Strathisla Distillery on Scotland's Malt Whisky Trail (Photo by VisitScotland.com)
Scotch whisky and Scotland go together like ... welll, scotch and soda. Nowadays, aficionados can tour several top distilleries and visit themed events while staying at one of Connoisseurs Scotland’s 23 upscale hotels. Three of Scotland's most popular distillery attractions are located near one or moreof those properties. For example:
* The Marcliffe Hotel and Spa is close to the Malt Whisky Trail, a 68-mile route through the glens of Speyside, connecting several distilleries. The five-star country hotel is offering a Partner Stay Free package, allowing a second guest to stay at no extra charge when a single rate Executive or Deluxe room is booked Monday-Thursday. A full Scottish breakfast is included.
* Whisky Live takes place in cities from Glasgow to Tokyo, bringing together hundreds of different whiskies for tasting by both industry professionals and novices. Hotel du Vin, in Glasgow's fashionable West End, is offering a free half or whole bottle of Macallan to those booking Standard/Club or Superior rooms, respectively, and a complimentary in-house whisky tasting to those booking suites.
* The Glasshouse, Edinburgh’s five-star boutique hotel, is convenient to Glenkinchie, the 19th-century distillery known for its single malt whisky. The Glasshouse is currently offering three nights for the price of two, with regular prices starting at $250 per room per night, with full breakfast included. Scottish whisky's name is derived from name is derived from "usige beatha," which is Gaelic for "water of life." So live it up, responsibly of course.
For more information on Connoisseur's Scotland, click here.
Thursday's trivia answer
Canada has the world's largest coastline at 243792 kilometers or 15,1485 miles (including the coastline of the country's 52,455 islands). Good citizens that they are, Canadians contribute around $1 billion a year to help protect the coast from erosion and pollution.
Smile brightly, and Orlando may reward you richly
Orlando, Fla., is looking for a pair or people with great smiles and a lot of stamina. Their assignment will be to to experience every attraction in Orlando over 67 consecutive days, the time it would take to try the more than 100 attractions in this sunny land of theme parks and alligators, and share their adventures with the world via social media outlets and interviews. The Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau calls this campaign “Orlando Makes Me Smile.” The pair will stay free in a two-bedroom downtown condo and will be given cell phones, digital video and still cameras, a rental car and $25,000. The experiences will include everything from roller-coaster riding to hang gliding, swimming with dolphins, spa-ing, golfing, gator wrestling, museum exploring, theater-going and dining.
Interested? Get all the details here. And smile.
Worth quoting
"It's one of the prettiest states in our great country" -- Frank Sinatra, in concert. The Chairman knew whereof he spoke.
By the beautiful sea in Oxnard, Calif.
Oh, to be on the beach in California. Embassy Suites Mandalay Beach Hotel & Resort, which lays claim to being the only all-suite resort in southern California that sits directly on the beach, has a trio of similar offers. The Summer Getaway Package includes three nights' accommodations, a $50 dining credit, an in-room movie or one-hour Nintendo play, two bike rentals, parking and Internet access. Prices start at $750. The Summer Fun Package is good for five nights, a $100 dining credit, two movies or two hours of Nintendo, three bike rentals, parking and Internet. The price begins at $1,250. With the Summer Vacation Package, the stay is seven nights, and the dining credit $150, along with three movies or three hours of Nintendo, four bike rentals, and the parking and Internet. Rates begin at $1,750.
Call 805-984-2500. For hotel information, click here.
The wide world of the Web
Hotelicopter is among the latest Web sites promising great deals on hotels. The site searches more than 30 other travel sites for deals. Helicopter gained some notoriety on April Fools Day when it floated a story about a flying hotel, and people who should have known better reported it as true.
Visit www.helicopter.com.
Fascinating fact
The King Ranch in South Texas, with 82,5000 acres, is bigger than the state of Rhode Island, with 77,6957 acres.
Keep the kids quiet with a free coloring map
A coloring-game map of the U.S. from "Miles of Smiles: 101 Great Car Games & Activities" can be downloaded free. When the kids spot a license plate, they color in that state, an activity that seems better than watching a DVD, zombie-like, in the car. The book, by Carole Terwilliger Meyers, has games and activities with travel-related themes.
For the game map, click here.
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