East Coast and Royal Scotland

Beyond the Cairngorm Mountains the east of Scotland stretches out through the beautiful Spey Valley towards the Aberdeenshire Coast. This is a region renowned for its distilleries and often referred to as ‘Whisky Country’ where the flowing waters have fuelled the industry and made it one of Scotland’s major exports. It is also a region of history from the tourist haunt of Inverness, through the Royal Burgh of Elgin and rounding the coast to Aberdeen – Scotland’s oil capital.

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Group Breaks to East Coast and Royal Scotland

Further south and you enter Royal Deeside with its many associations with royalty over the years. At its heart is Balmoral Castle – Queen Elizabeth II’s favourite holiday retreat – while the surrounding heathered landscapes are woven into the royal love affair with this region, including the charming town of Ballater and Braemar – home of the Highland Games.

Glamis Castle was the childhood home of the Queen Mother and the old university town of St Andrew’s was the meeting place of The Prince and Princess of Wales, as well as being the home of golf.

To the west the tourist honeypot of Pitlochry with its salmon ladders is always a popular draw before reaching Queen’s View – Queen Victoria’s favourite vista overlooking the shimmering waters of Loch Tumel.