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A beautiful castle with impressive rooms and gardens. The souvenir shop is worth a visit and there‘s also a Starbucks café inside!

Lews Castle is a very impressive former stately home that now boasts function rooms, a cafe and accommodation too. Designed by architect Charles Wilson, the building dates back to 1851. The modern annex is the Museum nan Eilean Stornoway, where you can learn more about the archipelago's rich culture.

The castle is now a hotel/holiday apartments, so you CANNOT tour it in its entirety! Non-residents, however, have access to the ground floor during the café's opening hours. Storehouse Cafe - Lews Castle https://share.google/fTN7Xzmct2DlACoXl Also located here is the highly recommended Museum & Tasglann nan Eilean https://share.google/hN2uyRJPYXvdC3RT3 Currently featuring 6 "Lewis Chessman" pieces as a special exhibition, highly recommended! There's also a souvenir shop with lots of Harris Tweed (prices like everywhere else), and you can admire the ballroom from the outside. That's it - I still found it extremely worthwhile!

Depending on the light, great photo opportunities arise

Because it's been mentioned here: signs with explanations explicitly ask visitors NOT to touch the stones. Touching them isn't good for them, and that's exactly why (because people just couldn't resist it) Stonehenge was eventually sealed off and is as sad as it is today. The visitor center has been undergoing major expansion for some time now and is inaccessible!

Lews Castle is beautifully situated in parkland.

Unlike other highlights, the runway leads directly into the sea and can therefore only be used at low tide.

The airport can only be reached at low tide, which can lead to flight delays. Barra is served twice daily by Logan Air's Twin Otter.