Directions: Follow the main road towards Port Ellen. After passing Port Ellen Maltings turn right and follow the road to Kintra Farm and Campsite. Here you can park and start your walk on the wild ...

Directions: From Port Ellen drive up the Oa and follow the road all the way to the end. At the T-junction keep left and follow the signposted track (RSPB Nature Reserve) to the parking place. Walk: ...

There are two bus routes on Islay running between 7am and 6pm Monday to Saturday, but not on Sunday. They both stick to the main roads on the island. The 450 service runs between the administrative ...

The Kintyre Express passenger ferry is a great way to explore Scotland and Northern Ireland - at speed. The 12-seater, 13.25 metre Redbay Stormforce 1250 ferry links Campbeltown in Kintyre, ...

Below is a brief guide to each of the nine distilleries. To do them full justice though, why not book a tour and visit them yourself!

Much of Islay is peat. Layer on layer of sphagnum mosses and other vegetation have been rotting away to create the compact black banks of peat used by the whisky industry. Most of Islay’s water is ...

Situated along the shoreline of Bruichladdich, Portbahn is a modern, well insulated three-bedroom house, sleeping eight. Within walking distance of Bruichladdich Distillery and with the pubs and ...

Loch Gruinart (pronounced ‘Groo-nyart') offers stunning views combined with unique wildlife, rare birds and thousands of geese in winter. Park close to the bird hide and take a track through some ...

The Big Strand is the longest (mostly) uninterrupted sandy beach on Islay. Seven miles long, it stretches from Laggan Point in the north to Kintra and the Oa peninsula in the south. The only real ...

The historic Kilnave Chapel and Cross are a ‘secret’ feature of Loch Gruinart; they’re almost invisible from the road and therefore often overlooked. Most visitors to Loch Gruinart end up at the RSPB ...

Loch Gorm is less than a mile from the Atlantic coast, roughly between Machir Bay in the south and Saligo Bay in the west. From Bridgend, the easiest road to get there is the B8018 a mile before ...

The Kildalton parish is medieval in origin. Early documentary records suggest that it dates from c. 1425, but the church building is older still, possibly late 12th or early 13th century. Following ...