We stayed at the Edinburgh Learmonth Travelodge for one night on 21 June 2009. Travelodge bought the hotel around a year ago and have carried out a refurbishment. The hotel is located in a beautiful terrace, parallel to Queensferry Road. It’s around a 10 minute walk to Princes Street.

There is pay and display parking right outside the hotel (charged at £1.30 per hour). However if you go down the hill, it’s a cheaper parking zone priced at £1.00 per hour for a maximum of 4 hours, Monday to Friday 8.30 – 17.30. The Edinburgh Learmonth Travelodge has a cafe/bar which serves breakfast and evening meals. It’s cheaper to book breakfast online in advance.

It’s hard for me to rate the hotel objectively as I paid for £9 for our room, booked in December 2008 during one of Travelodge’s £9 promotions. At this price it’s an absolute steal. You can find rooms at the saver rates of £19 and £29 for much of the year, except weekends, if you book in advance but at short notice, weekends or peak season rooms will cost a lot more.

We requested a room at the back of the hotel which is quieter.  I was allocated a room at the front of the hotel during an earlier stay and found the traffic noise disturbed me.  Although the hotel is set back from the main road, the large. original windows don’t offer much soundproofing. We were allocated room 110 on the first floor which was spacious and airy.

I’d rate the Edinburgh Learmonth Travelodge very highly if you can find a room at the £29, £19 saver rate or even less in a sale. If the price is higher, you should do a search on the HotelsCombined price comparison site for your dates to make a check out prices with similar hotels in Edinburgh.