📌 Village on the Isle of Islay
★★
Portnahaven is the main village at the end of a long, single-track road from Port Charlotte. It’s a tiny place with no specific tourist attractions, but you come here for peace and quiet coupled with beautiful seascapes. The setting is spectacular, with whitewashed houses strung around a horseshoe bay and bobbing seals watching life on land from a safe distance. For sustenance, An Tigh Seinnse has an end-of-the-world feel but does surprisingly good food, justifying its excellent online reviews. Half a mile around the coast, Port Wemyss is even quieter, with good views of uninhabited Orsay and its lighthouse, along with an attractive, windswept garden by the water’s edge.
🌍 Location
📌 Isle of Islay
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NR 166522
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 55.680018,-6.509264
🚌 Perhaps surprisingly, there’s a reasonable bus service from Bowmore & Port Ellen.
