Edinburgh Airport 42 min
Glentress Forest (25 min)
Forest park offering hiking/biking trails, a treetop adventure course & scenic nature views. Neidpath Castle (10 min)
Fortified stone tower house from the Middle Ages, now an events venue with river vistas & suites. Tweeddale Museum And Gallery (8 min)
Museum, art, and art museum Pentland Hills (29 min)
Countryside park featuring small, lush peaks & hiking paths, plus 2 visitor centres with parking. Roslin Glen Country Park (18 min) Kailzie Gardens (15 min)
Roses and fountains in 19th-century walled gardens, plus osprey viewing centre and burnside walks. National Mining Museum Scotland (25 min)
Colliery museum with collection of machinery and hands-on exhibits, plus guided tours by ex-miners. Rosslyn Castle (17 min)
Heavily fortified castle ruins located on a dramatic promontory overlooking the River Esk. Rosslyn Chapel (19 min)
Intricately carved chapel built in 1446, featured in The Da Vinci Code movie, with history talks. Go Ape Glentress, Peebles (14 min)
Adventure-activity chain venue where groups explore the forest canopy via a treetop rope course. Dawyck Botanic Garden (23 min)
Scenic garden & arboreta, once belonging to an estate, with a restored pond, visitor centre & cafe. Traquair House (20 min)
Grand 12th-century stately home with 3 elegant rooms, plus dining, a brewery & craft workshops. Midlothian Snowsports Centre, Hillend (23 min)
Busy destination for skiing & tubing, with chair lifts, cafes & scenic views of Edinburgh. Great Polish Map of Scotland (10 min)
40-m. x 50-m. concrete relief map of Scotland's terrain, built by Polish geographers in the 1970s. Crichton Castle (31 min)
14th-century castle with diamond-faceted facade and a pit prison, in an isolated riverside setting. | 
