Galson Farm Guest House
A guest house of three rooms in an eighteenth-century farmhouse on a croft at South Galson, on the north-west coast of Lewis.
Galson Farm stands on the north-west coast of Lewis at South Galson, a long white farmhouse dating back to the 1700s, looking out over green croftland to the Atlantic.
Over the years it has been the big house of the district and the post office, and in 1924 the farm was divided into crofts. Today it's a guest house with three en-suite rooms, Port, Ness and Hebridean, all on the first floor, and a little self-catering cottage for two, the Crofters Retreat. Breakfast is made from local produce, and on Thursday and Sunday evenings there's the Galson grazing platter for two, which needs booking a couple of weeks ahead. The house is fully licensed, too. From the door, the lighthouse at the Butt of Lewis lies to the north, and the blackhouse at Arnol and the whalebone arch at Bragar are on the road south. It's open all year, with a two-night stay in the summer months, though it doesn't take pets.
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Open all year, with a two-night stay from April to October.
No pets.
- Where
- South Galson, on the A857 in the north-west of Lewis, HS2 0SH.
- Rooms
- Three en-suite rooms on the first floor, up a staircase, and a self-catering cottage for two.
- Price
- Bed and breakfast for two from £155 a room a night.
- Arrive
- Check in from 4pm to 6pm, check out by 10am.
- Food
- Breakfast from local produce, and a grazing platter for two on Thursday and Sunday evenings, booked two weeks ahead. Fully licensed.
- Dogs
- Not taken.
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The Blackhouse, ArnolA thatched Lewis blackhouse with its peat fire still burning, kept almost as its family left it in 1965, with a 1920s white house beside it.12 miles 22 min by road
Whalebone ArchAn arch made of the jawbones of a blue whale that came ashore in 1920, in a garden by the road at Bragar.13 miles 22 min by road
Dalmore BeachA sandy surf beach between cliffs on the west coast of Lewis, with sea stacks and an old cemetery above.20 miles 34 min by road
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