Glasgowtrip

Check with British Airline. They have flights to & from Glasgow & Islay.See link below.

It may suit you more to hire a car ( Scotland's not that big ) . But be aware the bridge from the mainland to Islay has a toll booth. The upside is that you get to those wonderful Islay distilleries. Rob

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Are you not thinking of Skye?

It takes the ferry from Kennacraig on the mainland about an hour to Pt Ellen. There isnae a bridge.

You could try the Auchentoshan distillery on the road to Dumbarton. I think it has a visitor centre. I have sometimes heard it being called Glasgow's whisky.

There are quite a few distilleries within striking distance of Glasgow, have a look at Jackson's book.

Flying takes about an hour with Loganair.

If you did hire a car you would make Kennacraig in about 2.5 to 3.5 hours, stopping in Loch Fyne Whiskies in Inveraray on the way. Excellent shop, extremely friendly and enthusiastic staff. The George across the road used to be a good place for grub. You would probably have to make it an overnighter in Islay not that would be an imposition.

Greetings from Malmo, Sweden

We did a similar trip just a month ago. We visited both Islay and Glasgow and as you might tell from the pictures and video on our web site we had a great time and a lot of fun. I'm sure you will to! Check out our web site at:

Regards!

Robert

You can hire a car very cheap at Glasgow.

Peace,

Jock

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Have they built a bridge between the mainland and Islay in the last two months? I'm afraid you're confusing Slye (accessible via a bridge, with a toll booth) with Islay - accessible only by air or by ferry from Kennacraig on Kintyre. Or from Oban, but that's further north. A drive from Glasgow to Kennacraig shouldn't take more than 2.5 hours (if I remember correctly), and the ferry crossing is another 2 hours. Which means, you have to make a day out of it, or - even better - stay overnight on Islay.

Cheers, Rajmund

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I really wouldn't suggest trying to drive over the bridge unless you've had several Large drams first :-)

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There's no bridge to Islay, but a ferry connection. It takes about 90 punds for a car and 2 passengers. The bridge you mean is on Skye (7 pounds).

Andreas

I would recommend taking the two small ferries between Glasgow and Kennacraig before taking the longer one to Islay.

Thanks everybody for all the suggestions. This is quite interesting for our Bodem Society as well. Next year we will organize a trip that looks suspiciously similar to what here is opted.

Julian Bodem Society