numberplease wrote:As an outsider who loves your part of the world, Kintyre doesn`t need to be "sold" to me, but I would suggest the charm and peace and quiet that can be found in abundance, the beautiful scenery, friendliness of the locals, and cleanliness.
Also, for people who are fed up with parking charges on holiday, we have yet to park somewhere in Kintyre where we`ve had to pay a fee.
As for places we`ve been that impressed us, and have paid repeat visits to, there`s Campbeltown, Tarbert, Lochgilphead (although it was a little disappointing last time), Carradale, The Mull itself, very grand and impressive.
There are also plenty of good places to eat out, at varying price levels.
We stayed at Muasdale each time we were up there, and the views were stunning, we never got over the thrill of opening the caravan blinds in the morning, or of the beautiful sunsets that can be seen from there.
visitkintyre.info wrote:If you were selling Kintyre to someone what are the things you would mention?
History?
Remember this relates to the WHOLE of Kintyre.
EMDEE wrote:visitkintyre.info wrote:If you were selling Kintyre to someone what are the things you would mention?
History?
Remember this relates to the WHOLE of Kintyre.
Kintyre has a wealth of history and historical sites, which has been relatively untapped. Other parts of Scotland have made a feature of their history and promoted it with heritage interpretation sites to a much greater extent than Kintyre, and built significant historical tourism business. Two examples fairly close together:-
The St Columba connection with Iona has brought huge volumes of visitors to that island. The fact that he first set foot in Scotland at Southend before going on to Iona is not widely appreciated by those outwith Kintyre.
The Dunaverty massacre of 1647 was a much bigger and bloodier event than the famous Glencoe massacre of 1692. The National Trust has poured millions of pounds into Glencoe and created one of the highest profile events in Scottish history, together with the knock-on effects in the area.
Iona and the Glencoe area have both benefitted from their history, whereas Kintyre I would say, has not.
Dunaverty Massacre...10April 1647.
During the time of the wars of the 3 Kingdoms, a Royalist army under Sir Alexander MacDonald and his men were being chased by a Covenanting force Led by Major General Leslie on the British side, down through Kintyre.
The Royalist forces took refuge in Dunaverty Castle, but after a siege were defeated by the Covenanters.
Those on the Royalist side who did not die in the fighting, mostly MacDonalds and MacDougalls, were captured and slaughtered by the 'Army of God'
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