Day 1 | Edinburgh

Arrive Edinburgh and transfer (included) to your pre-booked accommodations (note: check-in time is generally from 2 pm). Spend your day independently exploring Edinburgh on your own. Overnight in Edinburgh.

Day 2 | Grantown on Spey

Departure point at Edinburgh Bus Station, St. Andrews Square, Edinburgh, guests are requested to check in at least 15 minutes before departure. Depart Edinburgh at 8:45 am. You head north through the Kingdom of Fife to Lindores Abbey Distillery. This modern Scottish distillery is built on the site of the first-ever recorded distiller in the country. After lunch in Braemar, you can sample the delights of the Royal Lochnagar distillery*. The outstanding flavor of its whisky was appreciated by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on one of many visits to their summer residence, Balmoral Castle. Once you’ve warmed with this dram of “the gentle spirit”, you continue through the Cairngorms National Park before reaching Grantown-on-Spey, your base for two nights.

Day 3 | Touring continues!

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. You travel back up the Spey River to Craigellachie for a visit to the Speyside Cooperage**, where you see another aspect of the whisky-making process. 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. From here you travel back to Grantown-on-Spey. *Glen Moray operates different opening hours in winter; therefore, we will visit an alternative Speyside distillery. **Speyside Cooperage is only visited on Monday and Wednesday departures.

Day 4 | End in Edinburgh

In the morning you visit Scotland's highest distillery at Dalwhinnie, set in splendid mountain scenery at the heart of the Cairngorm 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. From here the route south takes you to Dunkeld, where you've got some time to explore, and then over the Firth of Forth, before arriving back in Edinburgh at approximately 6:30 pm. Your tour ends at the bus station, where you will make your own way back to your pre-booked hotel. **Itinerary and distillery visits are subject to change

Day 5 | Edinburgh - Home

After breakfast, transfer from your hotel to the Airport for your return flight to the US.