Tours from Edinburgh · Run by Timberbush Tours
Rosslyn Chapel · Melrose · Scott's View · Glenkinchie Distillery
Rosslyn Chapel, the Borders abbeys and a whisky distillery, an easy day with little time on the road.
This is a lovely, unhurried day just south of Edinburgh. You start at Rosslyn Chapel, famous for its carvings and for The Da Vinci Code, then drive into the Borders to Melrose and its abbey ruins, where the heart of Robert the Bruce is said to be buried. Scott's View, the hilltop Sir Walter Scott loved, is the photo stop before the last visit of the day, Glenkinchie Distillery in East Lothian. It's back at 5.30pm with only about three hours of driving.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 8.30am
A stop
A 15th-century chapel at Roslin, founded by Sir William St Clair and richly carved inside, famous from The Da Vinci Code.
Entry optional
More about Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin
A stop
The magnificent red sandstone ruin of Scotland's first Cistercian abbey, founded in 1136, where Robert the Bruce's heart is buried.
Lunch here; abbey entry optional
More about Melrose and Melrose AbbeyA photo stop
Time and weather permitting
A stop
A Lowland whisky distillery of 1825 near Pencaitland, known as the Edinburgh Malt and now the Lowland home of Johnnie Walker, with gardens and tours.
Tour and tasting optional
More about Glenkinchie DistilleryWhere it ends
Back at about 5.30pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 8.30am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.
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Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.
Run by
Timberbush Tours has been taking visitors round Scotland since 1998. June and Gary Voy, a husband and wife team, started it with a single coach, and it now runs its own fleet, with driver-guides who have been with the company for years. Their tours leave every day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, and from Portree on Skye, and you book with them directly.
Timberbush Tours answer them, and you book with them directly.
8.30am to 5.30pm from Edinburgh, from £43 an adult.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before a day tour, and up to 7 days before a tour of several days, by Timberbush’s own terms.
Booked with Timberbush Tours, or call them on +44 (0)131 226 6066
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