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Market town, Royal burgh, and Parish in Scotland
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Tain is a town in Easter Ross in the Scottish Highlands, with a population of 3570 in 2020. It's on the coast 40 miles north of Inverness on the A9 and the railway line to Thurso. In Gaelic it's Baile Dhubhthaich, the town of St Duthus. It mostly grew up in Victorian times and has changed little since then. Its main attraction for visitors is the Glenmorangie distillery.
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Volunteer-run museum in a former church.
This distillery (say "Glen-MORR-anjee", not "Glenmorr-ANJEE") produces 6 million litres of Scotch whisky per year, sold as single malt and not blended. (Their blend Glen Moray was hived off in 2009.) It's one of the smoothest of single malts, so if you find classic Speyside whiskies a tad heavy then do try this. Limited numbers for tours so booking is recommended. In April the distillery goes offline for maintenance: limited tours are still available. The firm also runs Ardbeg distillery on Islay.
Great reviews for this restaurant in the old station building.
Open all year, this has static caravans and pitches for visiting caravans and tents.
Trad town centre 3-star hotel with 25 rooms. Pet friendly. With restaurant, lunch dinner & Sunday carvery.
Victorian mansion with 26 rooms north end of town.
Comfy spacious Victorian mansion with a few cod-castellations.
By train: Six trains run M-Sa from Inverness, taking 70-80 min via Dingwall, Alness, Invergordon and Fearn.
Read in the guideYou can walk between town and distillery. That's probably a good plan all round.
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