Before you go
Book hotels early for summer, fill up whenever you can in the far north-west, and use the passing places properly.
Which way round
Anticlockwise from Inverness: the west coast first, finishing on the gentler east side.
When it’s open
Normally open all year, though snow can close it for a day or two.
The route
- Inverness
- Applecross
- Ullapool
- Durness
- John o’ Groats
- Inverness (finish)
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