Scotland
Find the dram. Then find the rest of the day.
Whisky in the cities and on the islands, gin where a still makes both, and a brewery when hops are the mood. A walk, a spa, or a chocolate counter fills the hours around it. A round of golf likes the day to itself. The map lines them up, and the weather has the last word, as usual.
Plan your adventure
Showing 51 visits across Scotland. Use the other buttons for walks, golf courses, spas, chocolatiers, and family days.
The pins follow the buttons. Pick a region before you make the plan: one tasting, last, and one outing close by. Tick Golf and the courses join the map. A round likes the day to itself.
Nothing planned yet.
Visits share the map. The other buttons bring in walks, golf, and the rest of the day. Check with the venue before you set off.
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Edinburgh Gin
In the arches by Waverley. A booked tour and a tasting, for adults.
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The Devil's Advocate
A whisky bar and restaurant down Advocate's Close, just off the Royal Mile. There are stairs.
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Tobermory harbour
The painted waterfront beside the distillery. Boats, a wander, an ice cream if the shop is open.
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Johnnie Walker Princes Street
The Johnnie Walker Experience on Princes Street. A whisky visit in the West End, not a working still.
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The Highland Chocolatier
A chocolate visitor stop in Grandtully, five minutes off the A9, between Aberfeldy and Pitlochry.
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Tempest Brewing Co.
A brewery taproom at Tweedside Park in Tweedbank, where the Borders railway ends.
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Linn of Dee
A short waymarked circuit where the Dee runs through a rock chasm, west of Braemar.
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Nairn Golf Club
The championship links in Nairn, east of Inverness. Nairn Dunbar is the other club.
Regions
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Speyside
Dufftown, Aberlour, Craigellachie, and Glenlivet. The densest cluster of visitor distilleries in the Highlands.
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Northern Highlands
Glenmorangie in Tain, golf at Dornoch, Nairn and Brora, a brewery on the Black Isle, chocolate in Dornoch, and 8 Doors at John o' Groats.
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Skye
Talisker in Carbost, Torabhaig on Sleat, a distillery on Raasay, and a brewery at Uig pier.
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Lochaber and Mull
Ben Nevis in Fort William, Tobermory on Mull, Ardnamurchan at Glenbeg, and Nc'nean on the Morvern coast.
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Royal Deeside
Royal Lochnagar is at Crathie. Braemar has a golf course and the Linn of Dee, further up the valley.
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Cairngorms
Dalwhinnie is on the A9. Aviemore has a brewery tap room, a forest loch, and a championship course. Carrbridge has the family park.
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Edinburgh
Holyrood under the crags, Port of Leith on the shore, Johnnie Walker on Princes Street, and a brewery beside the firth.
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Glasgow
Clydeside on the river, a distillery out at Hillington, breweries in the east end, and a whisky bar on Hope Street.
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Aberdeen
A whisky bar on Stirling Street, a brewery tour in Ellon, and links at Bridge of Don and Cruden Bay.
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Stirling
A distillery under the castle, and a whisky bar on Barnton Street. Two good reasons to be in town.
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Dundee
A whisky room on Union Street, and a brewery taproom on Ure Street.
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Oban
The distillery is in the town. The chocolate workshop is a few minutes along the esplanade.
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Highland Perthshire
Walks at Aberfeldy and Bruar, chocolate in Grandtully and Crieff, gin at Bridge of Cally, golf at Pitlochry and Blairgowrie, and a spa or a round at Gleneagles.
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Scottish Borders
A distillery in Hawick, a castle spa at Stobo, a brewery under the chapel at Traquair, and a taproom at Tweedbank.
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Fife
Kingsbarns and Lindores for the whisky, the St Andrews links and the East Neuk courses, a spa in town, and a brewery on the edge of St Andrews.
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Loch Lomond
A spa day at Cameron House, on the loch, within reach of Glasgow if the A82 is kind.
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Islay
Ardnahoe is the new still on the north coast. The Machrie is the links on Laggan Bay. The older Islay names are other mornings.
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East Lothian
North Berwick, Gullane and Muirfield on the firth, and Dunbar at the far end of the links.
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Angus
Carnoustie, Panmure, Arbroath and Montrose on the coast, and a gin tasting room in Glamis.
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Ayrshire
Prestwick, Royal Troon and Turnberry, and the links between Troon and Irvine.
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Kintyre
Machrihanish and the Dunes on the Atlantic side, and Dunaverty down at Southend.
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Arran
Shiskine at Blackwaterfoot, and Brodick by the ferry from Ardrossan.
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Jura
Ardfin, on the south of the island. The ferry is the way on.
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Western Isles
Askernish on South Uist, and a gin and whisky distillery in Tarbert on Harris.
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Argyll
Fyne Ales at Cairndow, in the farm buildings at the head of Loch Fyne.
Find your taste
Start with a guide
How to plan a Highlands whisky trip
A base town, one booked visit, and the walk, the brewery, or the round that fills the rest.
Getting there
Trains, coaches and ferries to the places on this map, from the cities out to the islands.
Whisky or whiskey
The glass made its mind up years ago. You are only slightly late.
How to taste
A few quiet minutes with one glass, then the walk, the harbour, or the train.
Whisky flavours
Four families of flavour, and the visits on this map that usually sit in each one.
Gin botanicals
Juniper first, then citrus, flower, or spice. The visit is the point.
Beer, and the brewery door
A lager in Glasgow, ale from the oak at Traquair, or a flight in the taproom. The visit is the pint's front door.
A round of golf
Visitor courses on the Fife, East Lothian, Angus and Ayrshire coasts, inland, and on the islands. The round likes the day to itself.
The rest of the day
A walk, a spa, a chocolate counter, or a family outing, once the visit has its hour. Or instead of one.
Winter openings
What the venues on this map said about the cold months. Read their page again before you travel.