Guidebook for Scottish Borders

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Guidebook for Scottish Borders

Food Scene

6 locals recommend
Caberston Coffee Shop
1 Peebles Rd
6 locals recommend
Log Fire, tasty food and a nice walking distance from the flat so you can have a wine or two with dinner.
14 locals recommend
Traquair Arms Hotel
Traquair Road
14 locals recommend
Log Fire, tasty food and a nice walking distance from the flat so you can have a wine or two with dinner.
It's usually packed but it's the best lunch around!
13 locals recommend
No1 Peebles Road
1 Peebles Rd
13 locals recommend
It's usually packed but it's the best lunch around!
Good food that won't break the bank, chilled atmosphere with friendly staff.
Quins
23 Market St
Good food that won't break the bank, chilled atmosphere with friendly staff.
Service isn't always the fastest but the food makes up for it
13 locals recommend
Burts Hotel
Market Square
13 locals recommend
Service isn't always the fastest but the food makes up for it
Excellent Italian food
8 locals recommend
Monte Cassino Melrose Restaurant
Palma Place
8 locals recommend
Excellent Italian food
Good food and an intimate country pub
6 locals recommend
The Clovenfords Hotel
1 Vine St
6 locals recommend
Good food and an intimate country pub

Entertainment & Activities

Nothing experiences nature better than going through it at high speed on a bike.
29 locals recommend
Glentress Mountain Bike Trail Centre
29 locals recommend
Nothing experiences nature better than going through it at high speed on a bike.
Mountain Biking if you know what you're doing with an excellent red/black routes and good off piste. Also caters to those with a downhill deathwish!
Innerleithen Trails Carpark
Mountain Biking if you know what you're doing with an excellent red/black routes and good off piste. Also caters to those with a downhill deathwish!
There's golf here but also the start of some excellent downhill mtb trails, if you like them steep and natural this is the place.
7 locals recommend
Innerleithen Golf Club
7 locals recommend
There's golf here but also the start of some excellent downhill mtb trails, if you like them steep and natural this is the place.
Climbing through the treetops! https://goape.co.uk/days-out/scotland/peebles
27 locals recommend
Go Ape Glentress, Peebles (Treetop Challenge, Zip Lines, High Ropes)
27 locals recommend
Climbing through the treetops! https://goape.co.uk/days-out/scotland/peebles

Essentials

Not the cheapest but the food is good and it's local
11 locals recommend
Co-op Food - Innerleithen
Peebles Road
11 locals recommend
Not the cheapest but the food is good and it's local
Good for bread, milk, alcohol and junk food. Open till 6 on the weekdays but shuts at 2 on Saturday and Sunday.
6 locals recommend
Walkerburn Post Office
28 Galashiels Rd
6 locals recommend
Good for bread, milk, alcohol and junk food. Open till 6 on the weekdays but shuts at 2 on Saturday and Sunday.
The big supermarkets are in Galashiels
Asda Galashiels Superstore
Currie Road
The big supermarkets are in Galashiels
It's a big ol Tesco, you can park underneath it so no need to get wet on a rainy day
Tesco Extra
Paton Street
It's a big ol Tesco, you can park underneath it so no need to get wet on a rainy day
Their BLT sandwich and Percy pigs get them a mention here
Marks and Spencer
2 Huddersfield St
Their BLT sandwich and Percy pigs get them a mention here

Sightseeing

Old traditional house, has it's own brewery, a maze in the garden and a petting zoo.
50 locals recommend
Traquair House
50 locals recommend
Old traditional house, has it's own brewery, a maze in the garden and a petting zoo.

Getting Around

Galashiels station
Ladhope Vale

Arts & Culture

Beautiful house and gardens
54 locals recommend
Abbotsford The Home Of Sir Walter Scott
54 locals recommend
Beautiful house and gardens