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Getting to Islay
Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries, Kennacraig
Tel: +44(0)1880 730253
Online Ferry Timetables,
Caledonian MacBrayne Ferries, Port Ellen
Tel: +44(0)1496-302209
Western Ferries, (Jura ferry)
Tel: +44(0)1496-840681
The Pier, Port Askaig
Air Transport Services
Tel: +44(0)1496-302022
Glenegedale Airport.
Tourist Information Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-810254
Fax: +44(0) 01496-810363
The Square, Bowmore. An excellent place to look for accommodation, leaflets, books and maps.
Places to Visit
Bunnahabhain Distillery
Bowmore Distillery
Tel: +44(0)1496-810671.
Open all year. Tours - weekdays only from 10.00 a.m. Saturday morning tour at 10.30 a.m., May-September. Free guiding and tasting. Facilities for disabled. Gift Shop
Caol Ila Distillery and Visitor Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-840207.
Open all year. Free guided tour and tasting, Monday-Friday by appointment only. Gift Shop.
Carraig Fhada Lighthouse and Farm
Tel: +44(0)1496-302114
Farm open 10.00 a.m.-6.00 p.m.; free admission. Goats, crafts, knitwear, singing sands and beach walks.
C & E Roy
Tel: +44(0)1496-810304
The Celtic House, Bowmore. Excellent bookshop, crafts, gifts.
Dunivaig Castle
Lagavulin. Ruins of medieval castle on top of the earlier fortress of the MacDonald Lords of the Isles.
Dangerous stonework - keep well clear.
Elizabeth Sykes Batiks
Tel: +44(0)1496-850357
Port Charlotte. Original pictures, scarves, etc, hand-dyed. Open daily.
Finlaggan Visitor Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-850273
Finlaggan Cottage. Guided tours of islands while excavations are in progress. Administrative complex of the medieval Lords of the Isles: ruined buildings, grave slabs, chapel.
April: Thursday and Sunday 2.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.
May-September: Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday 2.30 p.m.-5.00 p.m.
October: Sundays only 2.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m. or by appointment.
Golf on Islay
Tel: 01496 302310
Machrie Golf Course and Hotel Located near Port Ellen
Islay Celtic Craft Shop and Gallery
Tel: +44(0)1496-850244
Craigfad. Located two miles past Port Charlotte on the main road to Portnahaven. Original paintings and gift shop.
Islay Creamery Company Ltd
Tel: +44(0)1496-850229
Port Charlotte. Tours by appointment only. Cheese shop.
Islay Field Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-850288
Port Charlotte. Open daily, 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Displays and exhibitions of Islay's wildlife, slide shows, children's corner, quizzes.
Islay Lifeboat Station
Port Askaig. Open Thursdays, May-September, 2.00 p.m.-4.00 p.m. Souvenirs on sale for RNLI.
Islay Woollen Mill Co Ltd
Tel: +44(0)1496-810563
Bridgend. Industrial archaeology, gift shop.
Kildalton Cross and Old Parish Church
Exceptional Early Christian carved wheel-cross, medieval stone effigy of warrior, medieval chapel.
Kintra Outdoor Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-302051
Kintra Farm. Restaurant, accommodation, including hostel, caravan and camping
Lagavulin Distillery and Visitor Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-302250
Open all year. Free guided tour and tasting, Monday-Friday, 9.30 a.m.-5.00 p.m.
Laphroaig Distillery and Visitor Centre
Tel: +44(0)1496-302418
Guided tour and tasting, Monday-Friday, 10.30 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. Telephone for an appointment.
Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve
Tel: +44(0)1496-850505
Aoradh Farm. Visitor Centre, open daily, 10.00 a.m.-5.00 p.m. Farm visits, guided walks, displays, 4,000 acres run by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
MacTaggart Pool
Tel: +44(0)1496-810767
Bowmore. Open Tuesday-Friday, 12.30 p.m.-8.30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10,30 a.m.-5.30 p.m. 25m pool, sauna, sunbed, launderette, swimming classes.
Museum of Islay Life
Tel: +44(0)1496-850358
Port Charlotte. Open daily, Easter-October, Sunday afternoons and by appointment. Award-winning displays of archaeology and island life. Library and archive, including photographs.
Port Charlotte
A picturesque coastal village of whitewashed houses where the street names are still in Gaelic. The Youth Hostel here is combined with a field centre which features a nature library, laboratory, lecture room and exhibitions, housed in the old distillery warehouse.
Port Ellen Pottery
Tel: +44(0)1496-302345
Tighcargaman. Port Ellen. Pottery hand-crafted on the premises.
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Reserve at Gruinart
The reserve's Visitor Centre occupies the north-west quadrant of the island. Converted barns house video cameras and high-power binoculars for visitors use.
Round Church
Bowmore. Building in 1767 - "no corners for the Devil to hide in". Monuments to the Campbell of Shawfield lairds. |
