Places of interest
Strathpeffer (approx 3 miles) - This charming Victorian Spa town is famous for its Pavilion, Pump Room, Highland Museum of Childhood and restored Victorian train station.
There are a number of cafes and hotel restaurants as well as small shops,
a golf course and cycle hire shop.
Strathconon (approx 10 miles) – For golden eagle and deer spotting,
fishing and walking.
Rogie Falls
Tor Achilty Forest
Loch Achilty
Ord Distillery
Tarvie Lochs - fishing
West:
Ullapool and ferry to the Outer Hebrides
Corrieshalloch Gorge/ Falls of Measach
Lael Forest and waterfall
Gairloch
Plockton
Inverewe Gardens
Torridon
Kyle of Lochalsh with bridge across to the Isle of Skye
Eilean Donan Castle
Fort William and Road to the Isles
Glencoe
North:
Dornoch – Famous for its golf course, castle, cathedral,
antiques shops and beaches
Skibo Castle
Falls of shin
John O’Groats and ferry to Orkney
Cape Wrath
Dunrobin Castle
Dramatic coastline and beaches
East:
Black Isle - Fortose and Rosemarkie for dolphin watching and golf
Cromarty - The Sutors, Hugh Miller Museum, small lanes of quaint fishermen’s
cottages and dolphin spotting from the small 2 car ferry to Nigg
Udale Bay RSPB reserve
Alness - Award winners of Britain and Scotland in Bloom
Invergordon - Oil rigs and liners
Nigg Bay - RSPB Reserve
Tain - Pottery and Glenmorangie Distillery
South:
Inverness - Capital of the Highlands
Airport
Culloden Battlefield
Fort George
Cawdor Castle
Brodie Castle
Brodie Countryfayre
Nairn – Beaches and golf course
Cairngorms and Aviemore – Skiing, climbing, sailing and wildlife
Lochness – Drumnadrochit, Urquhart Castle
Glen Affric