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About TobermoryTobermory was built as a fishing port in the late 18th century and is now the main village on Mull. It is a picture-postcard of a place with the brightly painted buildings along the pier and the high wooded hills surrounding the bay. The village has a good variety of shops, hotels, and other accommodation as well as being the administrative centre for the island. The harbour is always busy with fishing boats, yachts and the ferry to and from Kilchoan during the summer months. |
"Ptarmigan House" Laura MacKay 01688 302304
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| No visit to Tobermory is complete without a visit to the Tobermory (Ledaig) Distillery established in 1823 and which produces one million litres of fine whisky every year. Adults pay a modest price for the popular guided tour whilst children can accompany their guardians free of charge. The smells alone that you will savour are tempting enough but adults also receive a tot of Mull’s ‘liquid gold’ at the end of the tour. The distillery uses un-peated malted barley, this is because the island’s water is naturally peaty. The distillery has its own private loch high in the hills and the water draws a glorious flavour from the land through which it runs. | ||
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There is reputed to be the wreck
of a Spanish galleon somewhere in the mud at the bottom of the bay. The
ship was part of the defeated Armada of 1588 and was fleeing the English
fleet when she anchored in Tobermory to take on provisions. Following a
dispute over payment the ship caught fire which caused the gunpowder to
explode. She was supposed to have been carrying millions of gold coins
when she went to the bottom but no-one has ever managed to find any sign
of the ship or the treasure. Tobermory is at the northern end of the Isle of Mull and has a ferry link over to the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Normally, however, visitors travel to the island via Oban or Lochaline and drive up the island to Tobermory. To find out more about Tobermory, go to the Tobermory website [Holiday Mull] [Tobermory] [Mull Web Directory] [Island links] |
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