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10 of the best Scottish island day trips
Scotland has more than 790 islands, many with Celtic culture in their veins, spectacular white sands and a riot of raucous seabirds sheltering on their cliffs. Here are the best of them for a summer day trip.
The birthplace of Celtic Christianity has a haunting 13th-century abbey (£10; historicenvironment.scot) and the graves of Scottish kings including Macbeth. Roughly three miles by two, Iona is a great island to explore by foot, with beaches at its northern tip and wild western flank that wouldn’t look out of place in the Caribbean. Ferries take five minutes from Fionnphort on Mull.
Getting there £4.10 return, calmac.co.uk
In summer, Staffa is home to puffins, razorbills and gannets
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A three-hour round trip from Fionnphort on Mull, Staffa is best known for the extraordinary cave that inspired a Mendelssohn
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