Whisky & Burns
A quality Scottish bike tour: We teamed up with the world-class Annandale Distillery and the best B&B of Scotland: Nithbank Estate. Learn about our Whiskies, about our national poet Robert Burns and Kirkpatrick MacMillan, inventor of the pedal bike.
Galloway Cycling Holidays are extremely happy to partner with Annandale Distillery and Nithbank Estate. Both offer first class quality service and provide an experience that will make your tour memorable.
Day 1: Powfoot to Dumfries, 30 milesHighlights of this day
- Annandale Distillery Whisky Tour
- Ruthwell Cross: an Anglo Saxon Cross (8th Cent) with unique design and inscription
- Caerlaverock Castle and the WWT Nature Reserve
- Glencaple: A little harbour with a a wonderful cafe : The Boathouse
- Dumfries: The Globe Inn, Moat Brae, all sorts Robert Burns, Dumfries Museum , or have a guided tour in Burn's footsteps , or see the ghostly side of Dumfries
Highlights of this day
- 12 Apostles stone circle
- Keir Mill and graveyard of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the inventor of the pedal bike.
- Drumlanrig Castle - the Scottish seat of the Duke and Duchess of Duke of Buccleuch
- Enjoy the warm Welcome by Nithbank's owners Mel and John
(or customised for you)
Highlights of this day
- Morton Castle - a castle ruin built in the mid 1400s by the Earls of Morton
- Durisdeer church and the mausoleum built for the First Duke of Queensberry between 1695 and 1708
- Drumlanrig Castle
- and/or Wanlockhead, highest village in Scotland (requires fitness)
We provide the routes, transport your luggage, be there for you if you require help. If you need bikes, we provide quality bicycles and fit them so you will feel comfortable riding them.
If you wish, we can organise transport from Lockerbie or Dumfries and arrange a hotel for you for the night before your tour starts. More details can be found on our website.
From £700 per adult
Departure days
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
March — October
Contact details
An Teallach
Rhonehouse
Castle Douglas
Dumfries and Galloway
UK
DG7- 1SA
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Galloway Cycling Holidays
We are a small company and passionate about cycling and this land. We are the winner of the 2019/2020 Visit Scotland's Thistle Award as Best Outdoor/Adventure company in the region West and finalists for the national award. Based in the beautiful South West Scotland we are spoilt for choice: quiet lanes & tracks perfect for leisure cycling and gravel riding. Explore the Galloway Highlands, Upland moors & coastal regions. We provide bespoke guided and self-guided bicycle tours, move your luggage and hire bikes so you can relax and enjoy this land in Scotland made for cycling.
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