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Worth the detour from Brora

5 notable places within an hour's drive.

Driving roads near Brora

• 51 kmChanonry PointOne of the best places in Europe to spot bottlenose dolphins from the shore, a spit on the Black Isle near Inverness.
• 55 kmWhaligoe Steps365 hand-built flagstone steps zigzagging down a 76m cliff to a hidden natural harbour where herring boats once landed. Unsigned from the A99 south of Wick: most NC500 traffic drives straight past.
• 74 kmKylesku BridgeElegant curved concrete bridge sweeping across Loch a' Chairn Bhain on the North Coast 500, an award-winning 1984 design framed by the mountains of Assynt. One of the NC500's signature photo stops.
• 75 kmNorth Coast 500Scotland's answer to Route 66 - 500 miles of Highland scenery
• 77 kmDunnet HeadThe true northernmost point of mainland Britain. Not John o' Groats, with a Stevenson lighthouse, 90m cliffs full of puffins in summer, and views across the Pentland Firth to Orkney. A short signed detour off the A836.
• 80 kmSuilvenUnmistakable sandstone mountain rising like a fortress from the wild Assynt landscape, one of Scotland's most iconic and recognisable peaks.

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