2 Best Performing Arts Venues in Argyll and the Isles, Scotland

The last week in May, large numbers of whisky lovers descend on the island for this festival, the heart of which is in Port Ellen. Distilleries offer special events, and traditional music performances and ceilidhs take place all over Islay. Book lodgings and distillery tours at least six months ahead.

The renowned Mull Theatre, founded in 1966, once prided itself on being the smallest theater in the United Kingdom. Today it has grown in size and in stature, and its productions tour not only the islands, but the whole of Scotland. It's wise to book ahead.