You can leave Scotland with your feet but never with your heart
We offer our time and expertise to help compose your private tour through Scotland, tailored to your interests, your time schedule, unique to your itinerary.
This nation of fairytale castles, stories and scenery has endless possibilities. Whether it’s golf, history, whisky, heritage, highlands, fishing, art…
Explore mindfulness and yoga within vast breath-taking landscapes.
Discovery wildlife along Scotland’s beautiful beaches stunning forests or mountainous landscapes
We are not bound to a set schedule and have the experience to balance driving and exploring time.
Drop us an email or contact form and we will get in touch. Do let us know which highlights you don’t want to miss…
Scotland has approximately 2500 castles, often they are owned and maintained by Historic Environment or National Trust for Scotland. There are still a number of privately owned castles, such as Blair Atholl, Glamis Castle and there are also obviously the Queens residencies: Holyrood Palace and Balmoral Castle. Whatever way they are owned there is a vast variety of castles to choose from. Each of them will provide you with some fascinating insights to Scottish history and clans. If you are planning to visit a number of castles joining the National Trust or Historic Environment can safe you some money. You can combine several castles as well as added other attractions such as scenic drives or a whisky distillery. Furthermore a number of castles have served as film locations not only for Outlander of course.
Let me take you on a journey throughout the finest Whisky regions of Scotland.
Scotland’s soul: Whisky
If you want to discovers Scotland’s heart and soul you better engage in -at least- a little tasting of the water of life. At the time of writing there are about 133 whisky distilleries in operation. So you are spoilt for choice. Speak to us and tell us your preferences if you know them or let us take you to a variety of distilleries. There is even a ‘wee’ tasting kit onboard. Also keep in mind all our tours are bespoke and you can combine a distillery visit with a vast variety of other activities.
Campeltown is Scotland’s smallest whisky region with only three distilleries however whisky lovers swear by them: Springbank (Springbank, triple-distilled Hazelburn and the peaty Longrow), Glengyle (Kilkerran) & Glen Scotia
The whiskies of this region are known for their smoothness and can be found in Central Belt and the South of Scotland including Edinburgh & The Lothians, Glasgow & The Clyde Valley, the Kingdom of Fife, Ayrshire, Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders. All of them are very accessible and close to home of Starfish Travel we have quite a few new editions: Daftmill , Lindores Abbey , Kingsbarns Distillery , Rosebank . Lindores and Kingsbarns offer tours. Daftmill does not even have a visitor centre and Rosebank is not yet re-opened.
This is by far the vastest region and partially the most tricky to get to if you think for instance the new Wolfburn in Britain’s most northern town Thurso Others are within easy reach from St Andrews Glencadam , Glenlivet, Fettercairn
If you like it strong and rare you might want to add a visit to the Scottish Malt Whisky Society to any of your tours. The have two venue in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow.
Scotland’s beauty is well known and provides a good reason for film makers around the world to choose it for its breathtaking landscapes for Harry Potter, Rob Roy, Braveheart, Outlander, The Da Vinci code, The Outlaw King, , Queen Mary of Scots, Skyfall and so many more.
We happily create a tour along one or more of those filming locations. You can spend quite some time with Outlander or Harry Potter on its own.
“What is your favourite place in Scotland?” This is a question I get asked very frequently and after all those years of living in the most beautiful country of all (My opinion!) I still cannot answer it. Because it is beautiful wherever you turn. It is a task to find something ugly and usually requires digging deep into Scotland’s industial past and even there will be something amazing to be discovered.
Most visitors focus on the well known breath-taking landscapes such as Glencoe, Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Cairngorms, The Land of the Big Trees , the isle of Skye etc. All of which are truly amazing but to be honest there is so much to discover that I feel I will not manage in my life time and I do this for a living.
So my advice to you is pick some attractions you fancy visiting and I guarantee you there will be some mesmerizing scenic back roads to discover. Alternatively, just opt for an area and allow me to suggest what you could do.
