Borders Hotels
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There’s more to Scotland than brooding glens and lochs. In a region that has borne the brunt of English invasions, a hotel stay in the Borders puts you in countryside full of medieval keeps, ruined abbeys and spectacular views.
Town and city breaks in the Borders
Selkirk on the River Ettrick is where it is thought William Wallace was made Guardian of Scotland, and on a slightly less swashbuckling note it makes a mean fruit cake. Gretna Green was a notorious haven for young couples fleeing the border to take advantage of Scotland’s more lenient marriage laws. At the Blacksmith’s Shop you can see the old anvil over which many runaway weddings were conducted.
Holidays in the Borders countryside
A stay in a Borders hotel means scintillating scenery. Scott’s View at the top of Bemersyde Hill above the River Tweed near Kelso is a vantage point named after the novelist Sir Walter Scott, who thought it was the finest view in Scotland.
Attractions in the Borders
The embalmed heart of Scottish hero Robert the Bruce was buried at Melrose Abbey. A commemorative stone identifies the spot in the chapterhouse north of the sacristy. At Selkirk’s Sir Walter Scott’s Courtroom, where the Scottish novelist and sheriff dispensed justice, you can learn about the comically inept local explorer Mungo Park, said to be the first westerner to encounter the Niger river in Africa.
Hotels in Borders
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