Links to Local Attractions

Below is a small selection of local attractions - there are many others:

Tain - Tain is Scotland's oldest Burgh and is only 7 miles from Mara Cottage. Click on the link for a selection of local attractions and activities.

Glenmorangie Distillery - Why not visit the home of Glenmorangie Whisky in nearby Tain, on the shores of the picturesque Dornoch Firth.

www.visitdornoch.com/ - Take a trip to Dornoch - it is 10 miles away and is well worth a visit. The village centre has a beautiful cathedral and has a lovely beach.

www.dolphintripsavoch.co.uk - offers dolphin spotting boat trips out on the firth from the Black Isle

www.tainpottery.co.uk - Local pottery producing high quality stoneware

www.the-oystercatcher.co.uk - Local resturant for a special evening out offering high quality food with locally caught seafood

www.niggoldtrust.org.uk - This lovely old scottish parish church is home to an amazing Pictish Stone

www.croickchurch.com - Is of historical significance in relation to the Highland Clearances

www.morangiehotel.com - Local Victorian hotel serving good food in pleasant surroundings

www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/rosemarkie/chanonrypoint/ - seems to be a favourite location to spot dolphins as they love to play in the currents here - we have seen them here many times

www.northernsights.net/balintore.html - photographs of the local area  - this is the ajoining village and fishing harbour

http://www.northernsights.net/shandwick.html - This is the village of Shandwick which is the third of the Seaboard Villages

www.loupers.co.uk/ - Website of the Friends of the Moray Firth Dolphins - latest news stories and sightings

There is also a local two car ferry which runs from Nigg (4 miles)  in the summer months (May- October) to the Black Isle.