With modern air and ferry transport visiting the Outer Hebrides has never been easier. You can fly into Stornaway from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness in less than an hour and from London in less than three hours. It is both easy and enjoyable with good airport facilities at all airports and magnificent scenery from your bird’s eye view from the plane.

Ferry access is also easy with links from Oban, Mallaig, Uig on Skye and Ullapool to Castlebay on Barra in the south, Lochboisdale on South Uist, Lochmaddy on North Uist, Tarbet on Harris and Stornaway on Lewis. Once on the islands cars bikes and buses are all available to help you get around. Most main islands are linked directly by road over a bridge or causeway and those that are not, are linked by regular and efficient ferries. Transport really couldn’t be easier and with the recent addition of Sunday flights into Stornaway the flexibility to travel is even easier.

Route planning can be arranged through the Tourist Information Service or through the transport operators themselves. Full up to date details are available on www.VisitHebrides.com. If you want more discursive information click here.

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