Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MELROSE ABBEY
Highlights
1
St Abb's Head
Easily accessible, spectacular
coastal scenery with sea stacks, sheer cliffs and
nesting seabirds galore, all found at the point
where Scotland collided with its southern
neighbour over four hundred million years ago.
See p.116
2
Melrose Abbey
The vast Border abbey with
the best-preserved sculptural detail set within
the most charming of the Border towns. Look
out for the burial plot for Robert The Bruce's
heart.
See p.122
3
Walking and cycling around Peebles
The
banks of the Tweed are at their most scenic
around Peebles, and you can cycle or walk to
medieval Neidpath Castle or the lovely Kailzie
Gardens.
See p.129
4
Dawyck Botanic Garden
Take an exotic
hike around the world's finest arboretum,
with seventeenth-century origins and links to
the great, global plant-hunting expeditions.
See p.130
5
Traquair House
A romantic, castellated
former hunting lodge dating back to the
eleventh century. There also a chance to sample
the dark and spicy Jacobite ale made here at the
in-house brewery.
See p.130
6
Biking at Glentress and Innerleithen
Eight adrenalin-pumping downhill trails
through thick forest, this is the Mecca for
exhilarating off-road biking, with runs to
suit all levels.
See p.131
HIGHLIGHTS ARE MARKED ON THE MAP ON P.117
