Local Area Information

Explore the Scottish Highlands from the Royal burgh of Dornoch. Our historic town is best known for its golf course but offers much for the whole family to explore. We have an award-winning beach, historic cathedral, a museum and a wide variety of independent shops, cafes and restaurants.Below is a small selection of what's available.

Please check out the This is Dornoch website for full information and guide to what's on during your stay.

 Things to do in Dornoch

• Historylinks Mueseum 
• Dornoch Cathedral
• Dornoch Beach
• Dornoch Beach Wheelchairs

Food and Drink

• Milk and Honey cafe
• Green's cafe and restaurant at the Courthouse
• Sandstone cafe
• Dornoch Castle restaurant
• Luigi restaurant
• Mara restaurant at Links house hotel 
• Grenshaw's restaurant at the Royal Golf hotel
• The Eagle pub and restaurant
• Highland Larder, take-away, Dornoch beach
• Surf and Turf, take-away 

Out for an Adventure

• Golf at the Royal Dornoch Golf Course
• Fishing at the Lochans, Davochfin Farm
• Bike Hire at Heaven Bikes
• Paddleboarding
• Tennis or Pickleball at the MUGA
• Archery at Connell Outdoors Pursuits
• Horse riding at Achavandra Stables
• Camore Woods
• Loch Fleet Nature Reserve

For the kids

• Soft play at the HUB, Bonar Bridge
• Sutherland Swimming pool, Golspie

Independent shops

• Dornoch bookshop
• Becca Mac fashion
• Dornoch Jail fashion and gifts

Further afield

• Dunrobin castle
• Clynelish Distillery, Brora
• Glenmorangie Distillery, Tain
• Timespan, museum, Helmsdale