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EXPLORE 2020-2021 MORAY SPEYSIDE Moireabh Taobh Spè visitscotland.com Welcome to… Contents 2 Moray Speyside at a glance MORAY 4 World of whisky SPEYSIDE 6 The Moray Coast Trail Fàilte gu Moireabh 8 Great outdoors 10 Moray’s heritage Taobh Spè 12 Natural larder 14 Year of Coasts and Waters 2020 16 What’s on 18 Travel tips 20 Practical information 24 Places to visit 35 Leisure activities 36 Shopping 39 Food & drink 40 Tours 40 Events & festivals Ballindalloch Castle and Gardens 42 Accommodation 46 Regional map Every day is different in Moray Speyside. Start your morning by wandering around a charming fishing village, before walking to a secluded cove or a sandy beach where dolphins play in the surf offshore. Then head into the heart of ‘Malt Whisky Country’ and follow Scotland’s Malt Whisky Trail®. Then step back in time to our Pictish past at one of our ancient castles, heritage centres and mystical standing stones or learn more about the distinctive Doric language. You can round off your day with a well deserved meal of delicious local fare and a craft beer or malt whisky. And tomorrow? Well, you could get active Cover: The Old Bridge of Livet, and have a go at thrilling watersports, such Glenlivet as sea kayaking and surfing, or get on your Credits: © VisitScotland. walking boots and discover waymarked trails. Kenny Lam, North East 250/ Relax and fish for salmon on the River Spey or Damian Shields, Heehaw, play a round on some of Scotland’s most Istockphoto/Jasperimagescotland, picturesque golf courses. Days and days of Spey Fishery Board, adventures are all here ready and waiting Moray Speyside Tourism, for you to enjoy. Paul Tomkins, Highland News CASHMERE HERITAGE CENTRE, CLOTHING, and Media/Daniel Forsyth 20MOR COFFEE SHOP AND FREE GUIDED MILL TOURS OPEN 7 DAYS Produced and published by APS Group Scotland (APS) in conjunction with VisitScotland (VS) and Highland News & Media (HNM). 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' Look out for rare Pictish D The local sculptures and Scotland’s dialect spoken in tallest gravestone at Elgin the north east is Cathedral, which is known called Doric. affectionately as ‘the Lantern of the North’. w w om w. .c ' Go green at the Findhorn visit land scot Foundation, a fascinating eco-village which hosts a programme of workshops and events. It’s home to the Phoenix, a shop packed with organic produce, gifts and books. ' At the WDC Scottish Dolphin Centre, you can watch for dolphins in Spey Bay and take a tour of the ancient MORAY SPEYSIDE icehouse. AT A GLANCE Don’t miss... ' The atmospheric ruins MOIREABH TAOBH SPÈ AID AON SEALLADH Findhorn beach of Balvenie Castle and Auchindoun Castle, both Balvenie Castle, near Dufftown Start your day shopping in a historic market town, have a picnic lunch in the dunes of a sweeping near Dufftown. beach before rounding off the day touring a distillery and sampling the very finest Scotch whisky. ' Bow Fiddle Rock, a Then the next day... well, that’s up to you. You can make endless discoveries in Moray Speyside, in spectacular arch-shaped enchanting places with real character and meet real characters in beautiful places. rock formation, which can be seen from Portknockie. Visit Gordon & MacPhail, the world’s Visit Strathisla Distillery, Scotland’s Forres, Findhorn, Burghead ' The colourful beach huts leading malt whisky specialist, oldest continuously operating and Hopeman which line Hopeman’s Stop to smell the roses in Forres’ and go for a fascinating free tour of distillery. beautiful east sands, great award-winning parks and gardens. Johnstons of Elgin, renowned for its Watch fishermen land their catch for a photo opportunity. luxury cashmere garments. Then head for the harbour in at Buckie harbour, and stroll along nearby Findhorn to watch the You can take your pick of two Cullen’s broad bay which is backed Johnstons of Elgin sailing boats come and go. classic links golf courses and two by a spectacular viaduct. In Hopeman, you’ll find two long superb stretches of golden sand sandy beaches and a great 18- at Lossiemouth. Speyside hole golf course. Step back into Follow the Malt Whisky Trail® through prehistory at Burghead which was Fochabers, Keith, Buckie Speyside, where you can tour world- once the site of a large Pictish fort. and Cullen famous distilleries and visit the Nestling on the banks of the award-winning Speyside Cooperage. Why not walk some of the Moray River Spey, Fochabers is an Dally for an afternoon in Dufftown, Coast Trail while you’re here? attractive village where you’ll find the ‘Malt Whisky Capital’, and Baxters Highland Village, Christie’s Elgin and Lossiemouth wander around Aberlour, an of Fochabers and Gordon Castle. Elgin Cathedral has been drawing attractive village by the River Spey. Discover the market town of Keith, pilgrims since it was founded in Tackle a section of the Speyside which is so proud of its linguistic 1224. Enjoy a moment of peace Way, a long-distance walking route, heritage that it was named here at one of Scotland’s most and admire the dramatic Grampian Scotland’s First Scots Toun. beautiful medieval buildings. Mountains. VISITSCOTLAND.COM VISITSCOTLAND.COM More whisky 4 MORAY SPEYSIDE highlights ' Glenfarclas, The Balvenie and The Macallan are just some of the malt whiskies produced in the region. How many have you tried? ' Glenfarclas in Ballindalloch has been owned and run by the same family since 1865 and is one of only a few independent distilleries left in Scotland. ' The Balvenie Distillery uses a special combination of craftsmanship and natural alchemy for its whisky. It’s the last distillery in the Highlands to still have its own malting floor, and it also grows its barley on site. ' Take a ride on Britain’s most northerly heritage railway, the Keith and Dufftown Railway. This 11-mile line links the whisky centre of Dufftown to the market town of Keith. ' Pop in to Balvenie St Ice Cream while in Dufftown to sample whisky ice cream! WORLD OF Whisky heritage WHISKY ' Visit the Dufftown Whisky Saoghal an Uisge-Beatha Speyside Cooperage , Craigellachie, Aberlour Museum, where you can see fascinating artefacts, learn about whisky smugglers and There’s only one Malt Whisky Trail® in the world, and it’s right here in Moray Speyside. Follow the working distillery in the Highlands The Speyside Cooperage is the hear the story of whisky in distinctive brown and white trail signposts to discover some of Scotland’s finest distilleries and and is the home of Chivas Regal. only working cooperage in the UK Moray Speyside. where you can experience the art the region’s cooperage where you can learn more about the whisky-making process and the area’s Glen Grant in Rothes was of coopering. Witness the master ' From the Glenlivet Visitor proud whisky heritage. established by the Grant brothers craftsmen hard at work making Centre, follow the signposted in 1840 and has a lovely Victorian whisky casks using traditional paths and walk through The Malt Whisky Trail® will take you Benromach Distillery in Forres is Bring more delicious whisky garden. past seven working distilleries, a the smallest working distillery in flavours and collections of your methods and tools and have a go at Glenlivet valley in the footsteps historic distillery and the award- the region. favourite tipples at the new The first spirit flowed from the making your own mini-cask! of notorious whisky smugglers winning Speyside Cooperage. Each Macallan visitor centre, which stills of Glenfiddich Distillery on of the past. The nearby Dallas Dhu Distillery may distillery has its own traditions and opened last year. This provides an Christmas Day in 1887. It’s now the ' GlenAllachie Distillery in no longer produce whisky, but you’ll methods when it comes to whisky immersive visitor experience for world’s favourite single malt Scotch Check out Moray Speyside are offering find it’s a fascinating time capsule production, from malting the those interested in finding out what whisky. www.maltwhiskytrail.com tours for the first time in 50 that’s worth exploring.