We offer homely bedrooms, award winning breakfasts and a welcoming team in a Victorian house formerly the St Oswalds Church Manse. Albyn Townhouse offers a relaxing retreat a short distance from Edinburgh’s Old Town.
Our Rooms
The Albyn is run by ourselves, Lydie, David, Charlotte, Louis, Elliott and Betty the crazy Cocker Spaniel…We arrived here in July 2007 and started to give life back to the house, with beautiful strong colours and carefully selected furniture & decoration. We love our house and take great care in making sure that you are as comfortable as we would like to be and this means a good night’s sleep. The Edinburgh Albyn Townhouse offers bed and breakfast accommodation in 10 non-smoking & fully en-suite rooms. Our guest house is comfortable, clean, centrally heated & the accommodation is over three floors, with free WiFi, flat screen Freeview & radio Tv’s, tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryer. Ironing facilities are available on request. We have one baby cot available on request, suitable for Superior rooms only (not for King rooms), a high chair will be provided also for breakfast.
Our accommodation is as follows; 1 Family en-suite room (2 adults & 2 children) located on the first floor, with one king size bed and two pull out low level small single beds, this family room can accommodate 2 people, in which case it becomes a suite with a large sitting area. This accommodation has it’s own bathroom with a shower, toilet and basin. 2 Superior Double king or twin en-suite rooms, one located on the first floor and one on the ground floor, with a super king size bed or two single beds, this is a more spacious room with a sofa area. Each accommodation has it’s own bathroom with a shower, toilet and basin. 3 Double king en-suite rooms, two are located on the second floor and one is on the first floor, with one king size bed, this room is a standard size with a small sitting area. Each accommodation has it’s own bathroom with a shower, toilet and basin. 3 Superior Double king, one located on the first floor and two located on the second floor, with one king size bed, this room is more spacious and has a sofa area. Each accommodation has it’s own bathroom with a shower, toilet and basin.
Although children are welcome, you must reserve a bed for them, no children in a parent’s bed. We regret that we will turn away any customers bringing additional people and exceeding the maximum room occupancy.
Please bear in mind that the Albyn Townhouse was built in the 19th century, therefore there is no elevator!! Our rooms are over three floors so please let us know at the time of booking if you cannot do stairs!!
As much as we adore our furry friends, sorry no pets allowed at the Albyn.
Breakfast
Our beautiful Edinburgh guest house offers a freshly cooked Scottish breakfast, we serve meat eaters, veggies, vegans and gluten free. As much as possible we use locally sourced products, free-range eggs from Stirlingshire, Bacon from Perthshire, local butcher sausages, Macsween Haggis and Black pudding, Milk and cheeses, we also offer a lot of homemade goods in our menu and on the buffet.
Breakfast is served from 7.45am – 9.00am, Mondays to Fridays and from 8.45am – 10.00am, Saturdays, Sundays. A continental Early Bird is also available for those who require to set off earlier than these times, please order before 5pm the day before.
