France has its Rhone wines, where the place-names along the river valley read like a wine list. Similarly in Scotland, the valley of the River Spey produces famous malt whiskies. As you travel here, signposts point to the best places to enjoy the art of distilling.

Thoroughly Scottish ingredients - the meltwater from the high snows of the granite hills, peat from the moorlands and the sunshine from Moray Coast barley - all play their part in the complex character of each malt whisky..... which is why learning about them is fascinating and fun. With seven distilleries on the trail, plus the traditional skills of the or barrel maker at the Speyside Cooperage in Craigellachie, enjoying a distillery visit, tour and tasting is an essential ingredient of your Grampian holiday or short break experience.