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Mull. Staffa. Iona.

July 25, 2012

Day 15: We visited the islands of Mull, Staffa and Iona today. To get to Staffa and Iona, you first have to take the ferry to Mull, then take a bus across the island to the other side. (This road, by the way, has some of the most breathtakingly beautiful scenery I’ve ever seen. But I couldn’t photograph it through the bus windows, so I’ll just have to remember it.)

On the other side of Mull, you take ferries to the islands of Staffa and Iona. Staffa is an isolated island composed of basalt columns, with a large cavern in one end, called Fingal’s Cave. We missed the puffin nesting season on the island, but we did see lots of dolphins and a minke whale on the way there.

On Iona, we visited Iona Abbey and the Nunnery, before returning by ferry, bus and ferry.

Oban Harbour from the ferry. Maiden Island Duart Castle on Mull Staffa Fingal's Cave on Staffa Ferry Landing at Staffa Basalt rocks on Staffa Path to Fingal's Cave on Staffa Basalt on Staffa Fingal's Cave on Staffa Fingal's Cave on Staffa Lesley at Fingal's Cave on Staffa Emma at Staffa Ferry at Staffa Staffa The Nunnery at Iona St Martin's cross at Iona Abbey Cloisters at Iona Abbey Cloisters at Iona Abbey Carved Gravestones at Iona Abbey Iona Abbey Iona Abbey Iona Harbor Car Ferry at Craignure Lismore Lighthouse Lismore Lighthouse

Keywords: Iona, Mull, Scotland, Staffa, Travel
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