Fingal's Cave The Hebrides

... in burrows. We now had a plan for the remainder of the day. We would head southwards for a few miles to the island of Staffa, of Fingal's Cave fame and then back up to Gometra, to the snug anchorage on the north-east corner called Acair Said Môr. As ...

... ;    When I figured I was running out of time, I hurried back so I could take a look in Fingal's Cave, a whole cave made out of these hexagonal pillars. This cave apparently inspired Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture by the sound of ...

... columns are the end of the Giant's Causeway that begins in Northern Ireland. Staffa is also home to Fingal's cave, which is said to have inspired Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides' overture.   The journey to Staffa took around an hour and a quarter, and the ...

... ship and was deemed to be unsafe for further Zodiac landings, scheduled lfor later that day on Isle of Staffa and at Fingal's Cave. As an alternative, Aurora expiditions arranged for Duart Castle, situated in a calmer stretch of sea some distance off, ...

... we left so didn't get too sick but towards the end of the trip out I was seriously thinking about taking another one! Fingal's Cave is absolutely amazing. The pictures do not do it justice. Yes the basalt columns are there and the cave is deep, but the ...

... so popular that boats queue to set down and pick up their passengers. However, it's a truly magical place - Fingal's cave on Staffa, that is. Staffa is the other end of the Giants Causeway (see my entry for June 14) As legend has it........ the Irish ...