Start: Ullapool, Scotland, 16.00, Saturday May 18th, 2024
End: Troon, Scotland, 10.00, Saturday May 25th, 2024
Price: € 1.375,- p.p.
Price is based on the division of 2 persons into a double cabin.
The travel sum is inclusive...
- 7 overnight stays on board in a double cabin with private shower;
- all meals during the trip (breakfast, lunch and dinner);
- Non-alcoholic drinks with meals (coffee, tea, milk and water);
- 1 whiskytasting on board, accompanied by a whiskey expert.
Not included...
- all other non-alcoholic and alcoholic drinks (beer, wine and whisky);
- entry tickets for visits to the various distilleries;
- Extra excursions ashore. The costs for the different excursions amount to approx. € 100, - per person in total. (Subject to change, program is due to changes determined by the whisky expert and the guests. Participation is not mandatory).
The sailing voyage begins and ends in Scotland. You are responsible for arranging your own travel to Scotland. This is NOT included in the price. For your journey to and from the ship, please visit the Rome2Rio website: https://www.rome2rio.com
TRAVEL PROGRAMME
Best of both worlds: a whisky adventure trip in Scotland
Ullapool- Troon 18-25 May 2024
This trip offers you ultimate opportunity to combine longer stretches of adventurous sailing with visits to Scotland's most beautiful islands (and its distilleries), of course accompanied by an experienced whisky expert who will be happy to share his knowledge of Scotland and its world-famous distilleries.
On Saturday guests will board Thalassa at 4pm. Cabins will be allocated and there will be time to explore the ship and unpack luggage. There will also be a welcome from the captain and the crew will show their guests around on board.
On Sunday, the ship leaves for Tarbert, the largest town on Harris (Outer Hebrides) of which the ship is likely to moor at the local ferry pier.
On Monday morning, Harris distillery will be visited. To read more about this particular distillery, please visit this website: https://harrisdistillery.com
After the visit, the ship sets her sails towards Skye, Loch Harport.
On Tuesday morning, a visit of the famous distillery Talisker is on the agenda. Talisker is Isle Of Skye's oldest whisky distillery still operating today. For those unfamiliar with the wonderful world of whisky: Talisker is a typical Scotch Single Malt whisky with a smoky, peaty flavour. Would you like to know a little more in advance? https://www.malts.com/en-gb/distilleries/talisker
After visiting Talisker, we sail to Tiree, the westernmost island of the Inner Hebrides, known for its beautiful white-sand beaches and relatively high temperatures.
The next day (Wednesday) will be the crossing from Tiree to Port Ellen. Port Ellen is a charming village with pretty whitewashed terraces.
The distillery at Port Ellen was closed in 1983 and converted into a large malting plant. Since then, the name Port Ellen has become known as one of Scotland's great "lost distilleries.
The next morning (Thursday) we will visit Islay. In the afternoon, we sail on to Campbeltown, a town on the Kintyre peninsula in south-west Scotland. Campbeltown is known, among other things, for its Campbeltown single malt whiskies.
The next day, the whisky guide will be happy to accompany guests to Springbank or Glen Scotia Distillery. In the afternoon, the ship departs for the final destination of this trip, Troon ( which is where the world-famous Feis Ile almost begins).
On Saturday, guests will leave the ship before 10am
The above program depends on wind and weather, the opening hours/days of the various distilleries and sights to visit. It is possible that this program is deviated from, the purpose of the above program is mainly to give an impression of what our guests can expect from this trip.
