Tiree Links - Tiree Things to See & Do - Windsurfing Links

Accommodation on Tiree is plentiful. There are two hotels, the Tiree Lodge Hotel and the Scarinish Hotel. There are numerous B&B's, cottages to rent and guest houses. If you prefer to take self catering further still, free camping is permitted. Just make sure you are well pegged-down in the windy season.

          Accommodation

• The Tiree Lodge Hotel, Gott Bay, The Island of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland, PA77 6TW.
• Telephone 01879 220368, Fax 01879 220884

• Kirkapol Guest House, Gott Bay, The Island of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland, PA77 6TW.
• Telephone 01879 220729, Fax 01879 220729
• The Glassary Guest House and Restaurant, Sandaig, The Island of Tiree, Argyll, Scotland, PA77 6QX
• Telephone 01879 220684
• The Scarinish Hotel
• Telephone 01879 220308, Fax: 01879 220410

• Links to other sites on the web offering accommodation on Tiree.

 
Transport
There are two ways to get to Tiree. By sea or by air. The CalMac ferry leaves from Oban four or five times per week, weather permitting and takes four and a quarter hours. The current summer season ferry is the MV Clansman and the winter season ferry is the MV Lord of the Isles. There is a single flight every day except Sunday from Glasgow airport - it's a small plane with minimal luggage capacity, so don't plan on flying out with your windsurfing gear.

Things to do on Tiree

Apart from the obvious, the following is a non-exclusive list of some of the things you can do on Tiree:

• Walking
• Beachcombing
• Fishing
• Snorkling
• Dun Hunting
• Crannog Hunting
• Drinking
• Cycling/'Mountain' biking
• Birdwatching
• Sightseeing - Signalling Tower, Flushing Harbour/Dry Dock, Ringing Stone, Burial Grounds, Ruins, Golf Ball, etc, etc
• Museums - The Signalling Tower Museum at Hynish,  The Thatched Cottage Museum at Sandaig and An Iodhlann in Scarinish
• Pony Trekking. Contact Jane Isaacson, Atlantic Trekking on 01879 220881.
• Clay Pigeon Shooting
• Sailing (Loch)
• Learn to Windsurf
• Learn to Kitesurf
• Traction Kiting
• Golf - 9 holes at Vaul like you've never seen before
• Local Pottery at Baugh, now with adjoining Cafe.


Island Links
• www.isleoftiree.com - The Isle of Tiree Community Web Site
• An Iodhlann- The Tiree Community Website and the starting point for those tracing their genealogical links back to Tiree.
• Elaine Williams Tiree history tour.
• Gordon Scott's (former editor of the Isle of Tiree Online News) Tiree Blog Spot.
  
• Isle of Tiree online
  
• Andy Fairie's website about the Policing of Tiree.
• Blue Beyond - Colin & Susan Woodcock's Studio and Gallery at Balemartine.


Windsurfing Links

• Real-time wave height, wind speed and direction, sea temperature etc from buoys off the West Coast.
• North Atlantic Wave Height, Period & Direction Forecast
• The Shipping Forecast Map
• Caledonian Windsurfing Club
• Dave Cheeseman's Windsurfing Pages
• Allan Pattison's Windsurfing Pages
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LAST UPDATED 28 JUNE 2006