Edinburgh Airport 1 hr 7
Traquair House (25 min)
Grand 12th-century stately home with 3 elegant rooms, plus dining, a brewery & craft workshops. Halliwell's House Museum (12 min)
Museum, art, and art museum Smailholm Tower (24 min)
4-story 1400s stone tower in a hilltop location, with a ruined outer hall & kitchen foundations. William Wallace Statue, Bemersyde (19 min) Dryburgh Abbey (22 min)
Dog-friendly grounds housing this Gothic monastery's ruins, with informational boards & a gift shop. Abbotsford The Home Of Sir Walter Scott (5 min)
Sir Walter Scott's 1800s baronial mansion, with his study & landscaped gardens. Thirlestane Castle (22 min)
Restored country house with Victorian wings, formal gardens, a picnic area and border life museum. Leaderfoot Viaduct (12 min) Mellerstain House (25 min) Eildon Hill (11 min)
Prominent, triple-peaked mountain in the Scottish Borders, with walking paths to countryside views. Scott's View (16 min)
Viewpoint of wooded hills & the River Tweed, said to have been a favorite spot of Sir Walter Scott. Melrose Abbey (9 min)
Medieval ruins of Cistercian monastery with museum and burial place of Robert the Bruce's heart. Bowhill House (18 min)
Stately home mainly built in 1812, with art, furniture and silver collections, set in country park. Old Gala House (3 min)
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