Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

One of the Best Places To Visits in Doune Carloway Top-rated.online cuts through the clutter, highlighting only the reviews that are most helpful, earn the most likes, or come from the most active contributors. Reconstructed black houses (taighean dubha) like the one in Glencoe are all very well but these ones were actually lived in until relatively recently. There is a small entrance fee to be paid as you go through the gift shop and in return you get to wander through this little hamlet if traditional Hebridean black houses. More interestingly you get access to the museum house and the helpful guides inside; one in the furnished room and one in charge of the tweed loom. I had enjoyable conversations with both despite the steady trickle of other visitors (it was raining a fair deal so the village wasn't that full - although the car park was!).You can visit two of the houses but remember the others are holiday lets with guests in them. This was a really enjoyable visit and is well worth making a detour to visit. It was interesting to see the replica village and mode of built structures from the outside. The place offers accommodation but little else. Almost a form of glamping. There were no historical examples set up of the interior of a black house which was disappointing and entry to most places was off limits due to paying guests. Was not deeply satisfying. If you want to Experience Life as it would have been, out on the Wild Atlantic Coast, I Highly Recommended a Visit to the Blackhouse Village, The Beautifully Thatched Blackhouses, gives you the opportunity to see and Feel what people of that Generation, had.... Situated on Dramatic Coastline, there are people on hand to tell you all about how Life was in those Days...its a Fascinating place....There is a Small cafe, serving Hot & Cold Drinks, Homemade Baking and small selection of Snack meals and a Special, which when we Visited was Herring in Oatmeal ( Traditional 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) Some of the Cottages are Available for Self-catering Accommodation, PLEASE check the Website for the Detail on Prices and Booking.... I really Loved the Atmosphere of the Blackhouses...Highly Recommended... Enjoy ☀️ 😉 We showed up at 5 p.m., and they were already closing up the shop (30min early). However, we were allowed to go in for free for a quick look. It was definitely a little stop while in Lewis. I recommend showing up not so close to close as they may close earlier than expected. It's still a site to tour, and I highly recommend adding it! This place is great, had a chat with the staff who really give a insight into what life was like when these houses were built, it was good to see the looms working and could spend all day here, cafe was great, all locally sourced items on menu and homemade. Came here 4 years ago and I loved so knew I had to come back especially when i learnt there was a hostel on site. We stayed a couple weeks ago at the hostel with my girlfriend and we had the BEST time. Amaizng staff showed us around. Hostel inside the black house is really nice. Lovely to walk around the village after it is closed. 10/10 so clean, so friendly so modern too. I have told all my friends to stay here. The village is also a must see. We loved our stay! It was £35 each for the night and we also had the place to ourselves. Did I mention the kitchen is crazy good?? Fantastic experience if visiting the area. Plenty of parking The black house village is so well preserved and has some wonderful exhibitions/ videos. The volunteers were very welcoming and happy to answer questions when Inside and gave some family history to the previous inhabitants. Worth a visit! Very interesting to see and get a glimpse into life on the island for previous generations. The loom demonstration and explanation of how Harris Tweed was made was enlightening. Website change monitoring Monitor any webpage for changes – get instant email alerts when prices drop, new jobs are posted, products come back in stock, or competitors update their sites. See how the number of reviews and average review scores have changed over time.