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Highland and Speyside Tour | ||||||||
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Example of a 4 day tour departing from Edinburgh Tours can commence and end from any location to suit your travel plans |
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Day 1 |
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We depart from Edinburgh and drive North, with a stop to view the magnificent 19th century Forth Rail Bridge from the pretty little seaside village of South Queensferry. On to Pitlochry, the beginning of the majestic Highlands for a tour and tasting at Edradour Distillery, one of Scotland's smallest and most picturesque distilleries. |
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After a break for lunch and a look around Pitlochry, we will drive up and over some of the highest roads in Scotland, with a stop at Braemar and then on to Royal Lochnagar Distillery for an afternoon tour and tasting. We then head over the Grampian Mountains to Grantown-on-Spey. A comfortable, good quality, traditional and welcoming hotel. Three nights accomodation and breakfast. |
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Day 2 |
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We leave Grantown-on-Spey to drive North to Dalmore Distillery perched on the waterside on the Moray Firth, North of Inverness and then onto the pretty little town of Tain with time for lunch, before a tour and tasting at the world famous Glenmorangie Distillery. Back for a couple of free hours to explore Inverness and then home to Grantown. |
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Day 3 |
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After a morning visit to Aberlour Distillery for a tutored tour and tasting, definitely one of the best tours available in Scotland and very in-depth, we head off to Dufftown the home of seven distilleries. In Dufftown we can stop for a bite of lunch and possibly a look through the whisky shops. This will be followed by a visit to the Speyside Cooperage where we can see them make and repair the casks used to store the whisky. The day ends with a tour and tasting at Glenfarclas Distillery in Ballindalloch after which we return to our hotel in Grantown-on-Spey for a relaxing dinner and perhaps a dram or two before packing our bags for the return trip to Edinburgh the following day. |
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Day 4 |
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Time for us to wander back towards Edinburgh, but with stops for a tour and tasting at Dalwhinnie, the highest distillery in Scotland where they maintain a bunkroom for staff in case they are cut off by the winter snows. |
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If you would prefer to join a regular, scheduled small group tour, our friends at Scottish Routes offer excellent whisky Tours to Speyside and Islay. They have kindly offered our clients a 5% discount. Follow this link to their whisky tours page and, when you buy a tour, enter the discount code WALLACE18 Scottish Routes Whisky Tours of Scotland If you book both their Speyside and Islay tours together you can get 12% off when entering the code WallaceDouble |
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