Edinburgh is a bustling city that mixes ancient, old and contemporary together in a rich melting pot of culture and events. Edinburgh is also home to a great many festivals; the number goes up each year as new festivals and events are added to the calendar.

One festival that you need to take note of is the Edinburgh International Book Festival. This festival was thought up with literature lovers and bookworms in mind. The best part is that attending this festival need not cost you an arm and a leg.

You can contentedly stay in Edinburgh for a few days during the festival and still have money to spend on books. Yes, you can do all of that with the help of Edinburgh serviced apartments.

Staying and reading

Staying in Edinburgh need not mean a hotel stay that drains your funds and leaves your bank account bone dry. Serviced apartments in Edinburgh range from expensive to downright cheap and this makes your stay for the festival all the more possible. You can even have money to spare for spending on the many books you will fall in love with.

Edinburgh International Book Festival is a literature lover’s dream come true. It is the liveliest and largest International Book Festival in the world and has a 26-year history. This book festival is a must visit for all book lovers and you need to mark the dates off in the August festival season on your calendar.

If you love books you have absolutely no reason not to attend; even serviced apartments are on your side with their low prices.

Pets and their owners often form an inseparable bond that lasts a good many years. This life long companionship is what has earned the dog the title of “man’s best friend” and nowhere else in the UK is this more evident than in Edinburgh.

Edinburgh sports the attraction of Greyfriar’s Bobby. A charming tale of man’s best friend that touches the hearts of all who hear it. You can even visit the statue of Greyfriar’s Bobby while visiting Edinburgh. It makes a fun and adventurous trip for dog lovers from all over.

Following man’s best friend

The story of Greyfriar’s Bobby is about a Scottish terrier named Bobby and the Greyfriar’s Kirk, or cemetery. The story goes that Bobby’s owner would bring him to the Edinburgh market on a Wednesday. They would lunch together at a restaurant near Greyfriar’s cemetery after the gun sounded at one o’clock. This was a tradition for the pair that came to an end when his owner died.

The tale goes on to tell of Bobby not leaving his master’s grave unless he was forced to go the restaurant for food. The little dog touched the hearts of many and stayed at his master’s graveside for 14 years.

This is an endearing story and makes a pleasant trip for dog lovers. You can travel to Edinburgh, stay in an affordable serviced apartment and visit Bobby’s statue. The statue is outside the cemetery gates. Serviced apartments make your trip to see Greyfriar’s Bobby an affordable one, even in tough economic times, one well worth the trouble.

Lovers of ghost stories and haunted spaces hunters can take a trip to Edinburgh for a delightful time in the Edinburgh vaults. The Edinburgh vaults were built in the 1700’s, eighteenth century, and stand to this very day. The vaults were built under the South Bridge.

When the South Bridge was built in the 18th, ground under it was excavated for the vaults. A combination of chambers, large rooms and smaller rooms were built. Although the vaults were originally used to store goods for the entrepreneurs, craftsmen and artisans who had business on the South Bridge, ghost stories abound.

Ghosts of the past

The Edinburgh vaults are a great visit for ghost hunters and ghost story lovers. You can choose from two different tours of the vaults. You can try the Edinburgh Vaults Walking Tour or the Edinburgh Underground Night Walking Tour, or maybe try them both. One of the chilling tales around the Edinburgh vaults is about body snatchers.

It was rumoured that the body snatchers of Edinburgh, Burke and hare, stored stolen bodies in the vaults. Taking a trip to Edinburgh in order to visit the vaults may seem out of reach in the tough economic times we are all faced with. However, Edinburgh serviced apartments offer you an affordable and comfortable alternative for your stay. Forget hotels, forget bed and breakfast inns.

Serviced apartments are all you need. They will offer you the comfort of a hotel at a fraction of the cost. They also offer you a superb and secure place to rest your head after ghost hunting tours of the Edinburgh vaults.

Edinburgh harbours a secret; one few tourists and UK citizens know is there. Almost in the heart of Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland lays Dean Village. Dean village is almost undisturbed and offers visitors a wealth of reasons to visit.

Making the effort to go and see and experience Dean Village may seem unjustifiable to you. Not when you take advantage of Edinburgh serviced apartments. Serviced apartments in Edinburgh offer you an affordable accommodation alternative to kipping on someone’s couch. Dean Village is unique in that it is nestled some thirty metres below the rest of Edinburgh.

Visiting the village

Dean village offers visitors a wealth of architecture to admire and take in. It was once a prosperous milling village, also once infamous for its poverty, ruin and decay. Dean village is not a smart and enticing residential area in Edinburgh. Scattered among modern apartment buildings you can find charming red sandstone face brick houses. You can see strong mill buildings and warehouses too.

The variety of architecture is breathtaking and picturesque. Dean Bridge leads to the beautiful Holy Trinity Church. This church is a favourite backdrop for visitors to take pictures of especially the village. Every part of Dean Village offers visitors something beautiful and worthwhile seeing.

The best part is that you can spend a good couple of days exploring every inch of Dean Village at your leisure, thanks to affordable and comfy Edinburgh serviced apartments. You will have a comfortable and budget friendly place to rest and reminisce about the day’s exploring in Dean Village.

Pubs are a part of UK life. There is nothing better than a relaxing pub lunch and sampling the finest drinks the taverns have to offer, or your tried and tested favourites. This is taken to a new level with pub tours in Edinburgh. Yes, a glorified pub crawl, but is there really anything better to do with some spare time. Enjoying yourself is the entire focus of a weekend for a few days away.

You want to enjoy yourself and relax. You can now do this affordably and comfortably thanks to the rise of serviced apartments. Edinburgh boasts a wide selection of all types and grades of luxury when it comes to their serviced apartments.

You can take a trip up to Edinburgh and stay in serviced apartments that range from the lap of luxury to a humble home away from home. The serviced apartments you stay in is entirely up to you and your budget.

Pub crawling touring

Pub tours are immensely popular as they take you around to some of the finest taverns that Edinburgh has to offer its visitors. You can enjoy your way across Edinburgh, hopping from one pub to the next.

You can choose from a guided tour or you could guide yourself from one pub to the next as you enjoy all they have to offer. There can be no better way to relax and have a good time away from the stresses of life. To make it even better, you can rest in comfort at the end of a pub crawl in a serviced apartment.

Liverpool is home to many great and wonderful things and one of those very things is the Beatles. Music legends that have left their impression on the world, the Beatles have left a significant footprint on Liverpool.

Beatles enthusiasts and fans can enjoy a weekend trip to Liverpool to visit the homes of two of their idols. Too expensive to travel to Liverpool just for that? Is money too tight to mention? Not to worry. Liverpool serviced apartments are on your side. You can afford to go to Liverpool and embrace the legend of the Beatles.

Keeping the legends alive

Liverpool is a great place to help keep the music legends alive. Take a trip to Liverpool and visit two important Beatles buildings and enjoy a stay in serviced apartments. Liverpool serviced apartments allow you to choose your accommodation style and price so that it suites your budget. You can choose from top quality luxury to a humble abode to rest your head at night.

From your base in one of Liverpool’s many serviced apartments you can visit Mendips and 20 Forthlin Road. Mendips is the home in which John Lennon and his aunt lived during his youth. 20 Forthlin Road is the home Sir Paul McCarthy stayed in as a child.

Both homes are well worth the visit for Beatles enthusiasts and music fans alike. Liverpool serviced apartments make it possible and affordable to trace these music legends to their childhood roots. You don’t have an excuse why you cannot embrace your love for the legends anymore.

Underwater Street in Liverpool is a gem for children. If you don’t know about it already, you need to start wising up to its charm and its appeal. Underwater Street in Liverpool is a great place to take your child for a birthday party. Worried about accommodation for the duration of your stay in Liverpool? You need not be, Liverpool serviced apartments have it all covered.

A birthday party is nothing without friends and with Liverpool serviced apartments you can afford to take your child and his or her friends with you. You can even ask other moms to come along and keep you company, while the kids are having a birthday bash the adults can have some much needed rest and relaxation.

All of this is possible through the affordability of Liverpool serviced apartments. You pay per apartment and not per person. This means that splitting the costs of one or two apartments between groups makes the trip even more cost effective.

Party away

Underwater Street offers kids and parents three different ways to party. You can choose from a weekend party, private or private themed party for your child. Underwater Street will cater to everything from activities to eats and drinks and even party bags and invitations.

All you need to do is bring the kids and let them enjoy. To make the whole trip cost effective and enjoyable for all you can split all the costs between the adults. Underwater street offers children an unforgettable birthday party experience and a good reason to take a trip to Liverpool.

Arts and crafts are something that far too few people take note of or employ in their lives today. Everything has become completely machine made and instant. Many of us don’t want to wait for something to mature or take the time to make it with our own hands. At most we want to walk into a store, grab the item off a shelf and pay for it. Even better is the convenience and ease the internet has introduced into many lives.

You don’t even need to leave your seat to get what you want. You can order it online and have it delivered, anything from flowers, gifts and groceries are obtained in this way. Long forgotten is the pride that comes from successfully making things by hand.

We have also forgotten to cherish gifts made by hand and rather prize machine made items. You can break this cycle in your own life.

More to life

Manchester offers you the opportunity to visit a great city and come to a wonderful Crafts and Design Centre. You can come to Manchester’s Crafts and Design Centre and learn a bit about yourself. They offer workshops at different times for various arts and crafts. You can take in the exhibitions, buy items and even enjoy the café.

The Manchester Crafts and Design Centre is a must visit for local UK citizens and tourists alike. Worried about the cost of staying over? Not anymore, Manchester serviced apartments take care of that for you. You will receive comfortable and homely accommodation for your stay that doubles the benefits as it is extremely affordable.

Serviced City Pads can now offer a selection of great quality Liverpool city centre serviced apartments from as little as £29 per person per night.

The apartments are perfect for Liverpool FC supporters visiting Anfield for the match and planning to stay in Liverpool

These city centre apartments offer everything that a group of football supporters visiting Liverpool need:

*Fantastic City centre location within short walk of all bars and restaurants (short taxi ride to Anfield)

*Everybody in the group has their own bed.  

*Sky sports and broadband internet  in spacious living area (no extra charge)

*Great quality apartments with more space than a hotel room

*Guaranteed availability (up to 3 weeks before kick off)

(£29 per person is based on 5 sharing for a 3 night stay. £34 per person based on 5 sharing for a 2 night stay).

If you are planning to visit Liverpool and prefer the sound of staying in one of our apartments rather than in a Liverpool hotel, then please call Serviced City Pads on 0844 335 8866.

Alternatively, email us at info@servicedcitypads.com. We will be delighted to help with your accommodation needs for your stay in Liverpool.

Serviced City Pads offers apartments across the UK as an alternative to staying in a hotel.

When you think of a museum you probably come up with a mental image of an old, seedy building that has stood the test of time. In it you probably expect to see things centuries old and no longer of much interest to modern society.

Museums are not always the most fun you can have, that is until Urbis, Manchester, was unveiled. Urbis is located in the heart of Manchester’s modern hub. This museum is not filled with things from the Stone Age.

Oh no, Urbis is dedicated to modern Manchester as it is the first industrial city in the world. And that’s not all Urbis has to offer you, and there is no better way to stay in Manchester on a trip to Urbis than in a serviced apartment.

Modern history

Urbis offers you exhibitions dedicated to modern Manchester. But, it also offers visitors exhibitions dedicated to other modern cities across the globe. Some of the other city exhibitions include Singapore, Los Angeles and Paris. For once you will be able to interact with historical items and tales that you can relate to. To further impose its modern historical legacy, Urbis is constructed largely of glass.

This lends a beautiful and artistic modern feel to the building. This museum is well worth a visit, even if you do not live in Manchester. Staying over in Manchester to visit Urbis need not be a drag.

A serviced apartment is your comfortable home away from home. They are also the top choice of many visitors to Manchester for their luxury and superior comfort.