"Just Back from Islay!" Top 5 Page for this destination Islay by shrimp56

Islay Travel Guide: 59 reviews and 150 photos

Port Charlotte, Islay

Pictures and a report will be coming shortly:)

The Bowmore Round Church

Caol Ila Distillery

Pros and Cons

Pros:scenery, sheep, single malts, historic sites
Cons:rain, sheep
In a nutshell:A perfect island rain or not!

Last visit to Islay: Sep 2002
Intro Written Sep 17, 2002
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Reviews (21)

A sampling .. Shopping (4)

It was an awful lot of fun to compare the different distilleries, including a few that are no longer active, such as... more travel advice

Whisky, of course:) Shopping (4)

How could I forget? You can get the Islay single malts almost anywhere they have a store:) What's fun is you can buy... more travel advice

Wade through the bog and into the ditch! - Islay

Wade through the bog and into the ditch! Off The Beaten Path (2)

This is a one of the three stones standing in a modest stone circle in the Rhinns area of Islay. The title is how we got... more travel advice

A church with a view Things to Do (8)

There are three major remains of old churches in Islay. This is Kilnave on Loch Guinart . It's graveyard contains an old... more travel advice

Restaurants (3)
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tini58de Oct 2, 2007 at 11:05 AM

While sipping on a glass of Islay whiskey night before last, Heinz and I made plans to go there one day! Love that stuff!! We might even be going next year....
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mtncorg May 12, 2007 at 6:07 PM

I have vicarously returned to an island from before the Diaspora! Maybe a more literal return is in order? ;-\
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budapest8 Feb 12, 2006 at 8:07 PM

Gr8 tips! I spent a magic ten days here as a child and remember it well. `Islay Mist` has gotta be 1 of the best single malt whiskies in the world. Glad u didn`t write about the Hebredes Ferries like yr QE2 for Southampton page.
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skywalkerbeth Feb 15, 2005 at 5:42 PM

pottery... mmmm, arrrr... drool
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iandsmith Nov 23, 2004 at 10:21 AM

Well, was your camera allright? Nice pics and interesting info.
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elgin99 Nov 20, 2004 at 9:04 AM

I would like to stay there. Nice tour and beautiful pictures, Sally. BTW, Ardbeg is my favourite whisky, of course the17 years old one!
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prleprle Jan 23, 2004 at 11:56 AM

That pottery looks so beautifull... and interesting way of shoping also! I see that your camera alright after that incident in the ditch ;-) Great page!
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craic Dec 20, 2003 at 10:26 PM

Lovely page but looking for stuff about Jura. Did you get there?
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margaretvn Nov 23, 2003 at 5:34 AM

good page and nothing like a wee dram of Laphroaig
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globetrott Oct 15, 2003 at 4:22 PM

An excellent & great pics ! I hope to visit this island one day !