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Scottish Highlands · 7 days

A seven-day Scottish road trip from Edinburgh's lit-up Old Town through Perthshire distilleries, Glencoe and Glenfinnan, the dramatic Isle of Skye, Loch Ness and Inverness, finishing among the Cairngorms' lochs and free-roaming reindeer.

7days
21stops
666km

The route

Tap a day or a town

You sleep in Edinburgh · Pitlochry · Fort William · Arisaig · Staffin · Inverness — start in Edinburgh, end in Aviemore.

DAY01

Edinburgh → Calton Hill

1.7 km · 20m driving · Overnight in Calton Hill
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Edinburgh Castle· start
  2. 0.5 km · 10m
  3. 12:00
    Victoria Street
  4. 1.2 km · 10m
  5. 15:00
    Calton Hill· overnight
DAY02

Forth Bridge → Queen's View

123 km · 1h 21m driving · Overnight in Queen's View
  1. 09:00
    Forth Bridge· start
  2. 96 km · 1h 1m
  3. 12:00
    Edradour Distillery
  4. 10 km · 10m
  5. 15:00
    ⭐ Queen's View· overnight
DAY03

Dalwhinnie → Steall Falls

108 km · 1h 9m driving · Overnight in Steall Falls
  1. 09:00
    Dalwhinnie Distillery· start
  2. 50 km · 32m
  3. 12:00
    Commando Memorial
  4. 17 km · 11m
  5. 15:00
    ⭐ Steall Falls· overnight
DAY04

Buachaille Etive Mòr → Camusdarach Beach

98 km · 1h 2m driving · Overnight in Camusdarach Beach
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Buachaille Etive Mòr· start
  2. 49 km · 31m
  3. 12:00
    Glenfinnan Viaduct
  4. 32 km · 20m
  5. 15:00
    Camusdarach Beach· overnight
DAY05

Talisker Distillery → Kilt Rock

104 km · 1h 7m driving · Overnight in Kilt Rock
  1. 09:00
    Talisker Distillery· start
  2. 30 km · 19m
  3. 12:0014:00
    ⭐ Old Man of Storr
  4. 14 km · 10m
  5. 15:00
    Kilt Rock· overnight
DAY06

Eilean Donan Castle → Victorian Market

167 km · 1h 46m driving · Overnight in Victorian Market
  1. 09:00
    ⭐ Eilean Donan Castle· start
  2. 87 km · 55m
  3. 12:00
    Dores Beach
  4. 15 km · 10m
  5. 15:00
    Victorian Market· overnight
DAY07

Clava Cairns → Cairngorm Reindeer Centre

64 km · 49m driving
  1. 09:00
    Clava Cairns· start
  2. 46 km · 29m
  3. 12:00
    ⭐ Loch an Eilein
  4. 7.2 km · 10m
  5. 15:00
    Cairngorm Reindeer Centre
Heads Up
  • Book the Mallaig–Armadale ferry to Skye in advance and check sailings, as weather can cause cancellations.
  • Highland roads include long single-track sections; use passing places, avoid night driving and watch for deer and sheep.
  • Book distillery tours and the Cairngorm Reindeer Centre hill trip ahead; tour slots are limited.
  • Check the Jacobite steam train timetable if you want to film it crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct.