Calanais Standing Stones: Visitor Centre Site — Attraction in Lewis and Harris

I first visited these stones 51 years ago and returned today for another look. Memory can play tricks but they seemed a lot less impressive and certainly much less isolated and atmospheric. I'm pleased you can still walk in amongst the stones (unlike Stonehenge) but there seemed to be a lot more buildings all around and many more visitors (despite going deliberately on a Sunday when the visitor centre is closed) - certainly no visitor centre 51 years ago and we were then quite on our own. So, a bit disappointing for me but new visitors won't have that same expectation. Note that on Sundays when the centre is closed there...

Beautiful location, attractive visitor centre building, great food and drink, the best latte coffee in Scotland as far as I ever sampled in my many travels around the country. Have been here umpteen times and it's always excellent here. Staff are friendly and facilities are clean and tidy. There's also free WiFi. The Callanish Stones themselves are world class historical landmarks. A MUST visit if you're on the stunning islands of Lewis and Harris. The only negative point I can make is that small museum entrance fee is quite pricey for what it exhibits...

A magical and enchanting place set in a magnificent landscape. The visitor centre has an excellent cafe with a good selection of drinks and homemade cakes. There is also a good gift and souvenir shop with lots of interesting local arts and crafts. You don’t have to pay anything to see the stones but there is a small charge to enter the museum. I highly recommend taking an hour or so to walk to the other surrounding sites at Callanish II and III, which are just a couple of kilometres away. It is also easy to catch the W2 bus to and...