Spend your days on some of Scotlands finest ridges, admiring magnificent hilltop views; then in the evenings, enjoy the comfort and stylish cooking at Amar and Elena's family run 4 star Hotel.
Everything is taken care of. We provide maps and detailed written guides to the best walks and in the mornings you will be taken to the start of your walk. When you get back to the Hotel in the evening, you can relax and enjoy Amar's cooking - dinner bed and breakfast, and a packed lunch included in the price.
Based at Innerleithen, you are only 45 minutes by car from Edinburgh (just over an hour by public tranport); or, if arriving at Edinburgh airport or railway station, we can arrange a transfer direct to the Hotel.
Itinerary
Day 1:
Arrive Innerleithen
Day 2:
Yair to Traquair (19.2 kms/12 miles)
Transfer in the morning to the hamlet of Yair - then a challenging and rewarding walk, following the high level route over the Minch Moor (to 524m) taken by the 18th century cattle drovers on their way to the southern markets.
Day 3:
Traquair to St Mary's Loch (19.2 kms/12 miles)
Two options - One follows an old drove road to the top of Birkscairn Hill (661m), the other goes by the lower level route of the Southern Upland Way. Both end at the Tibbie Shiels Inn, an old coaching inn by St. Mary's Loch, from where you are collected and returned to Innerleithen.
Day 4:
Peebles to Innerleithen (19.2 kms/12 miles)
Transfer in the morning to the pretty town of Peebles, followed by a tremendous high-level walk that includes three tops over 500m with fine views north to Edinburgh and beyond.
Day 5:
Depart Innerleithen
Details
Price
£335 per person based 4 nights DB&B + packed lunch, based on 2 people sharing a room (subject to availability).