full scottish breakfast is included, and the restaurant serves classic dishes and high tea. off-street parking is free. an additional room features a 4-poster bed. this family-run hotel in a former coaching inn is 6 minutes' walk from melrose abbey and 2. family rooms with bunk beds sleep up to 4 people. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. 3 miles from the home of sir walter scott in abbotsford. there's also a lounge/bar, a courtyard garden and 3 meeting rooms. straightforward rooms offer en suite bathrooms, tvs, and tea and coffeemaking facilities Edinburgh Airport 1 hr 9
Old Gala House (8 min) Museum, art, and art museum Mellerstain House (20 min) Scott's View (11 min) Viewpoint of wooded hills & the River Tweed, said to have been a favorite spot of Sir Walter Scott. Halliwell's House Museum (14 min) Museum, art, and art museum Dryburgh Abbey (17 min) Dog-friendly grounds housing this Gothic monastery's ruins, with informational boards & a gift shop. Floors Castle & Gardens (22 min) Castle dating from 1721, with roof turrets and lavishly furnished, art and tapestry-hung interiors. Abbotsford The Home Of Sir Walter Scott (5 min) Sir Walter Scott's 1800s baronial mansion, with his study & landscaped gardens. Jedburgh Abbey (21 min) Expansive Augustinian abbey ruins with Romanesque architecture, plus herb garden and visitor centre. William Wallace Statue, Bemersyde (14 min) Bowhill House (20 min) Stately home mainly built in 1812, with art, furniture and silver collections, set in country park. Mellerstain House & Gardens (19 min) Grand 18th-century home with Robert Adam interiors, Italianate terracing, parkland and a lake. Eildon Hill (19 min) Prominent, triple-peaked mountain in the Scottish Borders, with walking paths to countryside views. Melrose Abbey (3 min) Medieval ruins of Cistercian monastery with museum and burial place of Robert the Bruce's heart. Mary Queen Of Scots' Visitors Centre (21 min) Mementos from the former queen's life in a 16th-century structure surrounded by pear trees. |