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Sights & Activities
MUSEUM OF THE ISLES
( 01471-844305;
www.clandonald.com
; adult/child £6.95/4.95; 9.30am-5.30pm Apr-Oct)
Just
along the road from the ferry pier is the part-ruined
Armadale Castle
, former seat of
Lord MacDonald of Sleat. The neighbouring museum will tell you all you ever wanted to
know about Clan Donald, as well as providing an easily digestable history of the Lordship
of the Isles.
Prize exhibits include rare portraits of clan chiefs, and a wine glass that was once used
by Bonnie Prince Charlie. The ticket also gives admission to the lovely
castle gardens
.
| Museum
| Gallery
AIRD OLD CHURCH GALLERY
( 01471-844291;
www.airdoldchurchgallery.co.uk
; Aird; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat Easter-Sep)
At the
end of the narrow road that leads southwest from Armadale through Ardvasar village, this
small gallery exhibits the powerful landscape paintings of Peter McDermott.
SEA.FARI ADVENTURES
( 01471-833316;
www.whalespotting.co.uk
; adult/child £42/34; Easter-Sep)
Sea.fari runs three-
hour whale-watching cruises in a high-speed RIB. These trips have a high success rate for
spotting minke whales in summer (an average of 180 sightings a year), with rarer sight-
ings of bottlenose dolphins and basking sharks.
| Boat Tour
Isleornsay
This pretty harbour, 8 miles north of Armadale, is opposite Sandaig Bay on the mainland,
where Gavin Maxwell lived and wrote his much-loved memoir
Ring of Bright Water
.
Gallery An Talla Dearg
(admission free; 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, to 4pm Sat & Sun Apr-Oct)
exhib-
its the works of artists who were inspired by Scottish landscapes and culture.
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