Tourism
Most years, the village celebrates it Gala Week or the Salmon Queen Week, in August.
Nearby places of interest for tourists visiting the area include:
- Ardgay
- Carbisdale Castle – a folly castle built by the dowager duchess of Sutherland and now a striking Youth Hostel owned and run by the Scottish Youth Hostel Association
- Croick Church (map), with its evocative engravings on the church windows from sufferers of the Highland Clearances in the Amat area. Undiscovered Scotland Page
- Culrain – below Carbisdale Castle
- Dornoch – a picturesque Royal Burgh with famous golf course (Royal Dornoch), a great beach and camping area, and others.
- The Falls of Shin – where you may see salmon attempt to jump up the falls on the way upstream to spawn
- Invershin
- Lairg
- Ospisdale
- Rosehall
- Skibo Castle – which is now a luxury hotel/retreat known as the Carnegie Club
- Spinningdale
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Famous quotes containing the word tourism:
“In the middle ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.”
—Robert Runcie (b. 1921)