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Island Adventures Island Your Detailed Itinerary Adventures B8001 north to Kennacraig for the this attractive little town, founded Continue north on A855 – Day 1 ferry to Islay, arriving at Port Ellen. Day 4 originally as a fishing station. magnificent scenery at several Islay is noted for whisky distilling points, notably the Quiraing. Circle From the Ayrshire port of and there is a choice of distilleries Leave Islay from Port Ellen, ferry west to join A87, then continue Ardrossan, take the ferry to Arran. to visit, one being Bowmore returns to Kennacraig. Take the Day 6 west on A850 for Dunvegan This island, sometimes called Distillery, north of Port Ellen on the A83 north to Lochgilphead and Castle. Return to the mainland, Leave Mull on the ferry from ‘Scotland in Miniature’ because it A846. join the A816, heading north to crossing on the Skye road bridge to Tobermory to Kilchoan, continuing has features of both Highland and Oban. Cross from Oban to Kyle of Lochalsh. Lowland Scotland, has been a Take the A847 westward for the Craignure on Mull. on the B8007 through the beautiful popular holiday destination for Museum of Islay Life, return east scenery of the Ardnamurchan generations. Brodick Castle and for Loch Gruinart a nature reserve Duart Castle is seen as you cross peninsula. Take the A861 at Salen Country Park is a popular with fine seascapes, seals and on the ferry from Oban, can be for the ‘Road to the Isles’, the A830, attraction and the island also has geese in winter. found to the west of the ferry and the ferry port of Mallaig. Cross an excellent heritage museum. terminal along the A849. Many to Armadale on Skye. visitors continue west on the A849 Take time to drive round the island for the Ross of Mull and the Visit the Clan Donald Skye by the coast road (the A841), with Day 3 beautiful Isle of Iona. Visitor Centre, with its expansive a distillery, castle and prehistoric Take the A846 east for the short estate including castle and sites to visit including atmospheric ferry crossing from Port Askaig to museum, then, taking the A851 standing stones on Machrie Moor; Jura. This island has one road, one Day 5 north for the A87, overnight in the also fine mountain views, including distillery, one hotel, few people and Broadford area. Cross on the foot passenger only Goat Fell, to the north. In addition, lots of red deer. Visit it for a flavour ferry to Iona. Explore the island, its fresh local produce is an island of the wild and remote. A sign lets abbey and beaches, then return to feature and there is also a you know where the public road Day 7 stops! – and beyond this is the Mull, going back east on the A849. The information contained in this publication is as supplied to Taste Trail. From Broadford, take B8083 for VisitScotland and to the best of VisitScotland’s knowledge is remote farmhouse where the writer If time permits loop around the correct at the time of going to press. VisitScotland can accept Elgol and views of the Cuillin Hills. no responsibility for any errors or omissions. April 2015. George Orwell wrote his futuristic west coast of the island on the Return to Broadford, taking the VisitScotland is committed to ensuring that our natural novel ‘1984.’ Either stay overnight B8035, enjoying wild coastal environment and built heritage, upon which tourism is so Day 2 scenery by Loch na Keal and Ulva, A87 for Portree, the island’s main dependent, is safeguarded for future generations to enjoy. on Jura or return to Islay. Cover: Island ferry, Iona pier, Argyll © Paul Tomkins, Leave the island by the Lochranza then taking the B8073 via Calgary town. VisitScotland/Scottish Viewpoint to Claonaig ferry. Back on the for Tobermory. There is a museum, mainland, called Kintyre, take the distillery, craft shops and a gallery in To search over 7,000 quality assured For information, inspiration and more accommodations, from bed and breakfasts itineraries online check out: to castles go to: www.visitscotland.com www.visitscotland.com From Arran in the Firth of Clyde to the romance of the Isle of Skye, the western seaboard has islands which vary from the traditional holiday playground to the wild and empty. A good network of ferry Island services makes getting around straightforward and will give you the freedom to hop from island to island. Adventures 05-ISLAND_ADVENTURES_SCOTLAND_MAP_FINAL.pdf 1 3/16/2015 1:16:02 PM SANDAY ROUSAY A966 Eday © MFAtech Maps STRONSAY A967 1 www.digital-map.org A986 Kirkwall [email protected] Stromness A965 ORKNEY +44 (0) 207 871 1332 A964 Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2011 A960 St Margaret’s Hope 0 12.5 25 50 Kilometers HOY A961SOUTH Burwick RONALDSAY 0 5 10 20 30 40 Miles Gills Bay abster Durness Scr A836 John o’ Groats BRODICK CASTLE AND COUNTRY PARK Melvich Port of Ness Bettyhill Thurso Former seat of the Dukes of Hamilton, with A857 A99 furniture, paintings and trophies on display. A838 Tongue A882 Famous collection of rhododendrons in the Arnol Wick gardens. Scourie A836 A858 Stornoway A894 Altnaharra A99 A866 h Callanish c A897 n LEWIS i A894 Dunbeath M Lochinver 2 A859 e Loch Island h Shin A9 Helmsdale T Lairg A835 A839 A839 Brora Adventures Tarbert A837 HARRIS Mellon Udrigle Golspie A868 Ullapool SCALPAY Aultbea A949 c h Dornoch Leverburgh i n A836 BERNERAY M Poolewe Tain e Otternish t l Gairloch i t t h Lossiemouth y L A832 A835 i r Lochmadd Cromarty F Cullen Fraserburgh ISLE OF ARRAN DISTILLERY A867 a y A941 Buckie Banff Macduff NORTH Uig A855 o r Lochranza, one of Scotland's newer Achnasheen Dingwall A832 M Forres A990 Gardenstown UIST Torridon A896 Nairn Elgin A95 A98 distillieries, is in an attractive setting and A87 Strathpeffer A96 Fochabers A981 BENBECULA North A941 A90 offers popular tours and tastings plus a A850 A890 Muir of Ord Kessock A940 Keith A97 Turriff Dunvegan Beauly Craigellachie A947 A950 visitor centre. Portree A890 INVERNESS A948 A865 RAASAY Lochcarron ALLEYA95 A952 Peterhead Dunvegan Castle A82 Daviot A920 9 A863 A833 A939 Dufftown Huntly Sconser Kyle of Seaprobe Atlantis, A9 Carbost A831 Drumnadrochit Grantown- SPEY V Ellon SOUTH Lochalsh 10 Kyle of Lochlash on-Spey A95 A941 A920 A975 A87 Urquhart A96 A920 UIST SKYE Glenelg Castle A938 Inverurie 3 Broadford Carrbridge A97 A90 Lochboisdale Kylerhea Loch Boat of Alford C Elgol Tomintoul 8 A851 A87 A887 Ness Aviemore Garten A939 Isle of Eriskay Canna Elgol Clan Donald Skye Fort Augustus A944 A944 ABERDEEN Kincraig A9 Cairngorms A980 M Visitor Centre Armadale 7 Newtonmore Aboyne Rum Invergarry Kingussie National Park Castlebay BARRA Mallaig Ballater Banchory Y Ralia Braemar Crathie A90 A86 A889 A957 Eigg Arisaig Spean Bridge Stonehaven CM Muck A830 A82 Loch Glenshee A90 Ardnamurchan A861 Loch A93 Fort William Ericht Blair MY Shiel Edzell MUSEUM OF ISLAY LIFE – Housed in a Acharacle Atholl Spittal of Corran Kinloch Glenshee former church, island heritage presented by Coll Laga Bruar A924 A937 Kilchoan Glencoe Rannoch Brechin way of artefacts and photographs. EdwardianCY Strontian Pitlochry Kirriemuir Montrose Tobermory Drimnin Ballachulish A934 and Victorian times well represented; also A884 Aberfeldy A926 A848 A828 Forfar the story of whisky distilling. CMY Tiree Lochaline A826 A923 Glamis A933 Fishnish A827 Dunkeld A928 Loch Tay Blairgowrie Arbroath A15 K MULL Craignure Lismore Tyndrum Killin A923 DUNDEE A822 A94 Carnoustie Iona A849 Oban A930 5 A85 h A85 Lochearnhead PERTH Iona Crianlaric A85 Scone Abbey 6 Loch A85 A919 4 Fionnphort Duart CastleA816 Awe Loch Lomond and the Trossachs Crieff Seil Loch Earn A822 A913 St Andrews Luing A819 National Park A917 Auchterarder Cupar Inveraray A83 A82 Callander A9 Shiel Bridge A816 A823 A916 Crail A821 A84 M90 Glenrothes Ardgartan Dunblane A917 Anstruther A83 Tarbet A81 Kinross A814 Aberfoyle M9 A91 Leven Colonsay JURA Crinan A815 Loch Lomond A811 A92 r t h o Alva Fi f Fo A886 Drymen Dunfermline Kirkcaldy r t h Lochgilphead A817 A875 Burntisland North Berwick Helensburgh STIRLINGBo'nessRosyth A880 Balloch A198 Dunbar ISLAY Port Dunoon Gourock EDINBURGH A846 Colintraive Dumbarton Falkirk M9 A1087 Askaig Greenock M80 Linlithgow Haddington Rhubodach M8 M8 LOCH GRUINART, ISLAY – Gentle, level Loch Gruinart Feolin Tarbert Portavadie Wemyss Bay Old Craighall A1 4 M8 M8 Coatbridge Dalkeith walking here on the north coast of the island, Kennacraig A78 Paisley Penicuik Newtongrange Eyemouth Rothesay A6112 A847 Bowmore Claonaig A844 Largs GLASGOW Roslin A1 with magnificent deserted beaches and views Motherwell A68 Museum of A846 Bute A760 A702 across to Colonsay. Millport Hamilton A706 A6105 Berwick- 3 Gigha A83 Lochranza A737 M77 A703 A7 Islay Life A78 A701 A698 upon-Tweed Tayinloan Ardrossan A721 Port Isle of Arran ARRAN Kilmarnock A71 M74 Lanark A6089 Galashiels Ellen Distillery 2 Irvine Peebles A72 A698 Coldstream Carradale Brodick Biggar Melrose A699 Troon Kelso A1 A841 1 Mauchline A701 A699 Prestwick Abington Selkirk Arran Ayr A70 5 A70 A698 Jedburgh A697 Campbeltown A76 Wanlockhead A708 Hawick A719 A77 A74(M) Sanquhar A6088 Maybole A76 A702 A7 A1 A77 Moffat A68 Girvan A1068 Ballycastle A713 Thornhill A702 A76 A701 M74 Langholm E N G L A N D A68 A696 A714 A709 Lockerbie A77 New Galloway A712 Dumfries A7 A712 A75 Gretna NEWCASTLE an A75 Green DUART CASTLE – 13th-century fortress, the Cairnry Newton Stewart Castle New UPON TYNE N O R T H E R N Douglas Abbey A69 ancestral home of the Clan Maclean, standing Gatehouse Gretna A69 Stranraer A75 A762 Dalbeattie Larne A751 of Fleet A194(M) on a crag overlooking the Sound of Mull.
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  • 2019 Scotch Whisky

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    ©2019 scotch whisky association DISCOVER THE WORLD OF SCOTCH WHISKY Many countries produce whisky, but Scotch Whisky can only be made in Scotland and by definition must be distilled and matured in Scotland for a minimum of 3 years. Scotch Whisky has been made for more than 500 years and uses just a few natural raw materials - water, cereals and yeast. Scotland is home to over 130 malt and grain distilleries, making it the greatest MAP OF concentration of whisky producers in the world. Many of the Scotch Whisky distilleries featured on this map bottle some of their production for sale as Single Malt (i.e. the product of one distillery) or Single Grain Whisky. HIGHLAND MALT The Highland region is geographically the largest Scotch Whisky SCOTCH producing region. The rugged landscape, changeable climate and, in The majority of Scotch Whisky is consumed as Blended Scotch Whisky. This means as some cases, coastal locations are reflected in the character of its many as 60 of the different Single Malt and Single Grain Whiskies are blended whiskies, which embrace wide variations. As a group, Highland whiskies are rounded, robust and dry in character together, ensuring that the individual Scotch Whiskies harmonise with one another with a hint of smokiness/peatiness. Those near the sea carry a salty WHISKY and the quality and flavour of each individual blend remains consistent down the tang; in the far north the whiskies are notably heathery and slightly spicy in character; while in the more sheltered east and middle of the DISTILLERIES years. region, the whiskies have a more fruity character.