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By ferry

Caledonian MacBrayne operates all the ferry services running to Mull (The Ferry Terminal, Gourock PA19 1QP; tel: 01475 650100; fax: 01475 637607; booking hotline: 08000 66 5000. You can book online at www.calmac.co.uk.

Getting Around

Although there is an adequate bus service across the island, exploring Mull is best accomplished on foot, on a bike, or by car. But it is important to realise that most of the roads on Mull are single track roads with passing places. There are no urban motorways here, no high-speed roads on which it is safe to drive at high speeds, and the only dual carriageway is brief and single track, just south of Salen.

One of the continuing delights of Mull is that you can achieve quite significant circuits on its limited road network but the limitations of the roads make journeys longer than might be expected. From Craignure to Tobermory it is about 33km (21 miles), but it is a journey that will take around 45 minutes; the road is good as far as Salen, but then becomes single track. Craignure to Fionnphort is 56km (35 miles), a beautiful drive, but one that will take at least an hour.