Port Charlotte Hotel

The Port Charlotte Hotel has been completely restored to provide the discerning guest with high-class modern facilities in the original delightful Victorian surroundings.

Port Charlotte is an attractive conservation village built of whitewashed stone around 1830, on the west shore of Loch Indaal.

A large comfortable conservatory opens out into the garden which in turn leads down to a sandy beach.

The residents' lounge and public bar feature open fires where guests can unwind with convivial company.

Most bedrooms enjoy lovely sea views and all are tastefully decorated and furnished with antiques.

All guest bedrooms have:

• Luxury en-suite bathrooms with bath and shower
• Direct dial telephone
• Colour television
• Hairdryer
• Tea and coffee making facilities

Cots and baby monitoring facilities are available. There is also a 24 hour staff call, and access for wheelchairs.

The central theme of the restaurant is local produce, freshly prepared to order and served in elegant surroundings.

The dinner menu is a la carte and changes regularly - you can expect beef and lamb from local farms to feature, or game from the nearby island estates.

Also frequently on the menu are scallops, lobsters and prawns, fresh from the Islay fishing fleet.

Quality vegetarian meals are always available, as are a selection of fine wines from around the world.

Packed lunches are available on request.

The public bar serves excellent bar lunches and evening bar meals and has some of the finest malt whiskies in the world for you to sample.

The Port Charlotte Hotel is recommended in the Michelin and Good Food Guide and highly rated in The Best of Scotland Guide. The hotel is also a must for lovers of Scottish art and traditional music.

Islay is the most southerly island of the Inner Hebrides and can be reached by car ferry from Kennacraig on Kintyre [2 hour journey, booking required].

British Airways provide 2 scheduled flights each weekday and 1 flight on Saturday, from Glasgow Airport to Islay.

For those travelling without a vehicle, the hotel will arrange to collect you from the ferry terminal or airport - this service is free of charge to guests staying 3 or more nights [up to 4 passengers].

From the garden you can walk down to the sandy beach from where you can explore the myriad of rockpools or take a stroll around the bay to the lighthouse.

You could take a day trip on the ferry to the neighbouring island of Jura where 5000 red deer roam the magnificent mountainous 'paps'

Losing a day on lovely Colonsay is also highly recommended, where time seems to have stopped altogether.

Islay is a bird watcher's paradise. The RSPB Visitor Centre on Loch Gruinart provides closed circuit TV viewing and is well worth a visit. The Port Charlotte Hotel can also arrange guided bird watching walks - ask for details.

The island has 7 operational whisky distilleries to visit as well as the award winning Museum of Islay Life, the Field Centre and the Islay Woolen Mill.

Local facilities include car hire, pony trekking, an 18 hole links golf course and loch fishing with boat hire.

To make a reservation you will be asked for a 25% deposit payable at the time of booking. Persons making a booking within 7 days of arrival will be required to pay their booking in full. Cancellation of confirmed contracts - where the hotel is unable to re-let the accommodation - will incur the following cancellation charges:
>More than 30 days prior to arrival - initial deposit
>30-14 days prior to arrival - 50% of contract value
>Less than 14 days prior to arrival - 100% of contract value
The Port Charlotte Hotel recommends that you take out holiday cancellation insurance.

Smoking is not permitted anywhere in the hotel building.

Children welcome.
Pets welcome [not allowed in public areas].