3-Day Scotch Whisky Tour from Edinburgh: Speyside, Cairngorms NP, Royal Deeside
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Edinburgh EH1 3AY, UK
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55.9533456, -3.1883749
Seeking the best whiskey tour in Scotland? Take our 3-day Scotch Whisky Tour from Edinburgh to 4 different distilleries. Visits to Cairngorms NP and Royal Deeside.
3-Day Scotch Whisky Tour from Edinburgh: Speyside / Cairngorms NP / Royal Deeside
Highlights
- 3-day whisky tour around the Speyside region of Scotland
- Small-group tour, with a maximum group size of 16, ensures a more personalized experience
- Visit a minimum of four famous malt whisky distilleries including Lindores Abbey, Dalwhinne and Cardhu Distillery
- Travel along scenic routes in a top-of-the-range, 16-seat Mercedes mini-coach
- Two nights B&B accommodation in the quaint village of Grantown-on-Spey
Your three-day journey starts in Edinburgh, where you will meet your guide and a small group of other people who share your passion for whisky. To reach the region of Speyside, which is home to more than forty distilleries, you will depart in the morning in a Mercedes mini-coach that is of the highest quality and has sixteen seats.
While you are travelling through Cairngorms National Park along the Spey River, you will be able to take in breathtaking views. As you make your journey to Grantown-on-Spey, you will have the opportunity to witness waterfalls that cascade through rocky ravines, breathtaking woodlands, and lovely lochs.
A charming Highland village called Grantown will serve as your home base for the next two days. Grantown is located along the Speyside malt whisky route, which is around 70 miles long. For nighttime entertainment, your bed and breakfast accommodations are situated in the heart of the town, within easy walking distance of a variety of restaurants, cafes, and pubs. Pay a visit to at least four well-known whisky distilleries over the course of the following days.
These distilleries include Lindores Abbey, Dalwhinne, and Cardhu Distillery. You will be able to join one of the optional tours of the old warehouses that are packed with aged casks and enjoy substantial samples of whiskies of your choosing. Your guide may be able to make further visits at some of the other distilleries in the area if time and the interest of the group permit additional pauses. At the conclusion of your journey, as you make your way back to Edinburgh, you will be able to take in breathtaking vistas of the Cairngorm Mountains and Balmoral Castle.
Itinerary
Day 1 Edinburgh – Grantown on Spey
Lindores Abbey Distillery
*Tour and Tasting at Lindores Abbey included in tour price The oldest written reference to whisky mentions this location. Sample a dram at the modern distillery and drink in the history.
Royal Lochnagar Distillery
*Tour and Tasting at Royal Lochnagar Distillery included in the tour price
After lunch in Braemar, you can sample the delights of the Royal Lochnagar distillery. The outstanding flavour of its whisky was appreciated by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on one of many visits to their summer residence, Balmoral Castle.
Day 2 A whole day exploring Speyside, Scotland’s most famous whisky region.
Glen Moray Distillery
*Exclusive Tasting Flight at Glen Moray Distillery included in tour price
A whole day exploring Scotland’s most famous whisky region. After a scenic drive towards the coast, your first stop of the day is at Glen Moray, where you can try whisky matured in a wide selection of casks.
Speyside Cooperage Visitor Centre
* Speyside Cooperage will be included in tour price. Learn about the lifecycle of a whisky cask.
Cardhu Distillery
*Flavour Journey and Tasting at Cardhu Distillery included in tour price After lunch in nearby Aberlour, you visit Cardhu Distillery, which is the first distillery pioneered by a woman, Helen Cumming. Today, Cardhu is the most important whisky in Johnnie Walker Black Label.
Day 3 Grantown on Spey – Royal Deeside – Edinburgh
Dalwhinnie Distillery
*Masterclass Tasting at Dalwhinnie Distillery included in tour price In the morning you visit Scotland’s highest distillery at Dalwhinnie, set in splendid mountain scenery at the heart of the Cairngorm National Park.
Cairngorms National Park
You then leave the Highlands and journey south to Perthshire. Pitlochry is your lunch stop and later you drive to the Hermitage to get close to nature. Here you can take a fantastic woodland walk amongst the tallest trees in Britain and admire the Black Linn Falls.
