Dog-Friendly Guide to Inverness

Dog-Friendly Guide to Inverness

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We visited Inverness in Scotland in January. We can verify everything you've suspected about windy and rainy Scotland, but in January it's even more fun because it's freezing too. On the plus side, we did have most of the tourist attractions to ourselves. However, we were not as keen to leave the comfort of our warm and dry Airbnb to go and venture out to see some of the natural landscapes.
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Coffee & Breakfast

Velocity Café & Bicycle Workshop
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Dog-Friendly and very delicious! Wish we had come here sooner so that we could have kept coming back for more!
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Inverness Coffee Roasting Co
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Stop in and grab the best coffee in town! They were so nice too! Grabbed a cup there, and they ground some fresh beans for me to go as well.
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Café de Paulo Victorian Market
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tables outside, in the market are dog friendly
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The Rendezvous Cafe Inverness
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Not dog-friendly inside. Simple diner with simple fare. I recommend the filled buns!
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XOKO Bakehouse and Coffee Bar
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Not dog-friendly. Elevated cafe fare, with a very good pastry selection and the coffee was pretty good as well. This was a good spot to grab a coffee and pastry to go before driving out to do some sightseeing.
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Dog Friendly Restaurants & Pubs

MacGregor's
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Dog-Friendly! The food was pretty good too! Depends what you order, Nick's chicken burger was a bit disappointing compared to other spots in town. We were also treated with the local bluegrass group that showed up at 8pm to play some tunes.
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Rose Street Foundry
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Dog-Friendly, huge spot with occassional live music and plenty of options on the menu
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Black Isle Bar & Rooms
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Dog-Friendly, and really good pizza! Order at the bar and grab a spot. They also have more covered seating on the patio upstairs.
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Scotch & Rye
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Dog-Friendly and great for a burger and fries (chips)!
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Johnny Foxes
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Highlander
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Dog-friendly and great spot to catch some local, live music!
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The Phoenix Ale House
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Dog-friendly with a friendly atmosphere. Not a very big spot with only a few options on tap.
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Lauders
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Dog-friendly locals establishment with plenty of screens to catch a match.
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Not Dog-Friendly Restaurants

Rocpool
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Fancy Dinner out.
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The Mustard Seed Restaurant
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5pm – 6.45pm £19.95 for 2 courses (Starter & Main)
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Cafe One
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closed on Mondays, but early-bird specials
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The Storehouse
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Breakfast and Lunch 9am - 5pm
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The Allangrange
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Inn and restaurant
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Rajah
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Indian takout
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Cheese & Tomatin
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Not Dog-Friendly and Closed Monday and Tuesdays
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Things to Do

Main Tourist Attractions

Inverness Castle
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In the centre of the city you will find Inverness Castle which is full of local history and the newly built view tower which provides a panoramic view of the city, following down the hill to the Castle Tavern for an afternoon tipple before hitting the High Street & Eastgate shopping center to find some retail therapy.
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The Dores Inn
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Just a short drive away you find yourself within Dores, a small village on the top end of Loch Ness. Take a stroll along the bach while looking for Nessie and find a good hearty meal and dram at Dores Inn.
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CULLODEN BATTLEFIELD AND VISITOR CENTRE
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A wonderfully interesting visitor center showcasing artifacts and re-enactments of the tragic battle.
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Fairy Glen Falls
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A wooded glen with two beautiful waterfalls. Traditionally children would put flowers into the water to ensure that the fairies that lived there kept the water supply clean.
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The Glenmorangie Distillery Co
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Whiskey distillery
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Leakey's Bookshop
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Dog Walks

Daviot Woods Walk Car Park
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Another popular dog walk provides short or longer paths through the woods. Easy circular loop walk through some beautiful moss covered woods. The trail is well marked, wide and roughly paved.
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Muirtown Canal Locks
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Pleasant canal side walk with views of the Kessock Bridge, Dunain Hill. Part of the Great Glen Way.
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Ness Islands
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Wooded Island connected by bridges
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Culloden woods walk
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Popular walk for dogs and families
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Rosemarkie Beach
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Beautiful beach walk with the opportunity to spot the local dolphins and maybe a cheeky ice cream.
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Dores Beach
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Falls of Foyers
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on the south side of Loch Ness, these are one of the most spectacular waterfalls in the Highlands, and a visitor attraction since Victorian times. They even inspired a Robert Burns poem. "Among the heathy hills and ragged woods The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods; Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewles Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide surrounding lours: Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils, And still, below, the horrid cauldron boils-"
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Highland Cows

Bealach na Bà
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One of the best known spots for a guaranteed sighting of free-roaming Highland cows is the minor coastal road called Bealach Na Bà, a historical cow drover’s road running between Applecross and Shieldaig. Do drive carefully!
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Kirkton farm
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As part of the tour you can meet our famous Highland cows, feed our pet sheep Maisy and our two ponies Dolly and Sammy. You will also get the chance to meet our two pygmy goats Harris and Tweed and our five friendly farm dogs! If you are lucky depending on the time of year you may even get to feed a pet lamb!
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Glen Nevis
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The Macallan Estate
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Aikenshill House
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Aberdeenshire Highland Beef
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