Lybster, Caithness, Scottish Highlands

Lybster is the perfect holiday location; well placed to discover the many wonderful attractions Caithness has to offer.

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Set just off the main A9, Lybster is approximately 4.5 hours drive from Edinburgh, and 2 hours from Inverness (which also offers flight connections to many UK airports). The towns of Wick (with airport offering shuttle flight connections from Edinburgh) and Thurso are both within 15 and 30 minutes drive respectively.

The town of Wick has a large Tesco Superstore and petrol station, Somerfield, Wetherspoons and the usual variety of take-aways, restaurants, shops and parks and swimming pool.

Thurso offers a variety of supermarkets, shops, cafes, bars and restaurants as well as a cinema, bowling facility and swimming pool.

In Lybster itself, you will find hotels, a cafe, restaurant, local butcher, convenience store and newsagent as well as a museum, picturesque harbour, small cove pebble beach and nine-hole golf course. The apartment is accross the road from the excellent Portland Arms Hotel which offers a warm and welcoming atmosphere and superb day and evening menus (including children's menu).

Lybster’s Waterlines Visitor Centre is a fascinating educational experience where the family can enjoy discovering its unique role in the once vibrant fishing industry. For the active angler, naturalist, ornithologist or photographer there is a multitude of facilities both local and further afield, with castles, historical sites, lochs and rivers all within easy reach and an abundance of wildlife and countryside to explore.

The Lybster Visitor Centre  and Harbour Lighthouse

Lybster Harbour

 

Caithness is renowned for its unusual light and extraordinary skies, remarkable coastline and spectacular countryside. The infamous John O’Groats is a 40 minute drive, where there are daily ferries along the coast and regular sailings to Orkney. Why not visit the Castle of Mey? Lovingly restored by  the late Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother. The Dunbeath Heritage Centre and Pulteney Distillery in Wick are among many of the local visitor attractions in Caithness.

Lybster Harbour in winter