| dining options include a warm restaurant with garden views and scottish cuisine, and a cafe bar with pub-style dishes and a wood-burning stove. there's also free on-site parking, bank fishing and boat rentals for fishing on the estate's lochs. a vibrant lounge with tartan carpet has a log fireplace and a bar. 8 miles from the bowmore distillery, this refined hotel in a 19th-century building is 7. 5 miles from the museum of islay life. check-in time: 3:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:30 am. the 11 bright, polished rooms feature en suite bathrooms, tea and coffeemaking facilities, free wi-fi and flat-screens. surrounded by trees along the a846 and 2. a lone family suite offers bunk beds
Islay Airport 15 min
Finlaggan (13 min)
Ruins and history Kilarrow Church (6 min) Kilchoman Distillery (18 min)
Distillery tours detailing the malt whisky-making process, including traditional floor malting. Laphroaig Distillery (22 min)
Whisky-making guided tours at distillery with Royal Warrant, plus water source walks and tastings. RSPB Loch Gruinart, Islay (12 min) The Museum of Islay Life (13 min) Caol Ila Distillery (12 min)
Waterside whisky distillery open in summer for tours of the still and barrel rooms, plus tastings. Lagavulin Distillery (23 min)
Tours of one of Scotland's most photographed distilleries available only during the summer. Paps of Jura (57 min)
Climbing and mountain Bowmore Distillery (6 min)
Tours detailing history and whisky production of Islay's oldest distillery, plus tasting sessions. Ardbeg Distillery Ltd (25 min)
Guided tours with tasting sessions and water source walks, of 19th-century malt whisky distillery. Isle of Jura Distillery Co (52 min)
Guided tours of striking island whisky distillery founded in 1810 and completely renovated in 1963. | 
