A major reason for people to rent luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh is because of its history and location. Another is its ghosts – Edinburgh is one of the UK’s most haunted cities, with numerous ghost tours and paranormal investigations taking place night after night, throughout the year.

However, those who make the city their regular haunt will know that the best time for a budding ghost hunter to book serviced apartments in Edinburgh is earlier in the year, when the city has its annual Ghost Festival. In 2010 the award winning Mary King’s Ghost Fest will take place in March. Accommodation in Edinburgh will be in high demand at this time, but most people will head for the hotels. Book luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh by the Royal Mile district, and you’ll be right at the centre of things – and there’ll be no queues for breakfast, either.

Mary King’s Close is one of many mediaeval streets which disappeared underground during the 16th Century. Made famous by Living TV’s Most Haunted, Doctor Ciaran O’Keeffe will be paying a return visit during the festival. Other highlights include the ‘Paradox Experience’ at Blair Street Vaults, and night-time rambles around Mary King’s Close and the Vaults. Various paranormal groups will be conducting their own tours, showing members of the public a few tricks of their trade.

The city has a number of walking tour operators offering ghost walks. One of the best known is City of the Dead Tours, who will be organising a Victorian Séance.

Edinburgh Ghost Fest offers something for all the family and we at Serviced City Pads have plenty of serviced apartments in Edinburgh.

Ever since they were made famous on Living TV, people have been booking into serviced apartments in Edinburgh’s South Bridge Vaults district to explore these tunnels for themselves. Invariably they head for the terrifying, and tragic, Mary King’s Close – where Yvette Fielding and her team once did a Halloween Special.

Even if you’re cynical about ghosts you will still find a stay here a fascinating experience, purely from a historical point of view. There is far more than just Mary King’s to see, so rather than book into a hotel, why not rent one of our luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh, and book onto a few history walks instead?

The Vaults are open to all, and a guide isn’t obligatory – although the labyrinth of tunnels is so extensive and steeped in history you’ll probably need one. Mary King’s Close has tours all to itself – and it still takes an hour or so to trawl through.

Renting serviced apartments in Edinburgh near the Royal Mile puts you right at the centre of things. Wander along and you will see numerous little Closes and Wynds, shelving steeply away from the main street – Mary King’s being just one of them. In Mediaeval times, Edinburgh’s streets followed the contours of the steep hill, up from the docks. At this time, it was one of the most crowded and plague-infested cities in Europe. In the 1560s, King James had the Flodden Wall built, a network of tenement blocks evolved.

Today, those same tenements are rented out as luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh – a good opportunity is never wasted! So why not book hotels in Edinburgh online with us at Serviced City Pads, and head underground?

When people rent luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh for a city break, one of the first places they head for is the historic Castle. Whilst they are there, they may well come face-to-face with some of the previous incumbents. The Witches Well is a good place to start…

Then again, the parts of Edinburgh you can’t see are just as interesting. Rent serviced apartments in Edinburgh near the Royal Exchange, and a whole hidden city lies beneath your feet. Mary King’s Close is just one attraction that draws thousands of tourists every year – some say Yvette Fielding’s screams can still be heard!

From mediaeval times until the 1800s an entire community lived beneath Edinburgh, driven underground by poverty and the Plague. In their time, the Vaults were home to murder victims, body snatchers, victims of the plague and starving children. Paranormal investigators and members of the public alike have heard anguished cries, felt cold little hands touch theirs and watched the ghostly apparition of “Mr Boots” drift across their line of vision.

TAPS, Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters International, The World’s most Terrifying…, these are just a few TV programs who have filmed in this city.

Invariably, they leave with plenty of material, because Edinburgh is one of the most haunted cities in the world. In fact, a major tourist industry has grown around it, with people booking into hotels in Edinburgh, guest houses and serviced apartments in Edinburgh’s most spooky districts, just so they can be frightened to death.

We at Serviced City Pads have accommodation near some of the spookiest places in Edinburgh. Our luxury serviced apartments in Edinburgh could well make this city your regular haunt.