We meet you in Edinburgh/Glasgow and whisk you away to “west is best”. Our first stop is on the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond for a wee dram. We visit St Conan’s Kirk where a memorial effigy of King Robert the Bruce is said to contain a fragment of a his finger bone. On to Oban, the seafood capital of Scotland. Take a late tour of Oban Distillery, built in 1794 before the town! Two nights here.

A relaxing morning sail (45 mins) to the Isle of Mull where you take a tour of the Tobermory Distillery, non drinkers wander around this pretty wee harbour. Time for lunch in a local pub in this pretty picture postcard town, before visiting Duart Castle, built in the fourteenth century, home to the Clan Chief, of the Clan Maclean.  Return to Oban, overnight as above.

head north via the infamous and brooding Glencoe, where in 1692, 38 members of the Clan Macdonald were murdered by the Clan Campbell. Perhaps drop into Ben Nevis Distillery before heading west to the Glenfinnan Viaduct, made famous in the Harry Potter movies and then onto the pretty coastal village of Arisaig for your overnight stay.

take the short ferry to Skye for a full day of sightseeing and distillery options including Talisker and Torabhaig before ending the day staying at Raasay Distillery.

from Skye we head east, visit the famous Eilean Donan Castle, the most photographed castle in Scotland. This afternoon, follow the NC500, dropping into Glen Ord Distillery, then on to the quaint wee town of Dornoch. They have a good whisky shop and you stay overnight at Dornoch Castle Hotel.

plenty of sightseeing and whisky options today including Culloden Battlefield where the last UK war took place in 1746, stand in the burial cairns at Clava. If you wish go to Inverness Castle on the banks of The River Ness. Distilleries include Glenmorangie, Dalmore, Balblar and Glen Ord.
Overnight Dornoch Castle Hotel.

our final day it’s the drive south back to Edinburgh or Glasgow. Stop for lunch at the pretty Victorian town of Pitlochry and maybe have a private whisky tasting at our friends, Robertsons – their Edradour tasting is good. Great local shopping plus Blair Athol Distillery to purchase drams from their bar, which is made from an old Mash Tun, before the final leg of the journey to your city hotel.