Edinburgh Holiday
Family Bed & Breakfast

Scottish Thistle Award winner 2002
Dalkeith  near Edinburgh
Edinburgh  Castle - 20 mins
Edinburgh Airport - 20 mins
Edinburgh 
Bypass - 5 mins
Edinburgh Station - 20 mins
Edinburgh Bus every 10 mins

The Guesthouse @ ESKBANK 

Eskbank Dalkeith
Edinburgh Scotland

(formerly Rathan House)

45 Eskbank Road, Dalkeith
Edinburgh EH22 3BH

Tel: +00 44 (0) 131 663 3291

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Edinburgh Holiday
Family Bed & Breakfast

Dalkeith  near Edinburgh

Dalhousie  Castle  -  5 mins
Roslin Chapel - 10 mins
Melville  Castle    -    3 mins
Oxenfoord Castle - 10 mins
Borthwick  Castle - 15 mins
Edinburgh Bus every 10 mins

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An Enchanting Sleepy Hollow

Eskbank guest de-stressing with coffee in the garden

Eskbank - Dalkeith -  Midlothian

near Roslin Chapel  ,  Dalhousie Castle,  Melville Castle, Oxenfoord Castle

and Dalkeith Palace & Country park

CEUD MILE FAILTE ! A fine 4 stars welcome awaits you at The Guesthouse @ ESKBANK Eskbank is a place to De- Stress! It is a great quality base for weddings at the castles of Dalhousie, Melville, Oxenfoord and Borthwick or for exploring Edinburgh and the Lothians and the Scottish Borders. Bus every 10 minutes to Edinburgh 50 metres from driveway.

B&B accommodation ( Click to see room)
1 Large garden Quad Room - Sleeps 4-5 ** with disabled friendly wet room en-suite
1 Smaller Family Quad Room - Sleeps 4** with en-suite shower room
3 Double Rooms - Sleeps 2 with en-suites
1 Twin Room - Sleeps 2 with en-suite

Luxury Eskbank Self Catering Serviced Apartment sleeps 5 or 6 - see www.edinburghvacations.co.uk
** Cots provided - but bring your own baby linen for health & safety of your baby.

This awards winning Guesthouse @ Eskbank has undergone extensive upgrading and refurbishing work. This family friendly Guesthouse ( Rathan House built 1852 ) had a new Bed and Breakfast wing completed in 2004. The MacRaes have added to the ambiance of a grand old Scottish Mansion by building a new wing with new excellent standard bedrooms with deep pile Scotch wool carpeting modern ensuite facilities, double glazed sash & case windows and excellent insulation.

The newbuild used traditional stonebuild to ensure no clash with the attractive, leafy Eskbank and Newbattle Abbey conservation area. Choose "The Guesthouse @ Eskbank" in Dalkeith and you would have an immaculate warm room with ensuite facilities and enjoy a traditional old fashioned Highland healthy breakfast in the grand dining room. You would also find a large and attractive, childsecure, walled garden with a croquet lawn - so you can relax and de-stress while the kids let off their excess steam playing with Irene and Ewan's 3 Flatcoated Retreivers. Guests have been complimentary since completion of the Eskbank upgrading works. If you are looking for a guest house to enable easy park and bus ride to Edinburgh and seek a bed and breakfast in the top 15% quality bracket, The Guesthouse @Eskbank fits the bill. There is also a Luxury Eskbank and Morningside Self-catering option - ( www.edinburghvacations.co.uk ) The MacRaes have tried to ensure that The Guesthouse @ Eskbank is a sleepy hollow - a place to De-stress.........certainly the Eskbank conservation area is a beautiful place.

HIGHLAND BREAKFAST STB Quality assessment awarded 5 stars to the breakfast experience and content. You will enjoy a fine authentic old fashioned 3 course breakfast. Fresh Fruit salads - Birchermuesli ( a kind of apple Cranachan) - Finest Kintail Kippers - Ettrick salmon - Buckie Herring - French Toast/bacon . You will dine in a fine period Dining Room looked over by 19th century family portraits.

NEAR? - Dalhousie Castle( 2 m); Melville castle ( 1m ); Roslin Chapel ( or Rosslyn Chapel) ( 4 m); Oxenfoord Castle ( 4m); Borthwick Castle (8 m) - large TESCO supermarket ( 600yds) - Edinburgh Center ( 7 m) - Dalkeith Center ( 400 m) - Butterfly farm ( 1m) - Mining Museum (2m) - Edinburgh Airport ( 7m) Edinburgh Train Station ( 7m) - Dakeith Palace Adventure Playground ( 900 yds) - 2 attractive parks -(25 yds) - Dalkeith Palace ( 800 yds)

What are Irene and Ewan MacRae like? - just a very normal couple. Want to find out more about the MacRae clan? Click here : www.clan-macrae.org.uk

FINE DINING You can walk to the Itihaas or the Justinlees  150 yds or an Italian restaurants - 450 yds - or The Blossom Garden - 200 yds. For a really romantic and exceptional dining experience - Dalhousie Castle Orangerie or Melville Castle. .....both within 2 miles. The County Hotel in Dalkeith is also well known for its fine restaurant.   The Dalkeith Palace  new Stables Bistro  ( 800 yards)  cuisine includes home produce from The Buccleuch Estates and offers  an excellent dining opportunity. 1-2 miles the Sun Inn and the Laird and Dog offer excellent evening meals.

OFF STREET PARKING in the grounds at Rathan House - the Guesthouse @ESKBANK

TOURIST INFORMATION TO HELP YOU In collaboration with 2 other quality guesthouses we have developed a website designed to inform the tourist or visitor. www.gems.scot.info really can help you plan ahead for your holiday visit to Midlothian and Edinburgh.

Honeymooning in Eskbank

WHY NOT FLYDRIVE? Why not check out the flydrive options - let the MacRaes arrange car hire for you through Scotland's largest car hire co. Group 1-9 cars available. A Group 3 car for example can cost less than an airport taxi and gives you that added flexibility.

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MEET AND GREET Ewan and Irene can arrange a meet and greet driver to fetch you from Edinburgh airport - or indeed Glasgow.

Take a look at some "SPECIAL MOMENTS" at Eskbank

Parfait! - M & Mme Prunet, Cote d'Azur, France  .............   "Absolutely delightful - fabulous presentation of breakfast" - Rosie Williams, Hants, England   .......  "Bagus! - this place is really terrific" - Amir Hisham, Shah Alam, Malaysia    .......   "Outstanding accommodation and conversation" - George & Loann Towsend, Portland, USA   .........   "Never worn a kilt before!" - JA Vollers, Holland

The Guesthouse @ Eskbank is a member of Gems of Midlothian an association of three "Excellent" and "Very Good" category B&Bs.  Discover Britain Travel and Tours gave The Guesthouse a "Highly Commended" award in 2009.

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B&B (GB) Golden Teapot Awards
 for    “Outstanding Quality”  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
2005

 

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