This website is your complete guide to accommodation in Oban and the surrounding area – whether you are looking for a holiday cottage, self-catering accommodation, a hotel or maybe a hostel or caravan park. We have more up to date local accommodation listings – self catering, bed and breakfast, hostels, hotels and campsites and motor home parks – than any other Oban website. These pages – with a free entry for every Oban business – make this site the most complete and easy to use online accommodation directory for tourists and visitors holidaying in Oban, for islanders travelling too or from Oban, the Gateway to the Isles, or for business visitors looking for short or long term stays in the town or nearby.
The accommodation directory does not just cover the town of Oban, it also includes properties in the surrounding Argyll villages and countryside, including holiday accommodation in Appin, Taynuilt, Connel, Seil and Luing and other parts of the North Lorn and Mid-Argyll hinterland. So whatever your holiday fancy or accommodation need in or around Oban, this locally written and maintained directory is your expert guide.
A Bit About Oban
Oban is the capital of North Argyll. It is a busy ferry and railway terminal and a popular tourist destination. It has a wide range of shops and supermarkets, banks etc, many excellent places to eat out, a cinema and Post Office. It is the ideal centre for exploring the beautiful scenery of North Argyll or to stop overnight if you are on your way to the islands. Ferries leave Oban for Islay, Colonsay, Coll, Tiree, Mull, Lismore, Barra and South Uist. Oban is also a busy fishing port, and a variety of ships can usually be found tied up to the town’s two piers.
Oban is full of things to do and see. Make sure you visit McCaig’s Tower, the replica of the Colosseum that is such a distinctive feature on the Oban skyline. The view across Oban Bay to Kerrera and Mull is unparallelled. Boat trips to Mull or to see the wildlife are available, and many superb day excursions by coach or ferry can be arranged. Visit the local tourist office for dates and times on arrival – you’ll find it in an old church just around the corner from the railway station by the pier.
The Oban Distillery Visitor Centre in Stafford Street (near the North Pier) is open Monday to Friday all year round (Saturdays too from Easter to October) for guided tours. There’s an audio visual exhibition and gift shop. Telephone 01631 572 004. The Oban War & Peace Museum on the North Pier is also worth a visit.
Whether you are a visitor to our town or an Oban resident, we hope you will find this website useful. If you have any suggestions or comments, please e-mail or phone us using the contact information at the bottom of every page.