1 day tour

for your private, flexible tailor-made small group

sample itinerary 1D#5

The Borders, historic market towns, rugged coastline & fishing villages, abbeys & the home of Sir Walter Scott &  original Wallace Monument

Optional visits of:

• Berwickshire coast – St. Abbs harbour, St. Abbs head nature reserve and cliff walk to the beaches of Coldingham, Eyemouth
• Historic market towns, such as the cobbled market square of Kelso, the abbey & Floors castle; Melrose, Jedburgh, Hawick, Peebles, Dun, Selkirk & Coldstream
• the Abbeys: of Melrose, Jedburgh, Drysburgh & Kelso
• Sir Walter Scott’s Abbotsford house, Sir Walter Scott’s view & the original Wallace monument

• The Great Tapestry of Scotland with its new permanent home in Galashiels

• The Great Tapestry of Scotland

The Great Tapestry of Scotland

&

• Wild stunning mountain routes through the Lammermuir hills in the northeast or in the southwest via the Grey Mare’s tail national nature reserve towards Moffat in Dumfries-shire
• Possible stops en route to the Borders: Rosslyn chapel or one of the many glorious East Lothian beaches along the way
• Southern extension across into Northumbria, Berwick upon Tweed, Holy Island/Lindisfarne and stunning, historic Bamburgh castle overlooking the beaches and Farne Isles

We would be delighted to run this tour as a private, small group tour  (up to 8 people) 

The Borders

http://www.discovertheborders.co.uk/
http://www.visitscotland.com/destinations-maps/scottish-borders/

Melrose Abbey
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_210
http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/melrose-abbey-p247611

(Sir Walter) Scott’s view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott’s_View

(The original) Wallace Monument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Wallace_Statue,_Bemersyde

Scott’s view and Dryburgh
http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/scotts-view-dryburgh-p498241

Abbotsford house

Dryburgh Abbey
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_097

Eyemouth
http://www.visiteyemouth.com/
http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/eyemouth-p242461

Coldingham
http://www.coldingham.info/
http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/coldingham-p242401

St. Abbs’ National Reserve
http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/st-abbs-head-national-nature-reserve-p251921

St. Abbs
http://www.stabbs.org/
http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/st-abbs-p242431

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What to bring?

Possible stops en route to the Borders:

• Many sights & attractions of East Lothian with its glorious beaches
• Rosslyn Chapel in Mid-Lothian
  

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  http://www.visitscotland.com/info/see-do/rosslyn-chapel-p564661

Check our longer 2 day tour 2D#9 to see and experience more and take it more leisurely,

or could be combined with our 1 day Northeast England – (Holy Island/Lindisfarne, Bamburgh Castle/Farne Isles tour

or also our 2 day English Lake District and Hadrian’s Wall tour.