Guidebook for Highland
Food Scene
Love the cakes, especially the carrot cake! Cafe bar in former Tain railway station. Beer garden alongside the platform.
14 locals recommend
Platform 1864
Station RoadLove the cakes, especially the carrot cake! Cafe bar in former Tain railway station. Beer garden alongside the platform.
St Duthus Hotel
2 Tower StGood pub grub
Harry Gow Bakery - Tain
8 High StNice cakes and sandwiches. Eat in or take away.
Top Tain Curry Club
3-5 Lamington StTake away service
Greens Restaurant
11-15 High StGreat food and service using local produce.
Carnegie Lodge Hotel
6 Viewfield RdNice "lite bite" lunches in the bar Thursday to Sunday.
The Pier
Lovely cafe on the loch side. Also has pedalos for hire.
Lovely community cafe. Great fish and chips. Opens Tuesday - Friday plus Saturday in summer. Over 60s special prices on Tuesday and Friday. Open lunchtimes only. Have lunch and see Mermaid of the North and other sculptures. See the harbour and walk on Shandwick beach.
The Seaboard Memorial Hall
East StreetLovely community cafe. Great fish and chips. Opens Tuesday - Friday plus Saturday in summer. Over 60s special prices on Tuesday and Friday. Open lunchtimes only. Have lunch and see Mermaid of the North and other sculptures. See the harbour and walk on Shandwick beach.
Sandwiches, soups and cake - just what you need after a lovely walk on the beach at Portmahomack
Carnegie Hall cafe
Well StreetSandwiches, soups and cake - just what you need after a lovely walk on the beach at Portmahomack
Sightseeing
Glen Morangie
Dunrobin Castle station
Beautiful French style castle and gardens.
Historic village with lots of places to have lunch. Take the ferry from Night (May - September)
33 locals recommend
Cromarty
Historic village with lots of places to have lunch. Take the ferry from Night (May - September)
Nigg Stone
Carved Pictish stone house in Nigg Old Church. Daytime opening during the summer.
Essentials
Asda Tain Supermarket
Knockbreck RoadCheap cafe
Lidl
Morangie RoadGood value food shopping
Godsman Tyres & Exhausts Ltd
Car related repairs. Great service and very helpful
Entertainment & Activities
Tain Golf Course
Chapel RoadRoyal Dornoch
Golf RoadTop rated golf course
Arts & Culture
Tain Through Time
Castle BraeHugh Miller's Cottage
Church StreetVisit the home of Scottish geologist Hugh Miller
North Coast Glass Co.
2 Chapel StGlass sculpture
Tarbat Discovery Centre
Tarbatness RoadArchaeology and history in Portmahomack
Parks & Nature
Dornoch Beach
Stunning beach and walks close to the centre of Dornoch
Chanonry Point
Ness RoadGood place to watch dolphins
Nigg
Look out for dolphins or take the ferry to Cromarty (May - September)
Portmahomack, Harbour
7 Harbour StVisit Portmahomack for lovely beach and walks
Morangie Forest
Lovely forest walks. Footpath accessible to wheelchairs and buggies
RSPB Nigg Bay
Bird watching hide. Wintering ground for migrating waterfowl.
Shin Falls is the ideal place to watch salmon leaping. Lovely river and waterfalls and a cafe.
27 locals recommend
Falls of Shin
Shin Falls is the ideal place to watch salmon leaping. Lovely river and waterfalls and a cafe.
Loch Fleet National Nature Reserve