Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
01859-530485;
www.freewebs.com/vanvon
;
Liceasto; tent sites per adult/child £12/6,
yurts £70)
Remote and rustic campsite on an old croft, with pitches set among heather and
outcrops with chickens running wild. Campers can use a communal kitchen/lounge in a
converted blackhouse, and there's a yurt with double futon and gas stove (no electricity).
Bus W13 from Tarbert to Leverburgh stops at the entrance.
Skoon Art Café£
(
01859-530268;
www.skoon.com
; Geocrab; mains £4-7; 10am-4.30pm Tue-Sat
Mar-Oct, noon-4pm Wed-Sat Nov-22 Dec, lunch served 11am-4pm)
Set halfway along the
Golden Road, this neat little art gallery doubles as an excellent cafe serving delicious
homemade soups, sandwiches, cakes and desserts (try the marmalade and ginger cake).
CAFE
Getting There & Around
A
CalMac
(
www.calmac.co.uk
)
car ferry zigzags through the reefs of the Sound of Harris
from Leverburgh to Berneray (pedestrian/car £6.95/31.50, 1¼ hours, three or four daily
Monday to Saturday).
There are two to four buses a day (except Sunday) from Tarbert to Leverburgh; W10
takes the main road along the west coast, while W13 winds along the Golden Road on the
east.
Berneray (Bearnaraigh)
POP 140
Berneray was linked to North Uist by a causeway in 1998, but that hasn't altered the
peace and beauty of the island. The
beaches
on its west coast are some of the most un-
spoilt in Britain, and seals and otters can be seen in Bays Loch on the east coast.
The basic but atmospheric
Gatliff Hostel
(
www.gatliff.org.uk
;
dm adult/child £12/7,
camping per person £7)
, housed in a pair of restored blackhouses right by the sea, is the
place to stay. You can camp outside, or on the grass above the gorgeous beach just to the
north.
In summer snacks are available at the
Lobster Pot
(
9am-5.30pm Mon-Sat)
, the
tearoom attached to Ardmarree Stores (a grocery shop near the causeway). The
Nurse's
Cottage
(
www.isleofberneray.com
;
11am-3pm Mon-Fri Jun-Aug)
provides tourist in-
formation.
Bus W19 runs from Berneray (Gatliff Hostel and Harris ferry) to Lochmaddy (30
minutes, six daily Monday to Saturday). There are ferries to Leverburgh (Harris).
