Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
the Shieling Holidays entrance, and
Dee-Emm B&B
(
01680-812440;
www.dee-
nphort.
TOBERMORY
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Tobermory, the island's main town, is a picturesque little fishing port and yachting centre
with brightly painted houses arranged around a sheltered harbour, with a grid-patterned
'upper town'. The village was the setting for the children's TV program
Balamory
, and
while the series stopped filming in 2005 regular repeats mean that the town still swarms in
summer with toddlers towing parents around looking for their favourite TV characters
(frazzled parents can get a
Balamory
booklet from the tourist offices in Oban and Tober-
mory).
Sights & Activities
The Hebridean Whale & Dolphin Trust's
Marine Discovery Centre
(
01688-302620;
www.whaledolphintrust.co.uk
;
28 Main St; admission free; 10am-5pm Mon-Fri,
11am-4pm Sun Apr-Oct, 11am-5pm Mon-Fri Nov-Mar)
has displays, videos and interact-
ive exhibits on whale and dolphin biology and ecology, and is a great place for kids to
learn about sea mammals. It also provides information about volunteering and reporting
sightings of whales and dolphins.
Sea Life Surveys (
Click here
)
, based in the harbour building beside the main car park,
runs whale-watching boat trips out of Tobermory harbour. At the time of research, the har-
bour building was undergoing reconstruction to house a new
marine education centre
,
with live tanks and interactive displays on fishing, fish-farming, diving and whale-watch-
ing.
Places to go on a rainy day include
Mull Museum
(
01688-302603;
www.mullmuseum.org.uk
;
Main St; admission by donation; 10am-4pm Mon-Fri
Easter-Oct)
, which records the history of the island. There are interesting exhibits on
crofting, and on the
Tobermory Galleon
, a ship from the Spanish Armada that sank in
Tobermory Bay in 1588 and has been the object of treasure seekers ever since.
There's also
An Tobar Arts Centre
(
01688-302211;
www.antobar.co.uk
; Argyll
Tce; admission free; 10am-5pm Mon-Sat May-Sep, plus 2-5pm Sun Jul & Aug,
10am-4pm Tue-Sat Oct-Apr)
, an art gallery and exhibition space with a good vegetarian-
friendly cafe and the tiny
Tobermory Distillery
(
01688-302647;
