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Things to do in Tobermory and north Mull, with how far each is from Main Street, and how to get here.
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Days out
01
The painted fronts that made Balamory famous, the clock tower Isabella Bird paid for in memory of her sister, the distillery founded in 1798 at the south end. Somewhere in the mud of the bay lies a Spanish galleon from 1588; nobody has found its gold.
02
From the ferry slip a path runs along the steep wooded coast to Rubha nan Gall, "Stranger’s Point", the lighthouse David and Thomas Stevenson built in 1857. Watch the CalMac ferries come round the point.
03
Columns of basalt, mostly six-sided, and Fingal’s Cave, which sent Mendelssohn home in 1829 to write the Hebrides overture. Trips to the Treshnish Isles leave from Tobermory too.
04
Puffins come back to the clifftops in late spring to nest in burrows, one egg each. The chicks fledge after about six weeks and the birds head back out to sea.
05
White sand, machair behind it, a river that wanders across the beach as the tide drops. Calgary in Canada is named after it.
06
St Columba came here in 563 and founded the abbey. A small island of about 180 people, worth a whole day.
07
The 13th-century seat of Clan MacLean, on a rock above the Sound of Mull, close to Craignure where the Oban ferry comes in.
08
At 966 metres, the only Munro on Mull and the highest island hill outside Skye. About four hours up from the loch; the summit rock is magnetic, so trust the map over the compass in mist.
09
A waterfall whose name means "waterfall waterfall": eas is Gaelic and fors is Norse.
In the calendar
Last weekend in April
Traditional Music Festival
July
Mull Highland Games
Second Saturday in September
The local Mòd
September
Mull Fiddlers’ Rally
Getting here
The West Highland Line runs from Glasgow to Oban. The station is next to the ferry terminal.
CalMac sails Oban to Craignure up to 10 times a day in summer, 3 to 5 in winter. Book a car space ahead in summer.
Craignure to Tobermory is 22 miles (35 km). Buses run from Craignure, or drive.
The CalMac ferry from Kilchoan, on Ardnamurchan, lands in Tobermory itself, a few minutes from our door.
Two nights is enough for Staffa and the lighthouse path; four lets you add Iona and Calgary Bay.