Introduction
It doesn't look like the Highlands at all, but Caithness is the northernmost county of mainland Scotland, where the ancient landscape is gentle and rolling. Within its 1,820 sq. km (700 sq. miles) you find traces of the Stone Age -- the enigmatic Grey Cairns of Camster date from 4000 B.C. The county is filled with cairns, mysterious stone rows and circles, and standing stones. The Vikings once occupied this place, with its rock stacks, old harbors, craggy cliffs, and quiet coves, and many place names are in Old Norse. It has churches from the Middle Ages, as well as towering castles on cliff tops. The Queen Mother's home, the Castle of Mey, dating from 1570, is between John o' Groats and Thurso.
Rich in bird and animal life, Caithness is unspoiled country. Fishing draws people to the area: Wild brown trout are found in some 100 lochs, along with salmon in the Thurso and Wick rivers. Most people head for Caithness with John o' Groats as their final destination. John o' Groats...
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Mackay's
This refurbished hotel on the south shore of the River Wick is the home of the Lamont family, who have welcomed guests for more than 40 years....
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Breadalbane House Hotel
This 1891 building on the southern outskirts of town, a 5-minute walk from the center, was once the home of a furniture maker. It's now an unpretentious...
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Seaview Hotel
The Seaview is a family-run hotel whose severe and streamlined sides rise abruptly from a flat, windswept landscape beside the town's only highway....
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