Bruntsfield Youth Hostel

Lovely Location - Big Roomed Bruntsfield HI

Your typical HI hostel, run by the Scottish YHA.
I love the location, on Bruntsfield Links (Park) but the hostel suffers from being busy, used by coach loads and having big rooms.

I prefer to use HI Hostels in Edinburgh for reasons of security, safety and sleep. Its a personal choice. However, there can be lots of guests avoiding talking to each other. Depends on the staff breaking the ice.

My memory is of a hot, sweaty, stale room, remenicent of the tropics - which suited the Aussies in my dorm - but I wasn't happy that they kept closing the old sash window (it only opened a few inches, for security) and the smell was horrid. The radiators were on full, in that institutional boiler "on or off" way, stewing me in others BO. 20 other bodies. I felt they all hated the cold, and hated me for opening the window. Ahh, aussies, so happy when sober in Britain. Not.

Unique Quality: I understand the old managers have left now, since my last stay. Since hostels are 50% the people who run them, thats a good thing, but I don't know the current team running it. I tend to shy away from foreign school parties nowadays, to avoid the noise and cigarettes.

A Good choice of accommodation if you want better cleanliness, a professional organisation and staff in uniform. Security and night time rstrictions are very welcome for sleepers too. Entry is via a locked front door and a code lock beside reception - significant for safety and valuable property (what isn't when travelling?).

Tends to be the second option - with SYHA Eglington being more popular for its smaller rooms. This may also refelect the previous cranky staff at Bruntsfield.

• Opinion of Price: least expensive

Bruntsfield Youth Hostel Photo: Bruntsfield Links - Edinburgh, infront of hostel

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