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If you’re a seafood a‘fish’ionado, then an exciting new tourist trail is likely to catch your eye. If you can eat the freshest fish or seafood for breakfast, lunch and dinner, then this tasty tour around the scenic west coast of Scotland should have you hooked.
The idea is to drink in the beauty of this magical area from Tighnabruaich and the Mull of Kintyre to Loch Fyne and Oban, while enjoying some of the world’s best seafood.
They do say fish is good for the grey matter, so perhaps it is no surprise that the owner of The Anchor Hotel in Tarbert, Carole Fitzgerald, came up with the brainwave of The Seafood Trail. After breaking her ankle last November, she had plenty of time to mull over how to lure tourists down to Kintyre and the surrounding area. She came up with the perfect bait – seafood, plenty of it and fresh from water to plate.
‘I originally set up The Boathouse restaurant in South Queensferry and remember how difficult it was to get fresh seafood,’ Carole explains. ‘So when I took over The Anchor Hotel 18 months ago, I was immediately struck by the easy access to a vast range of seafood. I thought The Seafood Trail would be a way to get different businesses working together to give visitors a taste of Scotland they’ll never forget.’
There are 11 different points of interest on The Seafood Trial, from hotels and restaurants to snack bars and mail-order specialists, all boasting breathtaking views,
