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Seashells in Tain

This holiday home is the perfect base for guests who do love to be beside the seaside as there is a beach situated just 50 yards away. .

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This holiday home is the perfect base for guests who do love to be beside the seaside as there is a beach situated just 50 yards away.. Ground Floor: Living room: With 38" Freeview TV, DVD player and CD player. Kitchen/dining room: With electric cooker, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washer/dryer and 26" Freeview TV. Bedroom 1: With kingsize bed. Wet room: With bath, shower, toilet and heated towel rail. Steep stairs to... . First Floor: Bedroom 2: With kingsize bed. Bedroom 3: With twin beds. Shower room: With shower cubcle, toilet and heated towel rail.. Oil central heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi included. Travel cot, highchair and stairgate.. Enclosed mature, lawned garden with sitting-out area, garden furniture and BBQ. Private parking for 2 cars. No smoking. Please note: There are 7 steps and a small drop in the garden. . Seashells is a quintessential seaside cottage, located in the pretty hamlet of Rockfield overlooking the Moray Firth, which is home to the largest school of dolphins in the UK. This charming fisherman’s cottage, set 50 yards from the seashore, has been beautifully decorated throughout and provides bright and spacious accommodation in a truly superb setting. It is ideally located for exploring the whole of the Highland region. The living room is generously proportioned with a former fireplace acting as an attractive focal point. The picture windows drink in the ever-changing views across the firth. There is a large kitchen/dining room which easily accommodates up to six guests. The bathroom/wet room is on the ground floor and has a deep, double ended bath, a shower, and is extremely spacious, and there is also a shower room on the first floor. With three good sized bedrooms, Seashells is ideal for families seeking a good standard of accommodation in a seaside location. It has a delightful enclosed garden from where you can enjoy a family BBQ in the summer, and conveniently boasts private parking for 2 cars immediately outside the cottage. This pretty fishing village owes its very existence to the sea. Built mainly in the 1820s, during the salmon and herring fishing ’boom’, its attractive white washed cottages along the sand and rocky shoreline have been lovingly restored over the years and the village is now a quiet and relaxing backwater that provides an ideal base for visitors to enjoy its quiet charm. There are lovely walks along the shoreline which extend around the coastline to neighbouring seaboard villages direct from the cottage. Sea fishing is also possible directly off the pier, which is 100 yards from Seashells. The nearby village of Portmahomack, 1½ miles away, has a superb, sweeping, sandy beach with stunning views to the Sutherland mountains beyond. The village also boasts a shop, café, bistro, the highly acclaimed seafood restaurant and a lovely traditional links golf course which is open to visitors. This area is also renowned for its archaeological sites and at the nearby Tarbet Discovery Centre, there is a fascinating display of Pictish, Norse and medieval artefacts. Ten minutes’ drive away lies the oldest Royal Burgh of Scotland, Tain. Predominantly built in local mellow sandstone it is a charming historic town and offers an excellent selection of small shops, supermarkets, restaurants, cafés and pubs, as well as a wide variety of sporting and recreational facilities to include tennis courts, golf club, bowls club, public gardens and interesting local museum, all of which are available to visitors. Beach 50 yards. Shop, pub and restaurant 1½ miles. Free WiFi

7-Day Forecast

Make the most of your holiday by considering the weather! The 7-day weather forecast for Tain is detailed below.

Thu 21st Rain and snow 6°C 2°C 25mph 4.9mm 993mb
Fri 22nd Rain and snow 3°C 1°C 17mph 2.2mm 1,004mb
Sat 23rd Moderate rain 7°C 1°C 36mph 8.9mm 994mb
Sun 24th Light rain 13°C 5°C 28mph 0.5mm 979mb
Mon 25th Moderate rain 10°C 8°C 36mph 3.7mm 976mb
Tue 26th Light rain 8°C 7°C 22mph 0.7mm 999mb
Wed 27th Moderate rain 8°C 6°C 21mph 5.7mm 1,007mb

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