7/30/2026-8/6/2026 7 Nights / 8 Days · Edinburgh ➜ Speyside ➜ Isle of Skye ➜ Edinburgh
Map key — every stop is a live link:
- 🏨 Hotels — The Glasshouse · Edinburgh · The Dowans · Aberlour · Marmalade · Portree
- 🥃 Distilleries — Dalwhinnie · Balvenie · Macallan · Speyside Cooperage · Talisker · Raasay
- 📍 Sights — Pitlochry · The Hermitage · Culloden · Eilean Donan · Old Man of Storr · Neist Point · Dunvegan Castle · Glenfinnan · Glencoe
Hotels
Edinburgh - The Glasshouse 2 Greenside Place, Edinburgh +44-131-5258200
Abelour - The Dowans Hotel Dowans Road, Aberlour +44 (0)1340 871488
Info: https://guide.touchstay.com/guest/b9ZHtw2BXKbe7/info/710222
Portree - Marmalade Hotel Home Farm Rd, Portree +44 (0)1478 611711
Wed 7/29/26 Day 0 — Arrival · Edinburgh
Check in -The Glasshouse Marriott
5-7 PM Comedy historical walking tour with Daniel Downie
Meet at [Monkey Barrel Comedy Club](share.google on Blair Street in the Old Town
730 Dinner: The Devil’s Advocate (extensive whisky list) Booked for 8
info@devilsadvocateedinburgh.co.uk or 0131 225 4465
Thurs 7/30/26 Day 1 — Drive to Speyside
Depart Edinburgh 9AM
Morning hike Hermitage/DunKeld
Lunch at Old Mill Inn Pitlochry (no reservation)
House of Bruar - shopping
Dalwhinnie tour & tasting - 3pm (7people)
Check in at Dowans Hotel Guide to Dowans hotel - LINK https://guide.touchstay.com/guest/b9ZHtw2BXKbe7/info/710222
Dinner: GEAMAIR by Pawel Sowa 7:30 . M for 7
Fri 7/31/26 Day 2 — Balvenie & Cooperage Experiences
Pickup at 930
10AM Cooperage tour - Booked for 6+1
Light lunch TBD
1PM distillery tour experience at the Balvenie (Booked by James)
Enjoy Abelour, Balvenie Castle option
7pm Dinner Mash Tun - booked for 8
Sat 8/1/26 Day 3 — Macallan Lunch and Aberlour Games
Pickup at 9AM
Elgin cathedral ruins
1230 Lunch @ the Macallan +44 (0)1340 318 000 contact@themacallan.com booked James
Afternoon: Aberlour Highland Games (1-5PM)
Whisky tasting @ Dowans - 630pm 50pounds pp - local whiskys
Dinner at “57” @ Dowans - 730 pm Booked for 7
Sun 8/2/26 Day 4 — Drive to Isle of Skye
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ifmYu76SpYFa7Wg1A
9AM Depart [restricted] after breakfast
Clava Cairns
Culloden Battlefield - https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/culloden
Lunch TBD
Eilean Donan Castle -eileandonancastle.com
Walk at Slig Achan
Check in at Marmalade Hotel
Dinner 630pm at [restricted] Booked for 8
Laundry Options In Portree while at Marmalade
Mon 8/3/26 Day 5 — Isle of Skye: Talisker Lunch
800 AM Start
Walk - Old Man of Storr
Midday: Lunch at Talisker Distillery “3 Chimneys” booked 12:45 for 7
Afternoon: Cask draw/tasting experience @ 230 - talisker@malts.com Booked
Dinner in Portree - Dulse & Brose @ 8pm booked for 8
Tue 8/4/26 Day 6 — Isle of Raasay Day Trip
Depart 9AM
CalMac ferry Sconser → Raasay (25 min)
AM Hike to Dun Caan summit (460 m ≈ 2 h)
130 Lunch @ Raasay House BOOKED for 8
3-430 Blending experience: Making of the dram @ Raasay Distillery#vhgyf8yx 520£ Booked
Return ferry; evening in Portree
The Antlers Bar and Grille 730PM for 8 BOOKED
Wed 8/5/26 Day 7 — Clay shooting + west Skye driving tour (Dunvegan · Neist Point · Waternish)
9:30AM shoot some clays with MATT!
A.C.E Target Sports A.C.E Base Struan Road (B885) Portree
+44 (0) 1478 612081 +44 (0) 7880 362320 matt@ace-skye.com
11:15 — Depart Portree
Bring sandwiches from Portree to eat along the way
Neist Point. Late-afternoon cliff/lighthouse walk + viewpoints
Dunvegan Castle & Gardens. Gardens are the highlight + quick castle walkthrough
Skyeskyns + Yurt/tea café, Waternish. Tour —> Booked at 430
6:30 — Dinner Stein Inn @ Waternish (BOOKED for 8)
Thurs 8/6/26 Day 8 — Return to Edinburgh
Depart 830AM
Ferry: Armadale → Mallaig (CalMac — James handling the vehicle reservation)
genfinnen jacobite memorial
Glencoe (Skyfall filmed here)
Hike: Signal Rock & An Torr woodland loop (≈ 1–1.5 h)
Lunch at Clachaig Inn, Glencoe
DINNER Thurs - Edi - Queens Arms - 7pm - BOOKED for 8 ✅ (backup: Ka Pao, Asian prix fixe)
Easy-access whisky spots you can fold into the route (no detours required)
Whisky Retail Stops with Private-Tasting Options
