Local Attractions

Whisky

Cairngorm Whisky Centre - Whisky-making presentation, the tasting room offering more than 100 brands.

Glenlivet Distillery - Guided tours of distillery include free dram. Exhibits of ancient tools and artefacts used in making whisky, and video programme.

Royal Lochnagar Distillery - Distillery granted royal warrant by Queen Victoria in 1848. It is set amid beautiful scenery, close to Balmoral Castle.

 

Tamnavulin-Glenlivet Distillery - Visitor centre is in converted old carding mill. Picnic area, walks along River Livet.

 

Monuments

Well of Lecht

Carved stone monument to General George Wade and team of soldier-builders who opened up Highlands with military roads, intended to pacify the local population. Good views of the surrounding area. Picnic spot.

 

Tomnaverie Stone Circle: A recumbent stone circle about 4000 years old. Near Mill of Wester Coull, about 3m NW of Aboyne on the B9094. Link to more sites - stone sites.

 

Art/Engineering

Strathspey Railway

Steam trains travel along line between Aviemore and Boat of Garten, allowing views of woods and cultivated fields in Spey valley. The railway's locomotives and carriages date from Victorian and Edwardian times.