Callanish Stones Holiday Cottage is a spacious, modern bungalow offering comfortable self-catering accommodation for four people. It is fully adapted for disabled users. The house is located within a 10 minute walk of all three main sets of Callanish Standing Stones. The stones are world famous and date from around 3000BC.
It is beautifully furnished and enjoys a peaceful calmness throughout, enhanced by outstanding views from the windows. The house is surrounded by hills, sea lochs and standing stones providing a wonderful backdrop for walking, surfing, fishing, birdwatching and photography as well as general recreation. There is a wide variety of wildlife in the surrounding area including sea eagles, golden eagles, otters, herons and red deer.
Callanish Stones Holiday Cottage is situated in the Outer Hebrides on the west side of the Isle of Lewis which is a two and a half hour ferry crossing from mainland Scotland. Laying on the banks of Loch Roag, Callanish is a crofting community with cattle, sheep, pigs and even alpacas in the village. Loch Roag runs out to the Atlantic Ocean where the next landfall is Iceland and Canada. The hills to the east border the Lochs area of Lewis and Cailleach na Mointeach (Sleeping Beauty, or Old Woman of the Moors) can be seen.
There are 12 sites of standing stones in the vicinity of Callanish and possibly up to 100 in the surrounding area. The University of St Andrews in partnership with Urras nan Turshachan (the Standing Stones Trust) is using new technology to take an ever closer look at these areas. Callanish II and Callanish III standing stones are both less than a 5 minute walk away and are directly viewed from the house. Callanish Standing Stones I, the main site, lays on a hill 10 minutes walking distance away. There is a visitor centre with café and restaurant.
Sturdy walkers with a taste for dramatic seascape and cliff scenery will enjoy the West Side Coastal Trail. It starts at Garenin and ends at Arnol, following for the most part ancient traditional paths with styles and signage. There is also the Bonnet Laird walk which starts in Callanish and finishes in Carloway. It takes in several of the villages between the two points and it is recommended that walkers wear sturdy footwear and clothing.
The Hebridean Way is a classic 185 mile cycle route, starting at Vatersay to the south of Barra, and finishing at the Butt of Lewis, crossing ten islands linked by ferries and causeways. It follows the official National Cycle route 780.
The island is famed for its many picture postcard beaches with endless white sand and turquoise sea. Luskentyre Beach is regularly named in the top ten beaches of the UK.
Stornoway is only half an hour’s drive from Callanish and the island capital. It has two supermarkets and several individual shops, amenities, eating places and entertainment. Tesco grocery delivery is available. There is also a major sports centre with a good-sized swimming pool and the An Lanntair Arts Centre which incorporates a gallery, cinema and very good restaurant. The nearest petrol station is at Cameron Terrace 15 minutes drive away and it also has a well stocked shop.*
*Only hotels, one petrol station and a couple of takeaways are open on Sundays.