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About Rothes

Rothes sits in Speyside's whisky heartland, connected by the A941 to Elgin (25km north) and Grantown-on-Spey southward. The A96 trunk road provides links to Inverness and Aberdeen via Elgin. Local routes serve Aberlour and Craigellachie through scenic whisky country. The town remarkably houses five working distilleries within its boundaries.

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Rothes is in Scotland, at 57.526, -3.207 - about 17 km north-west of Auchindoun.

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The closest airport to Rothes is Inverness Airport, 66 km (about 1 h by car).

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