Western Isles Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities Guide

recommended places to visit and things to do in the Western Isles


  • something different!
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  • family-friendly
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  • free admission
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  • open year round
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  • café
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  • virtual tours
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  • shop
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  • art
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  • film
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  • photography
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  • theatre

with art gallery, theatre, cinema and restaurant, this is a good source of information on cultural events

  • nature reserve
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  • family-friendly
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  • free admission
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  • seasonal opening
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  • guided tours
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  • visitor centre
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  • nature
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  • walking
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  • wildlife

stunning Hebridean nature reserve with sweeping sandy beaches, a rocky foreshore, wild marshes and sculpted sand dunes

  • archeological site
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  • cemetery
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  • free admission
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  • open year round
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  • archeology
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  • history
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  • nature
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  • walking
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  • wildlife

Neolithic burial tomb and stone circle about 5000 years old with a way marked circular path with specatular views

  • nature reserve
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  • free admission
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  • open year round
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  • visitor centre
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  • nature
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  • walking
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  • wildlife

an important breeding ground for dulling, redshank, greylag goos and corncrake with a self guided 5 mile walk through the reserve

  • place of worship
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  • all-weather attraction
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  • free admission
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  • open year round
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  • Historic Scotland
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  • architecture
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  • history
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  • local history
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  • religion

16th Century construction with many fine tombs and a fine depiction of a traditional longboat