Travel Trade Product Guide

We're proud to present VisitAberdeenshire’s travel trade product guide, dedicated to highlight the brightest and best of Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire for you and your clients.

The guide provides detailed information on bookable product for the region, including food and drink experiences, castles and gardens, cultural attractions and outdoor adventure. We have dedicated pages for accommodation listings, transportation, and guiding services which you can view using the] links below.

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Royal Lochnagar Distillery

Whisky Distillery

Royal Lochnagar is located 1 mile from Balmoral Castle and its whisky has been enjoyed by the Royal Family since 1848. A range of tours are available, including a travel trade exclusive tour

Highlights

  • Range of tours to suit your clients’ itinerary, with travel trade exclusive experiences for up to 48 pax.

  • Tasting only experiences, including the opportunity to taste whiskies straight from the cask on The Warehouse Tasting experience.

Key Info

Locations
Royal Deeside Area, Cairngorms Area, Aberdeenshire

City of Aberdeen Distillery

Gin Distillery

Based in the historic railway arches in the heart of Aberdeen, this gin distillery offers experiences for both group and FIT clients. The experiences are lead by the head distiller, where your clients will learn about the history and heritage of distilling in Aberdeen.

Highlights

  • Gin School, providing an opportunity for your clients to become the distiller.

  • Gin Masterclass - a tasting experience where your clients will learn how individual botanical ingredients impact the overall flavour of gin.

  • Tour of the restricted production areas.

  • Tastings of the range of small batch gins.

Key Info

Locations
Aberdeen Area

10 Dollar Shake Ltd

Food and Drink Experiences

10 Dollar Shake is a food and drink experience provider offering a range of experiences to allow your clients to experience a true taste of North-East Scotland.

Highlights

  • Experiences can take place in the subterranean city centre tavern, The Tippling House, or in a unique location to suit your group including a converted barn in the heart of the Cairngorms National Park or at The Steading Bar in Strathdon.

  • Your clients can discover the finest product Scotland has to offer on the Taste of Scotland Dinner experience.

Key Info

Locations
Aberdeen Area, Cairngorms Area
Specialisms
Whisky, Food and drink

Braemar Highland Experience

Guided Walking Tours and Whisky Tours

Based in Braemar, in the Cairngorms National Park, Braemar Highland Experience is a 5* tour provider. Your clients will have the opportunity to discover the wider story of whisky in Scotland, through bespoke tours, tutored tastings, guided walks.

They are qualified mountain leaders and offer guided walks at low and high level.

Highlights

  • Local husband and wife team with a passion for Scotch whisky and its history

  • Tutored tastings using a carefully selected range of single malts and single cask bottlings

  • Tastings can take place at the Braemar Highland Games Centre

  • Tastings can also take place at a location of your clients’ choosing

  • Your clients will be introduced to wild places with spectacular scenery

  • Opportunity to spot wildlife such as golden eagles and red deer

  • Family friendly walks are available

Key Info

Locations
Royal Deeside Area, Cairngorms Area, Aberdeenshire
Languages
Driver Guide
Yes

Glen Garioch Distillery

Whisky Distillery

Scotland’s most easterly whisky distillery where your clients can see where whisky has been made since 1797. A range of tours are available, suitable for small group and FIT clients.

Highlights

  • One of the oldest operating distilleries in Scotland.

  • A Rare Pair - your clients can enjoy a range of Glen Garioch whiskies with expertly matched cheese and chutney.

  • A VIP half-day adventure to explore the ‘Legends of the Garioch’.

Key Info

Locations
Rural Aberdeenshire Area, Aberdeenshire

Bothies and Bannocks

Food and Drink Tours

Bothies and Bannocks offer chauffeur driven food and drink day tours of Royal Deeside. Your clients will be introduced to the people behind local produce, taste local delicacies,immerse themselves in local culture and experience the majesty of Royal Deeside.

Highlights

  • Local driver guide who is passionate about local, seasonal produce.

  • An opportunity to meet food producers, either at a farmers market or at their business.

  • Cookery demonstrations using food from a farmers market.

Key Info

Locations
Royal Deeside Area, Cairngorms Area, Rural Aberdeenshire Area, Coastal Area, Aberdeenshire
Driver Guide
Yes

Lost Loch Distillery

Distillery

Lost Loch Spirits award-winning product portfolio includes Scotland’s first absinthe, eeNoo gin, and Haroosh; a whisky-based liqueur. They offer a range of experiences suitable for small group and FIT clients.

Highlights

  • Scotland’s first absinthe, Murchiman.

  • Tastings from the range of many different botanical spirits produced at Lost Loch Distillery.

  • Gin School, where your clients can choose ingredients from the Lost Loch botanical library to make their own botanical spirit. Includes a locally sourced lunch.

Key Info

Locations
Royal Deeside Area, Cairngorms Area, Aberdeenshire

Brewdog

Beer Museum and Beer School

BrewDog offer a range of experiences at their site in Ellon, around 35 minutes north of Aberdeen. The experiences offer a unique combination of local culture, food & drink and an opportunity to learn about the history of BrewDog.

Highlights

  • Your clients will visit the home of BrewDog, the largest craft beer brewery in the UK.

  • Beer school – tastings of the headliner range of BrewDog beers, guided by a certified cicerone (a qualified beer sommelier).

Key Info

Locations
Rural Aberdeenshire Area, Aberdeenshire

Maryculter House

Dining Experience

Dating back to 1225, your clients can immerse themselves in Scotland’s history by visiting Maryculter House for the ultimate Jacobite dinner or take part in a whisky tasting experience with a leading whisky expert.

Highlights

  • Maryculter House has been welcoming guests since the 13th century and can trace its history back to the time of the Great Crusades and the Knights Templar.and has strong links with the Jacobite rebellion in the 18th century.

  • Your clients can learn about the hotel’s Jacobite past while enjoying the ’45 Uprising Dinner with themed battle courses.

  • Whisky tasting experience led by a leading whisky expert with three bespoke tasting options to choose from.

Key Info

Locations
Royal Deeside Area, Aberdeenshire

Aberdeen Food & Drink Tours

Food & Drink Tours of Aberdeen

Scheduled or private walking tour suitable for both group and FIT where your clients will learn about the history of Aberdeen with stops along the way to taste local food and drink.

Key Info

Locations
Aberdeen Area

Aberdeenshire Highland Cattle

Food and Farm Experience

An opportunity for your clients to get up close and personal with the iconic native breed of
Highland Cattle.

Highlights

  • Many of the herd your clients will meet are champions/prize winning livestock at Scottish Agricultural Shows.

  • Our hides are sent away for tanning and made into leather for the luxury interiors of high performance sports cars, such as Lamborghini.

  • Meet Grace’s flock of Scottish black faced sheep.

Key Info

Locations
Royal Deeside Area, Aberdeenshire