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Tips for Drivers 0 kilometres 5
Length: 111 km (69 miles). 0 miles 4
Stopping-off points: Crathes Peterhead
Castle café. Open May–Sep: daily;
The castle grounds are home to a
GoApe treetop adventure course.

3 Banchory
Just south of the town is the
18th-century Brig o’ Feugh,
where salmon leap.
Peterculter
Dee
Dee
Crathes
Stonehaven

1 Drum Castle
This 13th-century keep was granted
2 Crathes Castle and by Robert the Bruce to his standard-
Gardens
This is the family home of bearer William de Irwyn in 1323, in
gratitude for his services.
the Burnetts, who were
made Royal Foresters of
Drum by Robert the Bruce.
Along with the title, he Key
gave Alexander Burnett the Tour route
ivory Horn of Leys, which Other road
is still on display.
 Cardhu Distillery h Elgin over 40 cars and motor bikes,
Knockando. Tel (01479) 874635. Moray. * 23,100. 3 @ n Elgin dating back to 1904.
Open Jul–Sep: Mon–Sun; Oct–Jun: Library, Cooper Park (01343) 562608.
Mon–Fri. & 7 ∑ discovering- ( Sat. E Elgin Museum
distilleries.com 1 High St. Tel (01343) 562608.
 Glenfiddich Distillery With its cobbled marketplace and Open Apr–Oct: 10am–5pm Mon–Fri,
11am–4pm Sat. 7 8
Dufftown. Tel (01340) 820373. crooked lanes, Elgin retains much
Open daily. 7 8 - = of its medieval layout. The 13th- E Moray Motor Museum
∑ glenfiddich.com century cathedral ruins are all Bridge St. Tel (01343) 544933. Open
that remain of one of Scotland’s Easter–Oct: 11am–5pm daily. & 7
 Glen Grant Distillery architectural triumphs. Once - ∑ moraymotormuseum.org
Rothes. Tel (01340) 832103. known as the Lantern of the
Open daily. & 8 7 limited. North, the cathedral was severely
∑ glengrant.com
damaged in 1390 by the Wolf of
 The Glenlivet Distillery Badenoch (the son of Robert II) in
Glenlivet. Tel (01340) 821720. revenge for his ex communication
Open Easter–Oct: daily. & 8 by the Bishop of Moray. Further
7 limited. ∑ theglenlivet.com damage came in 1576 when
the Regent Moray ordered the
 Speyside Cooperage lead roofing to be stripped.
Craigellachie. Tel (01340) 871108. Among the remains is a Pictish
Open Mon–Fri. & 8 7 limited. cross-slab in the nave and a
- = ∑ speysidecooperage.
co.uk basin where one of the town’s
benefactors, Andrew Anderson,
 Strathisla Distillery was kept as a baby by his
Keith. Tel (01542) 783044. Open mid- homeless mother. The Elgin
Mar–mid-Nov: daily; Jan–mid-Mar: Museum has anthropological
Mon–Fri. & 8 7 limited. and geological displays, while Details of the central tower of the
∑ spiritofspeyside.com the Moray Motor Museum has 13th-century Elgin Cathedral
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