the early hours & one guest came back with the
baby that was conceived there!
Annabel
Sawday's Inspector
The only problem with staying with Erlend & Hélène is will you stop laughing long enough to stagger out and enjoy Edinburgh? Quirky doesn't cover it – whimsical might. Swot up on the Wilhelm Scream before you go – that will put you one step ahead. The rooms (like the hosts) are delightful, the beds excellent and the shower rooms, while small, perfectly formed. The breakfasts are OTT delicious and intriguing – what IS in that yoghurt concoction? You could not be better placed, a hop from Grassmarket and under the castle. Usher Hall is literally across the street. Truly fab and we will be back.