Most people would say leave the car behind. Parking control in the City centre is strictly policed and traffic-hassle is the norm. Edinburgh has an exceptional transport system based on planes, trains, taxi-cabs & buses.  The National Train Station is 6 minutes walk away [or by cab]. The National Bus Station is 4 minutes walk [£5 return from Edinburgh Airport]. The local bus stop is 2 minutes walk. Taxi-cabs [tel 228 1211) are cheap, courteous, clean, commodious and plentiful; [£14 from Edinburgh Airport; £75 from Glasgow Airport].

LOOK FOR the patio-garden basement below 21 Abercromby Place. PARKING rarely a problem outside 21B Abercromby Place.

1 ON ARRIVAL - find a metered space; buy ticket; max. 2 hours = £2
2 PAY & PARK Mon thru Sat 0830-1830 £1 per hour
3 FREE PARKING Sat - Mon 1830-0830; Sunday
4 FREE PARKING at East Claremont St; 15 minutes walk away

A1 FROM SOUTH - EAST follow signs to City Centre into London Rd
RIGHT FORK half way along London Rd LEFT at roundabout (end of London Rd)
RIGHT at next roundabout (3/4 round) RIGHT FORK at double traffic-lights into Broughton St
1st LEFT at Albany St CROSS Dublin St into Abercromby Place - 21B on next corner

A8 FROM GLASGOW or the WEST or the AIRPORT THRU Corstorphine, all the way to Princes St (Castle on right)
* LEFT into South Charlotte St THRU Charlotte Square * RIGHT at T junction into Queen St
* 2nd LEFT at Queen St Gnds W * RIGHT at Heriot Row into Abercromby Place - 21B on L

A90 FROM NORTH along Queensferry Rd, to Princes St (Castle on right) * SEE ABOVE

A702 FROM SOUTH - WEST THRU Morningside THRU Bruntsfield TO Princes St
RIGHT then IMMEDIATE LEFT into South Charlotte St * SEE ABOVE

If/when you get lost, find a cab and follow it to 21B - it is quick & cheap

GOING FROM EDINBURGH BY CAR
NB The quick & easy way to ALL Airports, Glasgow M8, Forth Bridge A90 is RIGHT along Abercromby THRU 1st traffic lights into Heriot Row RIGHT 2nd traffic lights DOWN Howe St LEFT at bottom FOLLOW SIGNS TO FORTH BRIDGE

NORTH to FORTH BRIDGE A90 M90 for Perth Inverness & Skye St Andrews (Stirling)

SOUTH (WESTERN ROUTE) A70 M74 A74 M6 LANARK Carlisle Lakes Wales Bath
RIGHT along Abercromby THRU 1st traffic lights into Heriot LEFT 2nd traffic lights RIGHT LANE RIGHT at Queen St LEFT LANE RIGHT then 1st LEFT into Lothian Rd 1st RIGHT FOLLOW SIGNS to LANARK A70

SOUTH (EASTERN ROUTE) A1 to Berwick York London
LEFT along Abercromby & along Albany to T RIGHT up Broughton St
THRU traffic lights (LEFT LANE) LEFT down Leith Walk (switch to RIGHT LANE) RIGHT at round-about into London Road about 1 mile RIGHT FORK at A1 Berwick

WEST Glasgow M8 Stirling M9