Dalwhinnie Travel Guide - Scotland

Dalwhinnie is a diffuse, widely–settled community which was born around an inn that served the cattlemen of the Highlands during the early 1700s. The cattle were driven to the market at Crieff, with over 1200 head of cattle passing through Dalwhinnie every summer. The seasonal pass is still used today as a service stop.

The Inverness and Perth Junction Railway, which came to Dalwhinnie in 1863, and the Inn at Loch Ericht in the south end, are two to of the main areas of focus in the town. There is also the aforementioned Inn in the centre of town, which is very pleasant.

This small village's prinicipal attraction is the old distillery in the north end which for many years produced the famous Dalwhinnie Single Malt Scotch, a part of the Diageo Range. The distillery boasts the highest elevation for a working distillery in all of Scotland and has a delightful visitors' centre offering distillery tours in all seasons. The distinctive white–walled distillery and its picturesque pagodas date back to 1897, but many sections were largely rebuilt after the site was ravaged by fire in 1934.