A wild, rural treat, Islay is well worth the work it takes me to get here — a winding journey on board the Caledonian Sleeper for a dawn arrival in Glasgow. From there, it’s a final 100 miles of road, ...

ISLAY is famous for its whisky but there's plenty more to see on the island than the inside of distilleries. Where to go, what to do and how to get around. Islay is the antithesis of London: often ...

Whisky aficionado Charles MacLean has been to every Scottish island, but it’s Islay that draws him back, with its wildness, warmth – and eight distilleries My first encounter with Islay was on a ...

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It is 8.45am. I wake as candy-floss clouds gather across the ocean, dawn painting away the darkness with blush-coloured strokes. I am on a ferry in the Sound of Islay, the strait separating the ...

"On a clear day you can see Northern Ireland from Islay." Travelling to Scotland’s fifth largest island at the end of the year, I thought the chances of a clear day were about as remote as the ...

SCOTLAND’S whisky isle is small enough for a weekend visit – or so you think until you get there. Islay is only 25 miles from north to south, but it is packed with things you’ll want to do. A great ...