Experience true Scottish hospitality with Mackays Hotel, Wick

Located in the unspoilt region of Caithness, surrounded with breathtaking coastal views and isolated beaches, sits the wonderful Mackays Hotel. Built in 1833, the hotel has a solid reputation for the highest standard of service and the finest quality cuisine. It boasts a unique combination of period features and simple, stylish touches, fusing 19th Century charm with 21st century convenience.

Each of the 30 rooms in the small, family run hotel is warm, comfortable and inviting. Each offers modern comforts such as a widescreen TV, and free wireless broadband. Taking pride in the personal finishing touches, each guest receives a local area guide – mapped out by the hotel team – and a courtesy local newspaper delivered to the door each morning. Guests with children can request adjoining rooms… or even additional bed space if the young ones have nightmares.

The award winning No 1 Bistro uses only the finest and freshest local ingredients to create Scottish cuisine from a menu that’s regularly changed to reflect the seasons.

Mackays are proud to support Mey Selections – an organisation that promotes quality farm and food products sourced from the North Highlands. A kind of local ‘Fair Trade’ organisation, Mey Selections also ensures a sustainable and profitable future for local farmers, fishermen and food producers. Ingredients are sourced as locally as possible, with fish coming fresh from the boats at Scrabster and meat direct from the Highlands. Open 7 days a week, serving a lunch and dinner menu, No 1 Bistro has become a firm favourite with the locals and visitors alike.

Located in the far north of Scotland, the hotel is the ideal base for all outdoor enthusiasts. It’s situated only 16 miles from John O’Groats – so you can see the northernmost tip of the UK, and cheer on the ragged walkers making it in from Land’s End. Only a short ferry ride away are the Orkney Islands – a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home of Europe’s oldest known settlement, Skara Brae.

Uniquely, the hotel has appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records for the Shortest Street in the World, and was also famously mentioned by Robert Louis Stevenson in his cult novel 'Treasure Island'.

For more information and bookings, log on to Mackayshotel.co.uk.