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Bunnahabhain pier and Sgarbh Breac, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a distillery pier with a coastline stretching out into the distance behind, a small hill in the centre
Bunnahabhain pier and Sgarbh Breac, Isle of Islay

A view across Bunnahabhain Bay from outside the distillery, looking over the pier to the north of Islay. Sgarbh Breac, this highest hill in the area at 364m, just left of centre.

Bunnahabhain view from the veranda, Isle of Islay

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Panoramic pictures of a view from a visitor centre veranda over a sound between two islands
Bunnahabhain view from the veranda, Isle of Islay

A panoramic view from the veranda of the Bunnahabhain distillery visitor centre over the bay and the Sound of Islay. On a clearer day you see Colonsay and Mull in the far distance, during this visit in April it was too hazy to see them. Still, a nice view of the Paps of Jura on the right.

Snow capped Ben More on Mull seen from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a snow capped mountain seen across the sea from a sound between two islands, a small lighthouse on the shore
Snow capped Ben More on Mull seen from the Sound of Islay

A view from the ferry approaching Port Askaig in the Sound of Islay on an April evening. A snow capped Ben More on Mull in the distance. In the foreground Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse on Islay’s neighbour Jura.