Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
An Lanntair Art Centre Caf飣
(Kenneth St; mains lunch £6-10, dinner £8-16; cafe 10am-late, lunch & dinner Mon-
Sat; )
The stylish and family-friendly restaurant at the art centre serves a broad range
of freshly prepared dishes, from tasty bacon rolls at breakfast to burgers, baguettes or fish
and chips for lunch, and Thai curry, beef-and-Guinness pie or nut roast for dinner.
BISTRO
THAI
Thai Café£
(
01851-701811;
www.thai-cafe-stornoway.co.uk
; 27 Church St; mains £5-8;
noon-2.30pm & 5.30-11pm Mon-Sat)
Here's a surprise - authentic, inexpensive Thai food
in the heart of Stornoway. This spick-and-span little restaurant has a genuine Thai chef
and serves some of the most delicious, best-value Asian food in the Hebrides. If you can't
get a table, it does takeaway.
Information
Baltic Bookshop
(
01851-702802; 8-10 Cromwell St; 9am-5.30pm Mon-Sat)
Good
for local history books and maps.
Sandwick Rd Petrol Station
(
01851-702304; Sandwick Rd)
The only shop in town
that's open on a Sunday (from 10am to 4pm); the Sunday papers arrive around 2pm.
Getting There & Around
The bus station is on the waterfront, next to the ferry terminal (left-luggage desk, 90p per
piece). Bus W10 runs from Stornoway to Tarbert (£4.30, one hour, four or five daily
Monday to Saturday) and Leverburgh (£6, two hours).
The Westside Circular bus W2 runs a circular route from Stornoway through Callanish,
Carloway, Garenin and Arnol; the timetable means you can visit one or two of the sites in
a day.
BUTT OF LEWIS (RUBHA ROBHANAIS)
The Butt of Lewis (no snickering, please) - the extreme northern tip of the Hebrides - is
windswept and rugged, with a very imposing lighthouse, pounding surf and large colonies
of nesting fulmars on the high cliffs. There's a bleak sense of isolation here, with nothing
but the grey Atlantic between you and Canada.
Just before the turn-off to the Butt at Eoropie (Eoropaidh), you'll find
St Moluag's
Church
(Teampull Mholuidh), an austere, barnlike structure believed to date from the
12th century but still used by the Episcopal Church. The main settlement here is
Port of
Ness
(Port Nis), which has an attractive harbour. To the west of the village is the sandy
