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Port Charlotte Islay Local Information  
 Activities in the area
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Local Attractions

Eating Out:

  • Croft Kitchen (2 minutes)
  • Port Charlotte Hotel (2 minutes)
  • Lochindaal Hotel (4 minutes)

Don’t Miss:

  • Superb Beaches
  • The Museum of Islay Life (5 mins)
  • Wildlife Centre (in the Hostel)
  • RSPB Loch Gruinart Nature Reserve (11 miles)
  • Leisure centre and indoor pool (Bowmore, 11 miles)
  • Round Church (Bowmore, 11 miles)
  • Kildalton Chapel and Cross (30 miles)
  • Wave power electricity generating station (8 miles)
  • Bruichladdich Whisky Distillery (1.5 miles)
  • Six additional world class whisky distilleries inc. Laphroaig and Ardbeg (11 - 25 miles)

Nightlife:

  • Folk Singing & Traditional Music


Travel Directions

Click here for map showing the Hostel's location

By Bus:

Bus leaves from Port Askaig and Port Ellen Ferry Terminal  (Last Bus 5pm) to Port Charlotte. No bus service on Sundays.

By Car:

From Port Askaig or Port Ellen Ferry Terminal, take the A846 to Bridgend. At this junction take the A842 to Port Charlotte.

On Foot:

The bus stops outside the hostel gate in the village of Port Charlotte.

By Ferry:

Daily ferry service (inc. Sundays) from Kennacraig on the Kintyre Peninsula (on the A83 Glasgow to Campbeltown road). Ferry from Oban (via Colonsay) on a Wednesday only.