Thurso
Surf and kayak town · UK
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Beds: 28 places
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28 places to stay within 2 km, 2 of them campsites.
Budget 2-star · Booking.com£80 a night
Mid-range 3-star · Booking.com£95 a night
Luxury 4-star · Booking.com£120 a night
Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.
Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).
All 28 places to stay · Booking.comSpots near here: 10 places in 2 sports
Surf · this week
Brimms Ness · 13 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreDunnet Bay · 19 min by car · stays in Dunnet · Not for beginners
–, no scoreMelvich · 30 min by car · stays in Melvich · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSandside · 23 min by car · stays in Melvich · Not for beginners
–, no scoreSewer Pipe · 1 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreThe Bowl · 13 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no scoreThe spur · 13 min by car · stays in Dunnet · Not for beginners
–, no scoreThurso beach · 8 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
All 9 surf spots
Thurso East · 3 min by car · Not for beginners
–, no score
Kayak · this week
Thurso · 20.2 km · stays here
58 out of 100
Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Thurso.
Places to eat
6 near Thurso
Places to eat near Thurso
- BydandScottish · in the centre
- T's CafeSri lankan · in the centre
- Empire Chinese Take AwayChinese · 0.1 km from the centre
- Spice TandooriIndian · 0.1 km from the centre
- Charlie ChanChinese · 0.2 km from the centre
- Thurso Best KebabDoner kebab · 0.3 km from the centre
Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits
Map
the town and every place near it
Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for beginners: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 30 km from Thurso.
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Photos of Thurso
About Thurso
where it is, what is near
Thurso is a town in Highland, United Kingdom.
From Thurso you can reach 9 surf spots and 1 kayak spot.
The nearest is Sewer Pipe, a surf spot 0.2 km from the centre.
Overture lists 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.
The nearest airport is Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC), 29 km away.
In Highland · Scotland · United Kingdom
- 28 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
- Nearest airports: Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC), 29 km, Kirkwall Airport (KOI), 54 km, Eday Airport (EOI), 79 km
Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.
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