Scotland Bike Tours

Country Highlights

• Cycle the graceful green valleys of the Scottish Borders along the tranquil River Tweed.
• Ride the train past Scottish landscapes and townscapes to Edinburgh, where literary legends echo among atmospheric cobbled streets.
• Pedal past the imposing Hermitage Castle, one of Scotland’s most notorious, said to be haunted by a goblin of local lore.
• Make your own gin, distilled from locally cultivated juniper berries.

Tartan Cloth

The idea that wearing particular tartan colors and patterns identify one’s belonging in a certain Scottish clan is controversial among historians and fashionistas. Today, regardless of ancestry, Scots are likely to don any number of patterns on clothing ranging from every-day to formal. Tartan shawls, dresses, suspenders, neckties, and anything else you can imagine can be spotted on the streets of Scotland.

True Taste of Scotland

Scottish cuisine has been deliciously bolstered by the innovations of nouveau chefs and by a diverse immigrant population. Still, when in Scotland, the iconic national dish must be tried. Haggis is legendary for a reason – a savory blend of sheep’s heart, liver, and lungs enhanced with onions, spices, and oats. It is the quintessential farmer’s supper that sustained a hard-working, historically rural nation.

Scotch Whisky

For a whisky to be legally designated Scotch, it must have been made on Scotland’s soil. Lots of other parameters have been set, too, not least of which is age: it must have sat in oak barrels for at least three years, with at least 40% alcohol, though the most elite is 100 years old or older. At any given moment, upwards of 18 million barrels of the spirit are maturing in more than 140 distilleries across the country.