Port Askaig

Family-run inn on Sound of Islay shore overlooking ferry pier; snug, tartan-carpeted bar with good range of malt whiskies and local bottled ales, popular food using some home-grown produce, neat sea-view restaurant and traditional first-floor residents' lounge; regular live music; dogs welcome in bar, plenty of picnic-sets on waterside grass, 11 neat bedrooms and self-catering annexe, open (and food) all day.