The Fragrant Mind offers a unique experience on the stunning shores of the Pentland Firth with their friendly and easy-to-follow ‘Create your own’ workshops. In two hours, you will learn the basic principles of perfumery and aroma blending art, you will also get to create a bespoke product of your choice. For more information, please contact 01955 611515 or e-mail …
Groatie Buckie Gift Shop
Looking for a souvenir to take home? Then look no further! Here you will find a range of quality items and gifts, many of which are made locally. It also incorporates John O’Groats’ own Christmas shop.
John O’Groats Brewery
You can sample some of the excellent beers from mainland Scotland’s most Northerly Brewery in our bar or even take some away with you. John O’Groats brewery produces the finest craft ales with soft, unspoilt water from Loch Calder, which makes the beer velvet smooth.
Wildlife Cruise
From mid-June to the end of August, the ferry offers an afternoon wildlife cruise to either the Island of Stroma or The Stacks of Duncansbay. You can see an abundance of marine wildlife on and around the 300ft cliffs and sea stacks. Puffins, razorbills, guillemots, kittiwakes, gannets and more can be seen as well as seals and occasionally porpoises and …
John O’Groats Mill Trust
The John O’Groats Mill is almost certainly the last water-powered mill to be built in Scotland. The John O’Groats Mill Trust aims to renovate the mill and bring it into community ownership. If you want to find more information please visit the John O’Groats Mill Trust Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/johnogroatsmill
John O’Groats Ferry
The John O’Groats Ferry runs daily to Orkney from the 1st of May to the end of September. It offers a return ferry journey and a guided coach tour of Orkney, where you can see the Churchill Barriers, Italian Chapel, Scapa Flow, St Magnus Cathedral, Stromness, Kirkwall, Skara Brae and The Standing Stones of Stenness. For more information, please contact …
John O’Groats Harbour
The Harbour houses all the local shellfish boats as well as the Orkney ferry during the summer. You can find the iconic John O’Groats signpost here where you can have your picture taken at the start or end of your journey. It is also where you will find the First & Last Craft Shop, unique in that its design is …
Testimonial 3
“Great place to stay, biker friendly, great rooms, easy booking in and staff are great too. Food was good and reasonably priced.”
Testimonial 2
“The staff were really lovely. Nothing was too much trouble. The view we had was brilliant.”
Testimonial 1
“Stopped overnight as part of our journey on the North Coast 500. Lovely and clean hotel. Well situated and good views.”