This tour incorporates the Fettercairn, Arbikie, Eden Mill, Lindores Abbey, Glencadam and Kingsbarns distilleries.

Start the tour at Fettercairn and make your way down around the coast, via the Arbikie Distillery, through Dundee, to Lindores Abbey (check out their Apothecary Experiences on their dedicated page) and Eden Mill, finishing up at the Kingsbarns Distillery. Kingsbarns offers a Dream to Dram tour, as well as partnering with the Darnley's Gin Distillery for a wee taste of gin on their Discover Darnley's Tour - check out their dedicated page for more information.

Montrose Air Station

A carefully curated site taking you back to the 1st and 2nd World Wars, Montrose Air Station is an Aladdin’s Cave of photos, memorabilia, artefacts and the aircraft themselves. A welcoming and friendly attraction, it caters well for kids of all ages, with opportunities to play and interact with lots of the exhibits. You can also get close up to the only GR4 Tornado in Scotland - a truly impressive sight!

GR4 Tornado

Lunan Bay

Considered to be one of the most beautiful beaches in Angus, Lunan Bay is backed by sand dunes and framed by low cliffs to the north and south. One of the area's distilleries - Arbikie, looks down over the stunning bay. The crumbling ruin of Red Castle also overlooks the bay, dating from the 12th century the castle was originally built for King William (the Lion) of Scotland to defend against Viking invaders but all that remains these days is part of the 15th century rectangular tower and the curtain wall. The beach is a popular destination for surfers and horse riders and is also a great place to bird watch with several fantastic species to spot.

Lunan Bay

Luvians

Luvians St Andrews

Home to almost 1,200 whiskies and recognised as an “Icon of Whisky” in 2011 by the World Whisky Awards, don't miss a trip to one of the Luvians shops - a global destination for lovers of the Water of Life. They only buy whisky direct from distilleries and their official distributors, have more than 800 single malt whiskies on their shelves, are happy to talk you through the drams that interest you, and hold regular formal tastings with food pairings and guest appearances from the distilleries. There are two shops - one in Cupar and a second in St Andrews - drop in for a dram and to chat about everything whisky, from session drams to rare bottles from silent distilleries.

V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee

The V&A Dundee is Dundee’s design museum and Scotland’s first. An incredible building to look at, if you’re interested in architecture then that’s reason alone to attend. Inside there’s the Scottish Design Gallery, which includes the magnificent Oak Room – Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s original 1907 tearoom design, painstakingly conserved and reassembled after being stored in hundreds of pieces for almost 50 years by Glasgow City Council. There’s plenty more to see besides, as well as talks, commissioned pieces and a good café – and entry’s free.

St Andrews Cathedral

As the remains of Scotland’s largest church, St Andrews Cathedral dominated Scottish religion until 1560, as headquarters of the medieval Scottish Church. The site was used for worship from at least the 700s and includes medieval sculpture and other relics as well as the Cathedral itself. It must have been an incredible structure in its day and remains a prominent landmark today.

St Andrews Links

St Andrews Links

If you like a game of golf, the St Andrews Links will already be known to you and should definitely be on your list of things to do. Golf has been played here since the 1400s, making it the world’s undisputable Home of Golf. In 1764, the Links’ 22 hole Old Course was reduced, to establish today's 18-hole round which became the standard for golf courses everywhere. Now one golf course has become seven, and there are four shops, three clubhouses and a Golf Academy all open to the public. Check out the Swilcan Bridge on the Old Course too, and feel the history of golf seeping up through your toes.

Scotland’s Secret Bunker

This is a great stop for a rainy day as, being a bunker, it’s 100ft underground. Scotland’s Secret Bunker’s official name is RAF Troywood, an ‘R3’ ROTOR bunker built by the RAF in 1953 in response to the threat of nuclear war with the USSR. The bunker is an amazing 24,000sq feet of command centre, incorporating the latest radar technology of the cold war era, a dormitory intended to sleep 300 people, plotting rooms, broadcasting studio, chapel and kitchen facilities.

Anstruther Fish Bar

Anstruther Fish Bar

The Anstruther Fish Bar is not just any fish and chip shop. It’s won so many awards we expect it’ll soon have to open a new building just to house them – from Seafish, the Food Awards Scotland, EatScotland, Fife Business Excellence Awards, and Visit Scotland ‘Taste Our Best’ Awards, as well as being in the UK Good Food Guide and having Taste Our Best accreditation. Take a look at the website for directions or just walk along the Anstruther front and look for the queue of people.

Accommodation

The Hilton in Dundee is very reasonably priced and is excellent quality, as is Malmaison. St Andrews offers a plethora of hotels to cater for its consistent influx of golf tourists and holidaymakers – the 520 acre Fairmont Hotel just outside the main town is a five star hotel with a fantastic view; while the Old Course Hotel is closer to the town centre. If you’re looking for something slightly easier on the purse strings, the Knockhill Farm B&B or self-catered apartments are good, as is the Rufflets Hotel.