Smoo Cave Hotel
Inverness
📍 North, West and Central Sutherland, IV27 4QB
🔌 Nearest public charging: · 0.9 mi (Open Charge Map)
Photo: Spike (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Small family run hotel with restaurant and bar open all year
- Serves local seafood and real ales through the summer
- Close to Smoo Cave and Cape Wrath, in Scotland's first Geopark
- Suited to NC500 travellers as a base or stop-off
- Upper floor rooms have views over Loch Eriboll
Smoo Cave Hotel is a small family run hotel in Durness, in the Scottish Highlands, set just off the A838 with private car parking. The hotel has six ensuite bedrooms, each with controlled heating, a television, tea and coffee making, and free wifi throughout, with upper floor rooms looking over Loch Eriboll. Downstairs there's a restaurant and bar, serving local seafood and real ales through the summer, with live music often on in the bar. Named after the nearby Smoo Cave, the hotel sits close to Cape Wrath and within Scotland's first Geopark, making it a good base if you're driving the NC500 or exploring the beaches, lochs and mountains of this part of the Northern Highlands.
Practical details
- Parking
- Private car parking on site
Details taken from the operator's own website on 19 Oct 2026 — check current terms when you book.
Facilities
- ✓ Evening Entertainment
- ✓ Bar
- ✓ Restaurant
- ✓ WiFi
- ✓ Parking
- 🔌 EV Charging Nearby
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