Stornoway Hebridean Life Tour Experience

Hebridean Life Tours highlight and visit the attractions we believe to be of most interest to our customers. While we have listed many attractions, our clients can determine their preferred stops and mix and match attractions from other tours within distance allowances. Our tours are generally a maximum of 6 hours but with the ability to add hours to enable clients to see more of the islands within their vacation timeframe.

Meeting Point

South Beach

South Beach, Stornoway HS1, UK

At the Town Hall for those being picked up in the Town Centre.

What to expect:

Duration: between 4 hours and 6 hours

Clach an Trushal

HS2 0RG

Known as the Stone of Compassion, this is believed to be the tallest standing stone in Scotland. Above ground it stands at 5.8metres tall, is 1.83 metres wide and at its thickest point is 1.5 metres thick.

5 minutes

Butt of Lewis Lighthouse

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A stop-off at the most north-westerly point in the British Isles. The lighthouse was built by David Stevenson, father of the author of Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson. This area is good for viewing basking sharks and porpoises and has a small beach nearby. The area also holds a Guinness Book of Records for the highest gust recorded in the British Isles at 133.6 miles per hour in 1962

15 minutes

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village Ltd

5A Garenin, Isle of Lewis HS2 9AL, UK

A stop off at the restored Blackhouse Village, comprising a museum highlighting life in the 1800s on Lewis. Watch a video on community life and culture and enjoy seeing a Harris Tweed Weaver at work and a real life peat stack.

45 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Callanish Standing Stones

HS2 9DY

See the stone circle which ages with the Pyramids and older than Stonehenge. Try and make sense of the reason for the stones. Visit the exhibition and enjoy a cup of tea and some cake at the visitor centre.

30 minutes

Lews Castle

Lews Castle Grounds, Stornoway, HS2 0XP

Redeveloped in 2015 to bring the building back to its original state, Lews Castle was built between 1840 and 1860 by Lord and Lady Matheson, as a luxurious dwelling. Sold onto Lord Leverhulme of Unilever, the Castle, grounds, Stornoway and surrounding areas was left to the people of Stornoway in 1924, culminating in the first land owning trust in Scotland being established. The building had a museum added in the redevelopment which houses a rich history of the islands and some of the Lewis Chessmen which were discovered in a sand dune in Uig in 1831. Carved from Walrus Ivory, they are believed to have been brought to Lewis by the Vikings in the 12th Century AD.

30 minutes