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IONA - 12 km from Staffa

IONA - 12 km from Staffa, Staffa

 globetrott Says:  Iona was one of the most important centres of christianity in the middle-ages and many scottish kings had been buried there next to St. Columba. Today Iona is mainly a museum with some remains of St.Oran's Chapel, some celtic high crosses and remains of the monastery of... 

Lunga - a bird-sanctuary 9km off Staffa

Lunga - a bird-sanctuary 9km off Staffa, Staffa

 globetrott Says:  Lunga is another island close to Staffa and it is an interesting bird-sanctuary, mainly for puffins. The best about Lunga is the fact, that the birds seem to be used to the human visitors approaching them with their cameras and tele-lenses.Puffins / Papageientaucher are... 

Staffa is the result of a volcanic eruption

Staffa is the result of a volcanic eruption, Staffa

 globetrott Says:  The island of Staffa consists only of Basalt-octagons of vulcanic origin.The Basalt was pressed out of the vulcany by such a high pressure - millions of years ago - that it made such regular octagons that you may see still today.An equivalent to the island of Staffa in... 

Fingal's cave - large like a concert-hall

Fingal's cave - large like a concert-hall, Staffa

 globetrott Says:  Fingal's cave has the size of a big concert-hall and in fact our boat landed and docked INside that cave. The famous composer Felix Mendelson Bartholdy was that much impressed by the cave, that he named one of his compositions : "Fingal's Cave".You may step a few meters into... 

On top of the island

On top of the island, Staffa

 LHOON Says:  The pastures on Staffa are a paradise for seabirds and offer exciting views on the Hebridean archipelago. 

Fingal's Cave

Fingal's Cave, Staffa

 LHOON Says:  This deep cave among the basalt columns is accessible via a narrow path. It inspired Mendelssohn to write his Hebridean Overture, and it is easy to be impressed by this place. 

Fingal's Cave

Fingal's Cave, Staffa

 Krumel Says:  You can actually venture into Fingal's Cave and listen to the sound of the waves that moved Mendelssohn to write the overture mentioned in the Staffa introduction. 

Transportation  

take a cruise to Staffa & Lunga

take a cruise to Staffa & Lunga, Staffa

 globetrott Says:  Check out carefully the time-tables of the ships taking you to Staffa and Lunga, they differ slightly when it comes to the time that you may spend on the islands of Staffa and / or Lunga / Tresnish-islands.On my picture you may see the boat that took us to Lunga. We had to... 

Boat trips to Staffa

Boat trips to Staffa, Staffa

 LHOON Says:  Staffa is easily reachable: daily excursion boats leave from Iona, Fionnphort (Mull) and Ulva. 

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The Hexagonal Columns...

The Hexagonal Columns..., Staffa

 LHOON Says:  An uninhabited island with unique geological properties: it mainly consists of hexagonal basalt columns, which are said to continue undersea up to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland. 

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 The Isle of Staffa is situated off the Isle of Mull at the West coast of Scotland and has some very bizarre stone formations, very similar to the Giant´s Causeway in Northern Ireland. When Mendelssohn... 

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