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Extract from the Port Ellen Travel Guides:
Laid out as a planned village in 1821 by Walter Frederick Campbell, and named after his wife,
PORT ELLEN
is the chief port on Islay, with the island's largest fishing fleet, and main CalMac ferry terminal. The neat whitewashed terraces of Frederick Crescent, which overlook the town's bay of golden sand, are pretty enough, but the strand to the north, up Charlotte Street, is dominated by the modern maltings, on the Bowmore road, whose powerful odours waft across the town. For
accommodation
in Port Ellen itself, the best place is
Tighcargaman
(tel 01496/302345; under 40), a pottery set back from th...
read the whole Port Ellen Travel Guides...
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