MARK RODGERS AND STORIES WITH THE MACALLAN
In front of a roaring fire, the sipping of a remarkable dram sparked a meeting of minds at a Burns Night Supper in Dunluce Lodge. The result is a curated, polished series of four world-class luxury tourism adventures. United in a journey of time, distance and know-how, Landmark and THE MACALLAN are the ultimate prestige pairing.
The legacy and values of the world’s finest whisky are reflected by Landmark’s own and strengthened further by the North Coast’s rich shared history with Scotland. Visit exclusive places, hear exceptional stories, taste the wonder of whisky years in the making.
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ON THE CAUSEWAY
The stones, the waves, the violence of its formation, the Giant’s Causeway is on the surface an iconic place with world Heritage Status and a global audience. But the real history of this area lies in the tales and folklore of centuries of Causeway folk, guarded and passed on by the many seanchaì who once worked in this beautiful place. Today, Mark Rodgers is one of the last ancestral Causeway storytellers. Listen to his stories, sip exclusive whiskys on the iconic rocks and watch as the sun slips down past the horizon.
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AT CARRICK-A-REDE
The ropebridge fascinates. The once precarious nature of it unveils a truth about what ordinary men were expected to do, simply to survive. Listen to the tales of landowners, the history of conflicting cultures and constant change, and feel the challenges of living in this beautiful, but often barbaric, natural landscape. With exclusive access to the usually locked Fisherman’s Cottage, this experience is most exciting at sun up.
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AT DUNLUCE CASTLE
Once a heavily defended medieval castle, then a Renaissance beauty with banqueting halls for the political elite and noblemen, Dunluce Castle hides influence and importance beneath its fallen stones. With centuries of jealousy, culture, invasion and tragedy, this location’s rich Scottish/Irish/Anglo/Norman history is the perfect place to hear stories and sip the world finest Scottish/Irish whiskys. Landmark is the only tour provider with permission from the landowner, the Earl of Antrim (MacDonnell family) to visit this historic site and tell the many stories the moss, grass and rocks hide so well.
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AT GLENARM CASTLE
Home to the Earl of Antrim, Randal Alexander McDonnell, this has been the ancestral home of the McDonnell family for three centuries. Rich in personality and full of hidden symbols, sculptures and art, there are many stories and surprising personalities who have stayed inside the walls of the castle. Access to this private home is usually on an invitation only basis, unless you’re with Landmark.
“Mark Rodgers...I am still not fully convinced he is a real person. He is the rarest kind of guide, someone who genuinely is the part rather than playing it. His love for his home and his craft translated beautifully to all of us and I think about home often. He is truly one of a kind!”
Erika Peterson Index Select USA
LANDMARK IS LUXURY TRAVEL FOR THE LUCKIEST FEW
Each Stories & Whisky experience is unique and we don’t place a time limit on it, we include gifts that add to the occasion and compound the memory with time.