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Breakfast laid on a table by a tall window at Broad Bay House, the sea and the far shore beyond the balcony.
Isle of Lewis

Broad Bay House

A five-star guest house of four suites on the shore at Back, seven miles north of Stornoway, with a bar and dinners some nights.

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Broad Bay House stands right on the shore at Back, on the east coast of Lewis, about seven miles north of Stornoway, with a sandy beach just sixty feet from the door.

It's a five-star guest house, built for the purpose, with four large en-suite rooms, and each has its own decking with seats, so you can sit out with a coffee and watch the light change over the bay. Breakfast is cooked to order, with a porridge menu all of its own, and the house is fully licensed, with wine, gin and malt whisky lists and cocktails at the bar. On some evenings there are sharing platters, and on Wednesdays a set dinner of three courses, which needs booking a couple of weeks ahead. The rooms are for two adults, two of them take dogs, and the house is open all year, so it makes a peaceful base for the whole island, with Stornoway a short drive away.

A short drive awayThe Boatshed, Royal HotelThe Royal Hotel's seafood restaurant on Stornoway's harbour front, with an AA Rosette and Hebridean scallops, mussels and langoustines.15 min by roadSee itThe Boatshed's dining room at the Royal Hotel, leather chairs at laid tables on a wooden floor under panelled walls.
Close by
  1. The lounge bar at the Cabarfeidh Hotel, blue armchairs round tables, a grand piano and a wooden bar under a chandelier.Cabarfeidh HotelA family-run four-star hotel on the edge of Stornoway, opened in the early 1970s, with a seafood and grill restaurant and a bar.7 miles 14 min by road
  2. A plate of spaghetti in tomato sauce with a halved red lobster laid over it, at La Balena in Stornoway.La BalenaA family-run Italian restaurant on Francis Street in Stornoway, with pizza, pasta and island seafood, closed on Sundays and Mondays.8 miles 16 min by road
  3. Lews Castle on its hill in winter sun, the towers and battlements against a clear blue sky above a field of snow.Lews CastleA Victorian castle above Stornoway harbour, with Museum nan Eilean, a café and wooded grounds owned by the community.8 miles 17 min by road
  4. Bathroom counter with labelled bottles, dried grasses and a woven storage basketSandwick Bay Candles, Stornoway8 miles 16 min by road
  5. Visitors looking round an exhibition in An Lanntair's gallery, the white walls hung with paintings and prints, sculptures on plinths.An LanntairStornoway's arts centre on the seafront, with a gallery, a cinema, a 200-seat theatre and a café bar, open since 2005.8 miles 16 min by road
Directions
The Boatshed's dining room at the Royal Hotel, leather chairs at laid tables on a wooden floor under panelled walls.RestaurantsThe Boatshed, Royal Hotel7.4 miles

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