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We Know Scotland

MacLean & Bruce creates private journeys through Scotland for guests who value discretion and access. We open doors that are usually closed: private estates and family homes, distilleries out of hours, and the people who make Scotland what it is. Every journey is designed from scratch, with whisky woven through it as much or as little as you wish, from a dram with Charles MacLean to choosing a cask of your own.

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MACLEAN

Charles MacLean MBE has spent more than four decades writing about Scotch whisky and is widely regarded as one of its foremost authorities. As Founding Director of MacLean & Bruce, he guides guests through Scotland's distilleries in person (nosing, tasting and, for some, selecting a cask), with the stories and good company for which he is known.

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BRUCE

The Bruce family has lived in Scotland for nearly a thousand years and counts King Robert the Bruce among its ancestors. Today the family welcomes guests to Broomhall, its home in Fife. Vikki Bruce, our Founder & Managing Director, has been part of the family for almost 30 years. That same hospitality runs through every journey we create: you are received as a friend of the family, not a client.

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Foundation of MacLean and Bruce

MacLean & Bruce began in 2013, when Charles and Vikki were asked to arrange a private whisky tour for a visiting senior royal guest. It became the template for everything since: personal connections, well away from the tourist trail, arranged with care.

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Exploring Scotland’s Five Scotch Whisky Regions

The Scotch Whisky Regulations (SWR) 2009 set out, among other things, to regulate how Scotch Whisky should be labelled, packaged and advertised. The five Scotch Whisky Regions defined by the SWR, are: Highland, Lowland, Speyside, Islay and Campbeltown.

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Scotland’s Glorious Gardens

There are walled gardens, historic gardens, Victorian gardens, physic gardens and would you believe there is even a rather remarkable Garden of Cosmic Speculation. Add to the list the wonderfully idiosyncratic green spaces, which often defy labelling, and you start to understand the lure of Scotland’s horticultural works of art.With an everchanging canvas and a cracking story to tell, they are nature’s gifts, the perfect antidote to digital overload and city living.

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Before You Travel

Entry rules, weather, money, getting around and what to pack, in one illustrated guide for guests visiting Scotland.

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