Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Bord de l'Eau££
(
01955-604400; 2 Market St; mains £14-18; lunch Tue-Sat, dinner Tue-Sun)
This
serene, relaxed French restaurant is the best place to eat in Wick. It overlooks the river
and serves a changing menu of mostly meat and game French classics, backed up by daily
fish specials. Starters are great value, and the pricier mains come with a huge assortment
of vegetables, so you won't go hungry here. The conservatory dining room overlooking
the river is lovely on a sunny evening.
FRENCH
Information
Wick Information Centre
(
www.visithighlands.com
;
66 High St; 9am-5.30pm Mon-
Sat)
Good selection of information; upstairs in McAllans Clothing Store.
Wick Carnegie Library
(
01955-602864;
www.highland.gov.uk
;
Sinclair Tce; Mon-
Sat; )
Free internet access.
Getting There & Away
Air
Wick is a transport gateway to the surrounding area.
Flybe
(
0871 700 2000;
www.flybe.com
)
flies between Edinburgh and Wick airport once daily except Saturday.
Eastern Airways
(
0870 366 9989;
www.easternairways.com
)
flies to Aberdeen (three
flights daily Monday to Friday).
BusStagecoach
(
www.stagecoachbus.com
)
and
Citylink
(
0871 266 33 33;
www.citylink.co.uk
)
operate buses to/from Inverness (£18.30, three hours, six daily) and
Thurso (30 minutes, hourly). There's also connecting service to John O'Groats (40
minutes, two to three daily) for the passenger ferry to Burwick, Orkney; and to the Gills
Bay ferry to St Margaret's Hope, Orkney.
Train
Trains service to Wick from Inverness (£18, 4¼ hours, four daily).
John O'Groats
POP 500
Though it's not the northernmost point of the British mainland (that's Dunnet Head), John
O'Groats still serves as the end point of the 874-mile trek from Land's End in Cornwall, a
popular if arduous route for cyclists and walkers, many of whom raise money for charit-
able causes. There's a passenger ferry from here to Orkney, and the settlement's spectacu-