Every year Aberdeen hosts the fantastic Festival of Light and this year (2020) is the Visit Scotland Year of Coasts and Waters which meant the Aberdeen Spectra Festival celebrated the rich maritime heritage of the city with some very different installations. From weird tentacles to fantastic projections. All the photo’s on this website were grabbed […]
Chivas Regal Distillery Tour As part of my annual getting older celebrations, I recently visited the Chivas owned Strathisla Distillery to partake in their Chivas Blending Experience. After a brief tour of the lovely old production buildings we then went to the Warehouse. It’s always nice sampling some whisky directly from the cask at cask […]
Our Partners As “no man is an island” no business is an island is also true. We work closely with several business around Scotland to ensure your tours are amazing. Here’s an unordered list of some of these brilliant businesses! IF you’d like to be listed here please contact us Calmac Ferries – Everytime we […]
Nu Art What? Every year for the past few years Nu Art Aberdeen has been the festival of art in the Scottish City of Aberdeen. Starting in 2017 this festival of street art has showcased work from local and international artists. The engagement with locals and visitors into the city has been amazing. 2020 may […]
Weather Touring Scotland in June is a beautiful time of year to visit. The days are very long as we head toward the summer solstice with around 18 hours of daylight in more northern areas. It’s a great time of year for outdoor pursuits such as Golf, hillwalking, camping and more generally being a tourist […]
Aberdeenshire has a lot of castles! That’s a total understatement! Aberdeenshire has more castles per square mile than any other region in the United Kingdom – not just Scotland! It can be hard to decide which castles to include on your tour, let us help by creating a themed tour or by using your own interests […]
I popped into Glendronach Whisky Distillery the other day for a short tour and whisky tasting. Luckily the experienced and knowledgeable Karen was on hand to show me round. Glendronach Introduction For those not familiar with Glendronach this Highland distillery was founded in 1826. It has an output this year of 1.3 million litres of […]
Aberdeenshire mini tours January is here, this is a slow month in terms of delivery of tours. The shorter daylight hours suit Aberdeenshire mini tours. Visitor numbers to Scotland are down compared to the busy summer months. However summer enquiries and bookings for Bespoke Tours are up and here at YST HQ we’ve been busy […]
Between Christmas and New Year this tour guide had a few days off, it was nice to be a tourist in my own country for a couple of days. I was with a group of gentlemen, we’re all keen drivers and spent most of our days driving round the countryside, mainly for fun! We were […]