Gearrannan Blackhouse Village - Isle of Lewis

N I.

We showed up at 5 p.m., and they were already closing up the shop (30min early). However, we were allowed to go in for free for a quick look. It was definitely a great little stop while in Lewis. I recommend showing up not so close to close as they may close earlier than expected. It's still a great site to tour, and I highly recommend adding it!

Stewart H.

Came here 4 years ago and I loved so knew I had to come back especially when i learnt there was a hostel on site. We stayed a couple weeks ago at the hostel with my girlfriend and we had the BEST time. Amaizng staff showed us around. Hostel inside the black house is really nice. Lovely to walk around the village after it is closed. 10/10 so clean, so friendly so modern too. I have told all my friends to stay here. The village is also a must see. We loved our stay! It was £35 each for the night and we also had the place to ourselves. Did I mention the kitchen is crazy good

Anna H.

Worth a visit! Very interesting to see and get a glimpse into life on the island for previous generations. The loom demonstration and explanation of how Harris Tweed was made was enlightening.

Sarah B.

Fantastic experience if visiting the area.
Plenty of parking

The black house village is so well preserved and has some wonderful exhibitions/ videos.

The volunteers were very welcoming and happy to answer questions when Inside and gave some great family history to the previous inhabitants.

Bernard S.

Reconstructed black houses (taighean dubha) like the one in Glencoe are all very well but these ones were actually lived in until relatively recently. There is a small entrance fee to be paid as you go through the gift shop and in return you get to wander through this little hamlet if traditional Hebridean black houses. More interestingly you get access to the museum house and the helpful guides inside; one in the furnished room and one in charge of the weed loom. I had enjoyable conversations with both despite the steady trickle of other visitors (it was raining a fair deal do the village wasn't that full - although the car park was!).You can visit two of the houses but remember the others are holiday lets with guests in them. This was a really enjoyable visit and is well worth making a detour to visit.

Anne M.

Was very busy, but seeing a blackhouse that was only vacated in the 70's was a wow moment. Most of the village is now holiday lets etc so you can only get into 2 of the blackhouses. Parking is not easy as the car park was very busy. There's a café on site, the soup was gorgeous, but it's also quite expensive compared with other places we visited. The floors are very uneven and the doorways are quite small, but what a brilliant experience.

Russell N.

If you want to Experience Life as it would have been, out on the Wild Atlantic Coast, I Highly Recommended a Visit to the Blackhouse Village, The Beautifully Thatched Blackhouses, gives you the opportunity to see and Feel what people of that Generation, had.... Situated on Dramatic Coastline, there are people on hand to tell you all about how Life was in those Days...its a Fascinating place....There is a Small cafe, serving Hot & Cold Drinks, Homemade Baking and small selection of Snack meals and a Special, which when we Visited was Herring in Oatmeal ( Traditional 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿) Some of the Cottages are Available for Self-catering Accommodation, PLEASE check the Website for the Detail on Prices and Booking.... I really Loved the Atmosphere of the Blackhouses...Highly Recommended... Enjoy ☀️ 😉

ally M.

This place is great, had a great chat with the staff who really give a great insight into what life was like when these houses were built, it was good to see the looms working and could spend all day here, cafe was great, all locally sourced items on menu and homemade.