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Port Ellen

Photo of Port Ellen, a village in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.

Port Ellen

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Port Ellen

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One of Islay’s two ferry ports, Port Ellen takes the CalMac boat from Kennacraig on the mainland. It’s the way in for the island’s famous south-coast distilleries - Laphroaig, Lagavulin and Ardbeg all lie a short way east along the road, close enough to walk between. A working port rather than a pretty one, but the natural launchpad for a peaty pilgrimage.

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Photo of Laphroaig Distillery, a distillery near Port Ellen, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Laphroaig Distillery

Distillery near Port Ellen

Famous medicinal-peaty Islay distillery where visitors can claim a lifetime lease on a square foot of the island.

1.7 km E

Photo of Lagavulin Distillery, a distillery near Port Ellen, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Lagavulin Distillery

Distillery near Port Ellen

Whitewashed south-coast Islay distillery producing a deep, smoky single malt, overlooking Dunyvaig Castle.

3.4 km E

Photo of The Oa, a nature reserve near Port Ellen, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

The Oa

Nature reserve near Port Ellen

Wild sea-cliff peninsula and RSPB reserve on south Islay, crowned by the American Monument to WWI shipwrecks.

6.6 km W

Photo of Laggan Bay, a beach near Bowmore, Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Laggan Bay

Beach near Bowmore

Seven-mile arc of Atlantic sand, the 'Big Strand', running along Islay's western shore behind the dunes.

10.6 km NW

Photo of Bowmore Distillery, a distillery in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Bowmore Distillery

Distillery near Bowmore

Islay's oldest distillery on the shore of Loch Indaal, with a No.1 Vaults warehouse below the tide line.

15.7 km NW

Photo of Bowmore, a village in Argyll and Bute, the Scottish Highlands and Islands.Highlight

Bowmore

Village

Islay's Georgian capital, laid out around its distinctive round church and namesake distillery.

15.7 km NW · Argyll and Bute