Travel
How to get to the Western Isles
By air to Stornoway Airport :
- Flybe operate flights to/from Stornoway, Barra, Benbecula, Inverness, Glasgow, London and other destinations Monday - Saturday. Limited Sunday flights.
- Highland Airways operate an 18-seater Island Hopper service linking Glasgow and Inverness with Stornoway and Benbecula (Monday-Saturday).
- Eastern Airways will operate between Aberdeen and Stornoway (Monday-Friday).
Facilities at the airport include car hire, taxis, refreshments and wireless Internet access via BT OpenZone.
Vehicle ferry:
During the summer, a ferry sails from Ullapool on the mainland to Stornoway 2 or 3 times a day. The service is slightly reduced during the winter. Journey time: 2 hours 40 minutes. Vehicle reservation required.
The official Caledonian Macbrayne website lists the current timetables in detail.
Although treated as two separate islands with distinct characteristics, Harris and Lewis form a single landmass. This means you can drive from one to the other. The main road between Stornoway (Lewis) and Tarbert (Harris) is 37 miles which takes about an hour by car or bus.
(Based on an extract from The Internet Guide To Scotland (Western Isles) )
