APEX GRASSHOPPER

URBAN GONDOLA CONNECTING TO EDINBURGH CASTLE

On April 1st, ISA announced the intention to create an urban aerial transport link to Scotland’s capital in partnership with Apex Hotels. The proposed ‘Apex Grasshopper’, an aerial gondola, would run from the hotel group’s Grassmarket property straight into Edinburgh Castle’s Esplanade at the top of the Royal Mile. ISA claimed to be undertaking a feasibility study for the project, which would see up to eight, four-person gondolas make the 200 meter round journey from the roof of the Apex Grassmarket Hotel to the World Heritage Site and back again in under ten minutes. Whilst an ambitious and exciting project, it’s worth noting the date on which it was announced.