Active Lazy Days at Peebles Scottish Borders Inn

Scotland's Historic Tontine Hotel has Food, Walking and Golf Breaks

Jul 29, 2009
Mike Gerrard

The Tontine Hotel, Peebles, Scottish Borders - Tontine Hotel

A range of active Lazy Days is on offer at the historic Tontine Hotel, a coaching inn in Peebles in the Scottish Borders, including cycling, walking, golf, and food.

The historic Tontine Hotel in the beautiful Scottish Borders town of Peebles has been around since the early 19th century. This former coaching inn was built between 1806 and 1808 by French prisoners of war, and is the only building along Peebles High Street to have its own courtyard, with the original cobblestones. Today it offers guests a chance to explore the town and surrounding countryside by way of Lazy Days. Some Lazy Days breaks are more active than others, whether your interest is golf, cycling, mountain-biking, walking, books, gardens, culture, or discovering some of southern Scotland's finest food and drink producers – from ice-cream and beer to chocolate-making.

Lazy Days in the Scottish Borders

Peebles stands on the River Tweed and the Tontine Hotel's suggested self-guided Food Trail introduces their guests to some of the Tweed Valley's best produce. This includes:

Caldwell's Ice Cream in Innerleithen
The Brewery at Traquair, Scotland's oldest inhabited house
Cuddy Bridge Apple Juice in Innerleithen

Active Golfing Lazy Days near Peebles

Scotland is the home of golf, of course, and the Tontine Hotel has its own Golf Planner, who will help guests book rounds on any of the four courses close to Peebles. There are 21 courses altogether in the Scottish Borders region. The Lazy Days Go Golfing golf holiday packages range from six rounds and three nights dinner, bed and breakfast, to ten rounds and five nights db&b. The golf courses within easy reach of Peebles are:

Peebles Golf Course
Innerleithen Course
Championship Cardrona
West Linton

Other Active Breaks and Lazy Days in Scotland

The Tontine Hotel in Peebles has other suggestions and leaflets for holiday breaks that allow guests to follow their interests in the Scottish Borders. These include:

The Garden Lover's Trail, visiting Kailzie Gardens, Dawyck Botanic Garden at Stobo, the St Ronan's Wells Visitor Centre in Innerleithen, and the gardens at Traquair House.
The Book Lover's Trail, which takes in the home of Sir Walter Scott, the John Buchan Museum, and Rosslyn Chapel which features in Dan Brown's book, The Da Vinci Code.

Other Lazy Days trails cover fishing for salmon in the River Tweed, gentle cycling in the Tweed Valley, more adventurous mountain biking from Glentress (three miles from Peebles and often described as the best dedicated mountain bike centre in Britain), and several walking trails including the Peebles Town Trail, the John Buchan Way, and some glorious walks around Peebles and along the River Tweed. As a taster the Tontine Hotel has made three walking trail leaflets available for free download from its website.