Page 248 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Great Britain

246 BACK ROADS GREAT BRITAIN

On the Highlands Whisky Trail

This drive is Scotland distilled: the route runs through a landscape of
brooding mountains and sparkling rivers, dotted with picture-book
castles, barrel-makers and world famous whisky producers. Starting
from Inverness, the drive visits Culloden to see the site of the famous
battle, continues to Cawdor Castle, then heads north to enjoy
some dolphin watching on the Moray coast. Heading south
through Speyside, the home of whisky, visitors get the
chance to taste a dram or two, before travelling back in
time at the Grampian Transport Museum. On reaching
the east coast, there are spectacular craggy cliffs at Lossiemouth Spey Spey
Lossiemouth
Bay Bay
Burghead
Burghead
WDCS
WDCS
Dunnottar Castle, before the drive ends at the Burghead WILDLIFE CENTRE
M o r a y F i r t h h Crook of ELGIN Garmouth Buckie Buckie
WILDLIFE CENTRE
M o r a y F i r t
Burghead
historic granite city of Aberdeen. BayBay Spey Bay
Spey Bay
Findhorn
Findhorn
Crook of
ELGIN
Garmouth
Alves Alves
Kinloss
Lhanbryde
Miltonduff
Whiteness Dyke Dyke Forres Forres Kinloss Miltonduff Lhanbryde
Whiteness
Fochabers
Fortrose
Fortrose Head Head Nairn Nairn Fochabers
PLUSCARDEN
PLUSCARDEN
Inchberry
Rafford
ABBEY
Campbellt
Auldearn
Campbelltownown Auldearn Rafford ABBEY Inchberry
Munlochy
Munlochy
Daroch
Boat o’
Inverness Boat o’ Daroch
Inverness
of Grange
Whitemire
Whitemire BrigBrig of Grange
Fisherton
Fisherton Dallas Dallas
Milltown of
CroyCroy Spey Spey Keith Keith Milltown of
Rothes
Rothiemay
MORA
Balloch Belivat Belivat MORA Y Y Rothes Auchlunkart Rothiemay
Auchlunkart
Balloch
CAWDOR
CAWDOR
CASTLE
INVERNESS CULLODEN CASTLE Fernessness Craigellachie Keith and Dufftowntown Ruthven Inverkeithny
INVERNESS
Inverkeithny
Ruthven
Keith and Duff
CULLODEN
Craigellachie
Fer
Railway
Westhill
Westhill Larig Hill SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE Railway Deveron Deveron
SPEYSIDE COOPERAGE
Larig Hill
Nairn Nairn Dulsie Dulsie 543m 543m Huntly Drumblade Balgaveny
Balgaveny
Huntly
Drumblade
Findhorn
Essich Essich Findhorn DUFFTOWN
DUFFTOWN
HIGHLAND Lochindorb Ben Rinnes ABERDEENSHIRE
HIGHLAND
ABERDEENSHIRE
Ben Rinnes
Lochindorb
Adne Adne 840m 840m
Kirkton of Culsalmond
Kirkton of Culsalmond
Hills of Cromdale
Craggan
LEITH HALL
Craggan
LEITH HALL
Carn Carn Old Old
Tomatin Glas-choire Grantown Cromdale Corryhabbie Hill Rayne Rayne
Cromdale
Tomatin
Grantown
Glas-choire
Avon
Corryhabbie Hill
Oldmeldrum
Bridge of
Rhymie
659m 659m on Spey Spey Spey Hills of Cromdale Avon Bridge of 781m 781m Rhymie Kirkhill of Insch Insch Oldmeldrum
on Spey
Kirkhill of
Achbrech
Achbrech
Kennethmont
Pitcaple
0 kilometres 10 The Buck Kennethmont Pitcaple
The Buck
Auchleven
Whiterashes
Hill of Three Stones 721m 721m Auchleven Chapel of Whiterashes
Hill of Three Stones
Chapel of
Lumsden
629m 629m Lumsden Gariochioch
Gar
0 miles 10 Correen Hills Inverurie
Inverurie
Ladder Hills
Ladder Hills GRAMPIAN TRANSPORT Hatton of
Correen Hills
GRAMPIAN TRANSPORT
Hatton of
MUSEUM
Kirkton of
Kirkton of
Fintray
Kildrummy
Glenbuchat
Below Archway in the pretty Flower Glenbuchat Kildrummy Alford Alford MUSEUM Kemnay Kintore Fintray
Kemnay
Kintore
ACTIVITIES Whitehouse Monymusk Dyce Dyce
Whitehouse
Monymusk
Garden, Cawdor Castle, see p248 Towie Towie Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Bridge of
Sauchen
Tillyfourie
Tillyfourie Sauchen Bridge of
Dunecht
Go on a monster hunt with a boat cruise over the Pressendye Dunecht Bucksburn DonDon
Bucksburn
Pressendye
mysterious depths of Loch Ness 619m 619m Tillybirlochloch Westhill ABERDEEN
Westhill
Tillybir
ABERDEEN
March across a battlefield and see the memorial at EchtEcht Cults Cults
Torphins
the poignant meadows of Culloden Tarlandland Kincardinedine Torphins Peterculter
Tar
Kincar
Peterculter
Cove Bay
O ’Neil O ’Neil Cove Bay
Drumoak
Watch for wildlife at the Whale and Dolphin Dee Dee of Canny Crathes Drumoak Maryculter
Crathes
Bridge Bridge
Maryculter
Castle Castle
of Canny
Aboyne
Conservation Society Wildlife Centre, Spey Bay Aboyne Findon Ness
Findon Ness
BANCHORY
Kirkton of Durris
Portlethen
BANCHORY Kirkton of Durris Portlethen
Newtonhill
Walk along the Speyside Way in Craigellachie Crossroads Newtonhill
Crossroads
Strachan
Strachan
Climb aboard a vintage train on the Keith &
Dufftown Railway Mowtiewtie Garron Pointoint
Mo
Garron P
Bridge Bridge Stonehavenven
Stoneha
Taste a dram or two of single-malt whisky on a of Dye of Dye
DUNNOTTAR
tour of the Glenfiddich Distillery DUNNOTTAR
CASTLE
Drumlithie CASTLE
Drumlithie
Barras Barras
Glenbervie
Enjoy a picnic in the grounds of Leith Hall Glenbervie
Catterline
Catterline
Watch the salmon leaping on the waters of the Feugh
246-247_Back_Roads_Great_Britain.indd 246 20/07/18 7:45 PM