Scotland Distillery Train Tours

Highland Tours

• Highland Tours offers several train tours through Scotland, with one geared especially toward vacationers who want to visit whisky distilleries. The trains travel along the West Highland Railway Line, which winds through rural parts of Scotland with magnificent scenic views. The Speyside Whisky Experience package includes lodging at a hotel with its own whisky bar and includes a tour of the Glenfiddich distillery or the home of the famous whisky, The Macallan.

  Highland Experience Tours
  Loch Ness Discovery Centre
  1 Parliament Square
  High Street
  Edinburgh, EH1 1RE
  011 (+44) 0131 226 1414
  highlandexperience.com
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Royal Scotsman Luxury Train

• The Royal Scotsman is a five-star luxury train that departs from Edinburgh for tours through Scotland ranging from two to eight days. The Royal Scotsman stops at various villages and scenic attractions throughout Scotland. The five-day Royal Scotsman train tour stops at two famous distilleries. On the first day of the tour, passengers visit the Strathisla Distillery, home of Chivas Regal whisky, in Keith. The train stops in Elgin on the second day to take guests on a tour through the Glen Grant distillery, founded in 1840.

  The Royal Scotsman by Orient Express

  Sales Office: USA
  Orient-Express Hotels Inc.
  205 Meeting Street
  Charleston, SC 29401
  (800) 524 2420
  royalscotsman.com

  Sales Office: UK
  Orient-Express Services Ltd
  20 Upper Ground
  London, SE1 9PF
  011 (+44) 020 7921 4000
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  royalscotsman.com

Malt Whisky Trail

• The Malt Whisky Trail winds through Speyside and includes seven working distilleries. Vacationers can reach Aberdeen by day trains from London or hourly trains that depart from Edinburgh and Glasgow. Trains departing from Inverness, Birmingham and Plymouth can also take passengers to the Malt Whisky Trail. Whiskey festivals that include parties and special nosings are featured in May and September. Each distillery along the trail has its own distinct history and special whisky recipes. All of the distilleries offer tours and most of them have been around since the early 19th century.

  The Malt Whisky Trail
  maltwhiskytrail.com

  First ScotRail Customer Relations
  PO Box 7030
  Fort William, PH33 6WX
  011 (+44) 0845 601 5929
  scotrail.co.uk
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