Duart Castle – I had seen this castle about 5 or 6 times now from the ferry. So it was about time to visit. Duart Castle looks over the channel between the Scottish Mainland and the Isle of Mull. The Castle was completely refurbished around the oldest part in 1911 by Sir Fitzroy Maclean. Before […]
Part two of my day in Iona starts with visiting the Abbey of Iona. Iona Abbey was founded by St Columba in 563, but we don´t see a lot of the original buildings. Columba’s monastery survived until the end of the 12th century, despite repeated Viking raids. It was one of the oldest Christian religious […]
Welcome to the Isle of Iona! It just takes a few minutes on the boat to cross from the Isle of Mull to Iona. After leaving the jetty, there is information about the island right away. I just started walking along the main road, letting it take me somewhere. It took me to the Iona […]