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   Day (or Longer) Visits
   
   Staffa and Fingal's Cave
   
   
   'Beyond Awesome' --Halftown Guest
   
   Visit the island and go into the huge and magnificent sea cave and hear the sounds that inspired Mendelsohn's Scottish Symphony" and his "Hebridean " Overture.
   
   Schedule
   0800 hours .Leave Halftown and drive via Inveraray to Oban. This itself is a quite magnificent drive through the mountains. When you arrive in Oban the Caledonian Macbrayne Ferry terminal is well signposted and anyway you can see the ferries at their berths. Ferries leave at 0950 and 1155. The earlier one gives you a fuller day. The sail to Mull takes 50 minutes. Full meals are available on these large car ferries.
   
   Go to the ferry terminal office and book.If you are not taking your car remember to book the tour bus there also. There are adequate car parking facilities.On arrival on Mull walk to the tour bus for the guided tour to the village of Fionphort,or drive to Fionphort if you are taking your car .There are also of course tour buses going to Tobermory,the Balamory of children's TV.
   
   At Fionphort there are regular high powered boats travelling the 20 minute sail to Staffa. No need to book.They will allow you to land at Staffa and walk round the cave. Unfortunately this tour is not suitable for the disabled.You can also travel from Fionphort to the holy island of Iona,the sight of the early Columban Christian missions to Scotland.There are both Protestant and Catholic places of residence on Iona. Cars are not permitted on Iona.