Port Askaig and north east Islay

Port Askaig, located on the shore of the Sound of Islay, is one of the smaller settlements on Islay containing no more than a few houses, a shop, petrol station, the RNLI Lifeboat station and life boat and Port Askaig Hotel. The Sound of Islay is the small sea passage between Islay and Jura and the water flows at great speed, pushed in and out by the tides. Close to Port Askaig are the distilleries of Bunnahabhain and Caol Ila