Oban, Scotland

in Worldmappin3 years ago

A little bit closer to home in this post, we look towards the West Coast of Scotland, to the Fishing Village of Oban

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A popular tourist attraction for a number of reasons, from Oban Whiskey to McCaig's Tower on the hill

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To the renowned Skipinnish Ceilidh house along the promenade. Also of note, a second Ceilidh house is based in Fort William, and if you are into Folk Music then having a listen to the band of the same name (it is related is well worth it!)

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Oban also has what could be considered as fairly modern buildings within Scotland 🤣 Such as this church here from 1880.

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As a seaport it also acts as a main ferry route to the Scottish Islands. Where you can access the isles of Barra and Uist

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These are all serviced by ferries provided by Caledonian MacBrayne who run services all along the West Coast of Scotland.

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As mentioned before, there is something referred to as McCaig's Tower and this provides spectacular views over the town and the sea.

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from the small islands surrounding Oban such as the Isle of Kerrera

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To that over the Seaport and Railway station

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And finally that towards the Diocese of Argyll & The Isles.

It is a place worth visiting if you are touring the coastal route of Scotland

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You didn't mention the seafood shack by the harbour, or is it only silly tourists like us go and locals stay away 🙂 We actually did a detour to Oban for that, it was one of the best seafood meal we had!!

Thanks for showing me around Oban as I didn't go anywhere else apart from the car park to the seafood shack.

Wait a mo! there is a seafood shack?!? I didn't know 🤣 But I am guessing I have it in the shot though!
While I was there it was the tower, distillery and chippy for me, although one day, Skippinish!

It was yum!!!
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Wow! that is a seriously seafood platter right there!

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Thank you @LivingUKTaiwan and @pinmapple, here is an imaginary toast of Oban Whiskey!

That town makes a good whisky

Oh, it does, I'm still recovering from the taste from the cask while doing the tour!
But at least I managed to pick up a lovely glass

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Nice, that's a treasure

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