Guidebook for Brora
Food Scene
All home made, fantastic tapas style menu - great location - lovely host, good coffee and cake too....well worth a visit.
6 locals recommend
Whaligoe Steps Café and Restaurant
All home made, fantastic tapas style menu - great location - lovely host, good coffee and cake too....well worth a visit.
Always good - freshly cooked local ingredients - wonderful cakes and coffee........my favourite place - about 10 miles north of Inverness on the way to Brora....
55 locals recommend
The Storehouse
Always good - freshly cooked local ingredients - wonderful cakes and coffee........my favourite place - about 10 miles north of Inverness on the way to Brora....
Great, fresh fish and chips - quirky decor.......best chipper in the Highlands!
23 locals recommend
La Mirage Restaurant
7-9 Dunrobin StGreat, fresh fish and chips - quirky decor.......best chipper in the Highlands!
Luigi's
1 Castle StGreat food, freshly prepared - sit outside if it's sunny!
Great food, service and decor......all cooked to order by authentic Indian chef....run by Sid....friendly and relaxed.
22 locals recommend
Sid's Spice
Station SquareGreat food, service and decor......all cooked to order by authentic Indian chef....run by Sid....friendly and relaxed.
Arts & Culture
Great golfing on the world famous James Braid course.....magnificent views, lovely club house with fantastic food and drink - occasional entertainment.
23 locals recommend
Brora Golf Club
43 Golf RdGreat golfing on the world famous James Braid course.....magnificent views, lovely club house with fantastic food and drink - occasional entertainment.
Brora Rangers Football Club
Dudgeon ParkThe Champions!!!!!!!!!
Another beautiful Braid Links course.......clubhouse serving food and drink.
16 locals recommend
Golspie Golf Club
Ferry RoadAnother beautiful Braid Links course.......clubhouse serving food and drink.
Exclusive Golf Club - fantastic James Braid course and wonderful club house..........
29 locals recommend
Royal Dornoch
Golf RoadExclusive Golf Club - fantastic James Braid course and wonderful club house..........
Timespan
Highland history and Heritage museum
Glen Morangie
Need I say more........
find out about the amazing history of 'the electric city' in the Highlands......coal mining, salt pans, woollen mill......this was a very cosmopolitan place.......!!
12 locals recommend
Brora Heritage Centre
Fascallyfind out about the amazing history of 'the electric city' in the Highlands......coal mining, salt pans, woollen mill......this was a very cosmopolitan place.......!!
Sightseeing
Fantastic old distillery - watch the famous Scotch Whisky being made.....learn about the history of the area and the buildings - fascinating - oh and you get to taste it!!!
29 locals recommend
Clynelish Distillery
Fantastic old distillery - watch the famous Scotch Whisky being made.....learn about the history of the area and the buildings - fascinating - oh and you get to taste it!!!
Wonderful eccentric Castle with beautiful gardens, falconry demonstrations etc.....also wedding and function venue.
80 locals recommend
Dunrobin Castle
Wonderful eccentric Castle with beautiful gardens, falconry demonstrations etc.....also wedding and function venue.
Old fish-house site cut into the cliffs - a few miles south of Wick - breathtaking scenery and astonishing history.
34 locals recommend
Whaligoe Steps
Old fish-house site cut into the cliffs - a few miles south of Wick - breathtaking scenery and astonishing history.
Wonderful Nature Reserve - Otters, Seals, Dolphins - lots of birds - wild and rare flora and fauna......quiet and peaceful.......
Loch Fleet
Wonderful Nature Reserve - Otters, Seals, Dolphins - lots of birds - wild and rare flora and fauna......quiet and peaceful.......
Wonderful trip on a steam train down memory lane...only an hour and a half south of Brora (1/2 an hour from Inverness)
17 locals recommend
Aviemore station
Wonderful trip on a steam train down memory lane...only an hour and a half south of Brora (1/2 an hour from Inverness)
Ski-ing - Walking - winter and summer fun for all the family - half an hour south of Inverness
112 locals recommend
Cairngorm Mountain Carpark
Ski-ing - Walking - winter and summer fun for all the family - half an hour south of Inverness
Invergordon
Go Oil Rig spotting..........
Picturesque and historic town at the headland of the Cromarty Firth - on the opposite side from Nigg - there is a 4 car ferry that goes from one side to the other - that's and experience!
33 locals recommend
Cromarty
Picturesque and historic town at the headland of the Cromarty Firth - on the opposite side from Nigg - there is a 4 car ferry that goes from one side to the other - that's and experience!
Dolphin and Cruise liner spotting - oh and the Oil Rigs in for some TLC - great spot!
Nigg - Cromarty
Nigg - CromartyDolphin and Cruise liner spotting - oh and the Oil Rigs in for some TLC - great spot!
Lovely old market town only 20 minutes from Brora - nice shops, restaurants - amazing beach - golf course......
47 locals recommend
Dornoch
Lovely old market town only 20 minutes from Brora - nice shops, restaurants - amazing beach - golf course......
Loch Shin
Shin falls Salmon Leap
Fantastic trip to the West Coast across magnificent open countryside.....with spectacular views of Munro's
52 locals recommend
Ullapool
Fantastic trip to the West Coast across magnificent open countryside.....with spectacular views of Munro's
Amazing point with old WWII bunkers and fantastic natural 'stacks' off the coast.......
15 locals recommend
Duncansby Head
Amazing point with old WWII bunkers and fantastic natural 'stacks' off the coast.......
Got to be done....when in this part of the country just to say you've been there......now re-developed with shops, cafe - foot passenger ferry to Orkney
45 locals recommend
John o' Groats
Got to be done....when in this part of the country just to say you've been there......now re-developed with shops, cafe - foot passenger ferry to Orkney
RSPB Dunnet Head
Most northern point of mainland UK - fantastic RSPB sanctuary
Unspoilt - fantastic for walking.....see old Croick Church.....made famous because of the Highland Clearances
Croick
Unspoilt - fantastic for walking.....see old Croick Church.....made famous because of the Highland Clearances
Entertainment & Activities
Great woodland for walks, play with children - dogs.......secluded and quiet.
7 locals recommend
Skelbo Wood
Great woodland for walks, play with children - dogs.......secluded and quiet.
Great family fun less than an hour south of Inverness
161 locals recommend
Landmark Forest Adventure Park
B9153Great family fun less than an hour south of Inverness
Shopping
ANTA Scotland Ltd
Beautiful - highland - unusual - classy shopping!
Jail Dornoch
Castle StreetGreat shopping.......in the old Dornoch Jail house....
Eclectic - Vintage, Retro, Classic......clothes, shoes and accessories as well as collectables, jewellery, glass, china and all kinds of interesting 'stuff'!!!
Pandora's Emporium
Victoria RoadEclectic - Vintage, Retro, Classic......clothes, shoes and accessories as well as collectables, jewellery, glass, china and all kinds of interesting 'stuff'!!!
Drinks & Nightlife
Sutherland Inn
Good beer, food and 'craic' with the locals!
Essentials
small supermarket.........they do run out of staples in the busy months.........so go early if you want nice bread, berries etc.
12 locals recommend
Co-op Food - Brora
small supermarket.........they do run out of staples in the busy months.........so go early if you want nice bread, berries etc.