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Eskbank
- Dalkeith - A peaceful Midlothian Gem
near
Roslin Chapel , Dalhousie
Castle, Melville Castle, Oxenfoord Castle
and
Dalkeith Palace & Country park
CEUD
MILE FAILTE ! A fine 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.
B&B
accommodation ( Click to see room)
1 Large garden Quad Room - Sleeps 4-5 ** with disabled friendly
wetroom ensuite
1 Smaller Family Quad Room - Sleeps 4** with ensuite shower room
3 Double Rooms - Sleeps 2 with ensuites
1 Twin Room - Sleeps 2 with ensuite
Luxury Eskbank Self Catering Serviced Apartment sleeps 5 or
6 - see www.edinburghapts.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. Ewan and Irene MacRae 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.edinburghapts.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 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 very normal. Want to
find out more about the MacRae clan? Click here : www.clan-macrae.org.uk
FINE
DINING You can walk to The Scotch Bonnet restaurant 150
yds or 2 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.
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. See too the Midlothian video at www.Edinburgh-Midlothian.co.uk.
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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.
click
for car hire savings
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
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