This 5* luxury apartment catered for all our needs. The Welcome tray exceeded expectations. Everything is spotlessly clean, and of high quality. The rooms are stylishly decorated, with beautiful bedding, towels, and curtains/blinds/shutters. Where else can you have a comfortable home-from-home, yet play table tennis in the hallway, and table football in the Utility? I lost both matches! Our hostess, Denise, was very welcoming, and we were fascinated by her written pieces about Arthurian / Merlin legend. Ideally located for Border touring, or Tweed fishing. Peebles provides supermarkets, fuel, and dining out. We recommend The Tontine in Peebles, especially the local lamb, which melted in the mouth. We used Park & Ride at Straiton for a day trip to Edinburgh (as suggested by Denise), and this was ideal for a walk up and down the Royal Mile, with peaceful elevenses and later lunch at The Festival Theatre. We had much too short a stay here, and will definitely return. One small point, which in no way spoilt things for us, but might if you planned to use the washing / drying facilities at Merlindale; the dryer is not electrical, but a maiden hanging from the ceiling in the Utility, so technically a dryer but not my understanding of it!