Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Smoo Cave Hotel££
(
www.smoocavehotel.co.uk
;
mains £10-14; )
Signposted off the main road at the east-
ern end of town, this no-frills local offers quality bar food in hefty portions. Haddock or
daily seafood specials are an obvious and worthwhile choice; there's also a restaurant area
with clifftop views.
PUB
PUB
Sango Sands Oasis£
(
www.sangosands.com
;
mains £8-13)
On the clifftops in the centre of town, this pub by
the campsite offers some great views from its window tables. A cosy restaurant area does
decent bar food in generous quantities.
CAFE
Cocoa Mountain£
(
01971-511233;
www.cocoamountain.co.uk
;
Balnakeil; hot chocolate £3.75, dozen
truffles £9.50; 9am-6pm high season, 10am-5pm low season)
At the Balnakeil craft vil-
lage, this upbeat cafe and chocolate maker offers handmade treats that include a chilli,
lemongrass and coconut white-chocolate truffle, plus many more unique flavours. Tasty
espresso and - of course - hot chocolate warm the cockles on those blowy horizontal-
drizzle days.
Information
Durness Community Building
(1 Bard Tce; per 30min £1; )
Coin-op internet access,
opposite Mackays.
Durness Information Centre
(
01971-511368;
www.visithighlands.com
; daily Apr-
Oct, 10am-12.30pm Tue & Thu Nov-Mar)
Getting There & Away
From mid-May to September, one
bus
(
01463-222444;
www.decoaches.co.uk
;
May-
Sep)
runs Monday to Saturday from Durness to Inverness via Ullapool. You can take bikes
on this service but they must be booked ahead. Another
bus
(
www.thedurnessbus.com
)
heads daily Monday to Saturday to Lairg, which has a train station. On Saturday there's a
service to either Inverness or Thurso.
