Oban and Dunstaffnage Castle
In May, we spent two nights in Oban, a west coast town a couple of hours north of Glasgow. It was a last-minute decision, so we were lucky to find a wonderful place to stay, the Thornloe Guest House, which was as attractive inside as out.
Note the open window above – we never tired of the view from it as you can see below. After staring at the island immediately in front of us, Kerrera, for so long we were inspired to visit it the next day, but that’s for another post.
As we only had one full day, our time in Oban itself was mainly spent wandering around at night before and after dinner. Beautiful!
In one of the pictures above, you can see the round arches of McCaig’s Tower on the hill above the harbour. We climbed up to it one evening for sunset views back down to the town.
Close to Oban is Dunstaffnage Castle. We visited on our way to the town and found they were having a Viking day. Some of those Vikings look quite scary, but we ran across them in a Chinese restaurant in Oban that evening and they seemed much more genial then!
Coming next, I’ll take you for a walk round Kerrera.
The Glasgow Gallivanter 
Lovely views from a lovely guesthouse.
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If I lived there I would get nothing done for looking out of the window!
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What a view! And what fun to meet some Vikings as well.
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A bit alarming when they charged us, but other than that they were charming 😉
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And it is posts with photographs like this that are keeping Scotland on my list of places to move. Stunning.
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*Lobbies hard*
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Richard and I are often asked, “Are you ever at home?”. I’m glad to have someone else that beats me in this regard. Stunning photos!
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Ha ha, if only John didn’t insist on working we could do even better!
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The room you had was beautiful especially with that view. It looks like another wonderful place you saw with the added fun of the Vikings
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Yes, we really got lucky for a last minute booking!
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Those Vikings do look scarily intimidating, but Oban looks beautiful.
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It is a beautiful place, and a gateway to many more.
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Such a beautiful and peaceful place – aside from the Vikings!
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I think they were quite nice really! Though they did look a bit scary …
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Beautiful! I continue to be in awe of your hikes… not many castles around here 😄.
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We do kind of specialise in them!
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I have just been walloped with a dose of homesickness – but don’t worry because it is a fond feeling that makes happy memories flood into my mind. For the eleven years before we emigrated to America, we were living in Lochgilphead so we know Oban very well indeed. I hope you had a lovely time in Argyll.
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So sorry, just checked my spam file for the first time in ages and found you lurking in there! The wonders of WordPress. Glad you have fond memories of these places.
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No worries. Someone else found the same thing. WP glitches in many and various ways.
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So pretty – I can’t wait to hear more!
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Good! We really liked Kerrera, coming next week.
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