Whether you’re scanning the skies for golden eagles, looking down on lazing seal colonies from 200ft cliffs or taking to the seas alongside dolphins and basking sharks, Islay’s wild side awaits.
The blog
At Another Place, we make amazing places come alive. From what we're reading and drinking, to invigorating adventures on the links, landscape and ocean beyond, here you'll find inspirational happenings and unexpected stories from us and Another Place community.
Love playing world Top 100-rated golf courses and tasting world-famous whiskies? Here’s a rough guide to spending three days savouring the best of green and grain.
Join photographer, filmmaker and local RSPB nature reserve warden David Dinsley on a fascinating tour of Islay’s wildlife as summer reaches full bloom…
Here are ten reasons you have to play golf at Another Place, the Machrie – whether you’re brand-new, competition-ready, or somewhere in between.
Lakes, links, beaches, fells, forest schools, art hotels, whisky distilleries. Here are ten things you’ll only do at Another Place – in the Lake District, on the Scottish island of Islay, or both.
Discover how DJ Russell – winner of the 1992 Lyons Open and player in 466 European Tour events – transformed The Machrie’s original 1891 course into a Golf World Top 100-ranking championship links – drawing players from around the globe…
From spring birdwatching and summer snorkelling to autumn hikes and winter eagle-spotting, discover the island’s wild side season by season.
Fresh from our 18 Restaurant & Bar receiving a coveted AA Rosette and 4* silver award for culinary excellence, head chef Calum Hall took a few minutes out to talk oyster luges, his 100% Islay dish, and wading in below the low water mark to source the best seaweed…
Ahead of the Islay Book Festival in August, Charlène Busalli, festival chair and book section manager at The Celtic House in Bowmore recommends her top five reads from the book collection she curated for our guests at Another Place, The Machrie.
We’re raising a glass to World Whisky Day on 19 May and Islay’s famous whisky festival Fèis Ìle 23-31 May with a special take on this whisky cocktail.
Make the most of your stay at Another Place and Islay with our ‘what to pack list’, curated by our team at The Machrie who know it best.
As the northern hemisphere tips back into the light and we stretch towards the sun after a long winter, we share some of our favourite ways to make the most of the extra daylight hours by lake or ocean, fells or dunes…