Ardmaddy Castle and Gardens

Torsa Island is part of the Ardmaddy Estate and guests are able to use the facilities at Ardmaddy Castle, located just three miles away by sea. Once a MacDougall castle, it was acquired by the Campbells of Breadalbane in the late 17th-century to form the western bastion of their estates, which at that time extended as far east as Taymouth Castle in Perthshire. This magnificent defensive position grants today's (more peaceable) visitors an outstanding location - on the sea and amongst the unspoilt hills and glens of a quiet peninsula overlooking Seil Sound.

Facilities available to Torsa guests include:

Ardmaddy gardens are open to the public all year round. Visitors approach the garden by an old arched footbridge over a burn finding its final path to the sea. A fine collection of species and hybrid rhododendrons, azaleas and climbing plants line the walls with a continually increasing variety of shrubs and herbaceous perennials. Walks through mixed shrubs, trees and spring flowering bulbs lead on to the water gardens and up into bluebell woods among which are some fine rhododendrons more than half a century old. Recent stone and water features add a further dimension to the interest of this garden evolving in its unique setting. A wide variety of plants and vegetables in season for sale.

For a further selection of pictures from the estate and gardens see the photo gallery.