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Moray Council has secured a £360,000 Visit Scotland and Scottish Government funding boost to help cope with the rise in staycations.

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Moray Council has lodged plans for three new car parks at beauty spots as part of a £500,000 investment in rural tourism infrastructure.

Moray Council has lodged plans for three new car parks at beauty spots as part of a £500,000 investment in rural tourism infrastructure.

An argocat. In this fortnightly series, Rebecca Shearer finds some of the best food and drink experiences across the country that should be on everyone’s bucket list. To kick it off, Alex Christou from Eight Lands talks about his new VIP experience you won’t want to miss. Experiences associated with locally-distilled drinks aren’t all that hard to come by in Scotland, with many of the nation’s abundance of distilleries offering tours and similar experiences for visitors. And with our fr...

Level: Easy with some elevation. Access: Arrive by car. Situated about 3.5 miles north-west of Keith on the A96. Look out for an old wooden blue and white house on the left (in the summer months, when the trees are in full leaf, it can be harder to spot). Turn up the road on the right, sign-posted for Braes of Enzie, and drive about three-quarters of a mile along the road where there is an opening on the left with two gates. There is space for at least six cars. The OS map grid reference is N...

THE skirl of the bagpipes and a loan for a car he didnt buy have helped Gregor Hannah take top quality whisky from Dalgety Bay to an international market. The 34-year-old started trading from his home in Inverkeithing in 2012 and his business is maturing nicely with a recent move to premises at West Way. Hannah Whisky Merchants is an independent bottler that exclusively releases single cask whisky under its own label, Lady of the Glen. Over his first dram with his dad, who came from a l...

© SYSTEM Gayle at the Craw Stane on the outskirts of Rhynie, with stunning views of Tap o Noth. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up As campaigners call for the return of the Rhynie Man – a 6ft stone carving of a fearsome axe-wielding fellow – Gayle explores an area of Scotland steeped in Pictish history. In the middle...

Time: 3-4 hours I was delighted to be involved in the launch of Glenlivet’s three Smugglers’ Trails a few years ago and spent some time exploring the remoter quarters of Glen Livet, climbing high on to the Ladder Hills that separate this remarkable whisky-producing glen from Donside to the south. Corbett-baggers will be well aware of the riches of the area – Carn Mor, 2639ft/804m, is the highest of the Ladder Hills, and in the east the whisky hill itself, Ben Rinnes 2759ft/840m, and i...

© Jason Hedges / DCT Media Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Concerns have been raised that tourism facilities in Moray may start to fall behind neighbouring regions after the area did not receive any cash in a recent funding announcement. Officials are preparing a £400,000 bid to the Scottish Government rural tourism ...