
Ben Nevis Distillery
A whisky distillery at the foot of Ben Nevis since 1825, with a visitor centre…

distilleries, boats and dark skies
Ben Nevis Distillery, Fort William · Richard Szwejkowski
Tours, and a good many of them are in Glasgow. The city has a free walking tour, a street art tour, a food and drink walk taking in five venues over three and a half hours, an afternoon tea served on a vintage bus, and a hop-on hop-off for anyone who would rather sit down. The Invisible Cities alternative Glasgow walk runs about an hour and a half and costs around fifteen pounds. Away from the city it is mostly boats and distilleries: dolphin trips out of Avoch on the Black Isle, whale and dolphin watching off Mull, a ranger-led eagle watch in Argyll, and distilleries from Blair Athol at Pitlochry to Highland Park in Kirkwall. The Glasgow ones are the only tours here you can reach without a car.

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