Rosslyn Chapel, Scottish Borders & Glenkinchie Distillery
Departure Days
Monday & Thursday throughout the year
Departure Time
- Departs: 09.45
- Returns: 17.30
Starting with a visit to Rosslyn Chapel you will be led from the spiritual to the spiritful with a tour of a malt whisky distillery!
From our start point by EDINBURGH CASTLE we head out of the city to the unassuming little village of ROSLIN, site of ROSSLYN CHAPEL, the 'CHAPEL OF CODES', with its TEMPLAR and FREEMASONRY associations; featured in Dan Brown's blockbusting novel "THE DA VINCI CODE."
We visit the mystical and mysterious ROSSLYN GLEN, the ancient CASTLE of the same name, ancestral home of the SINCLAIRS, and nearby battlefield where a Scots army defeated three English armies in the same day!
Leaving ROSSLYN we commence our journey into the heart of the SCOTTISH BORDERS, an area rich in hills, valleys, rivers and moor-land, as well as the traditional home to Scottish rugby. We will travel to the historic town of MELROSE, birthplace of the game of Rugby Sevens, and location of MELROSE ABBEY, said to be the burial place of the casket thought to contain the heart of ROBERT THE BRUCE, and founded in the year 660. Here we'll stop for lunch and have time to explore Melrose and its Abbey.
On our return journey, we'll travel north to PENCAITLAND where we'll visit GLENKINCHIE DISTILLERY - a very special malt whisky distillery, because it's one of the few Lowland Malt distilleries - for an optional 'TOUR & A TASTE' before we return to EDINBURGH.
PLEASE NOTE: Prices shown are for transport and driver-guide only.
