Food & Wine Tours & Trips in Scotland

Loved the tour. Our guide Graham with his knowledge of the history of Scotland and understanding of the Gaelic language was outstanding. Plenty of breaks and stops on the bus, which made it not seem like a long journey. The distillery tours and tastings were fantastic. Learned a lot about whiskey tasting and enjoyment. This was the highlight of our trip to Scotland.

This is part of the email I sent to Scottish Routes: "The itinerary was excellent – very well planned; the accommodation on Islay was most pleasant, hosts Andrew and Alison vey hospitable; we were fortunate to travel with a very interesting and varied group of people and the transport provided was very comfortable. Unfortunately we had the tour guide from hell - Moray. Moray was extremely rude, crude, unapproachable, obnoxious, ignorant and insensitive. He drove at excessive and dangerous speeds along the narrow roads, becoming extremely impatient with other drivers, cursing them in no uncertain terms and constantly tailgating. Not even the rain slowed him down. If a passenger asked a question that he had already answered he would call them stupid and tell them that they should have listened the first time. He had zero tolerance for anyone who was not back on board at the designated time and let them know he was annoyed. A further example of his poor behaviour is when a passenger asked the source of electricity on Islay. He was driving and initially seemed to ignore the question (this was not unusual) and then threw his hands up in the air and said that it fell out of the sky. There were many more examples of his unprofessional behaviour but I am sure you get the picture."

Tour was excellent. I can’ Think of anything I’d add to this tour. The driver was truly pleasant to be our guide. I would recommend this Tour to anyone wishing to explore Highland/Speyside whiskeys.