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Tours from Edinburgh · Run by Timberbush Tours
Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery · Aberfeldy · Glenturret Distillery · Forth Bridges
Two Highland distilleries in a day from Edinburgh, with tastings and a lunch in Aberfeldy.
This is the day for whisky lovers. From Edinburgh you head north into Perthshire to Dewar's Aberfeldy Distillery, where you can add their whisky and chocolate tasting, then have lunch in the town of Aberfeldy on the River Tay. The afternoon is at Glenturret near Crieff, which is one of the oldest working distilleries in Scotland, and the photo stop on the way home is the Forth Bridges. It's a small group of no more than 19, and the scenery through Perthshire is lovely, especially in autumn. Tastings are extra, so add them when you book.
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 8.45am
A stop · 2 hours
The Aberfeldy distillery built by John Dewar's sons in 1896, the spiritual home of Dewar's whisky, with tours, tastings and a whisky lounge.
Whisky and chocolate tour optional
More about Dewar's Aberfeldy DistilleryLunch
A stop
Tasting optional
A photo stop
If time allows
Where it ends
Back at about 6pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Castle Terrace, outside the NCP car park
Castle Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2EW
Leaves at 8.45am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.
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Timberbush arranges the distillery bookings.
Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.
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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.
8.45am to 6pm from Edinburgh, from £58 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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