THE OLD SMITHY

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The old Smithy is a traditional stone built cottage, It’s central location on the west side of the island is in perfect walking distance to beautiful white sandy and turquoise beaches.
The Isle of Barra is the jewel of the Hebrides. It has everything to offer the holidaymaker, stunning beaches, watersports, hill-walking, good food, spectacular scenery, wildlife, wild flowers and is steeped in history. It is a paradise for photographers, walkers, runners and cyclists and the friendliness of the welcome is second to none.
The old Smithy is a lovely, renovated croft house situated on the west side of Barra with stunning views across Borve, Craigston and across the machair out the Atlantic Ocean.
The accommodation consists of 5 bedrooms, livingroom, kitchen and 2 shower rooms. The upper floor
consists of two twin and two double bedrooms. On the ground floor there is a large kitchen/dining room. one double bedroom next to the bathroomwith walk in shower.

Brian Monaghan

Hi, Everyone we’ve just returned home from barra today, the house was very clean, cosy & warm, spacious and perfectly located for us as my gran was brought up in borve so its a special place for my family 🙂 & next door to pegi (my grans school friend who is 103yrs old, very special lady it was great to see her again…
thanks Catriona for your hospitality it was very much appriecieted,

We would definitely recommend this house to anyone looking for a family holiday the 5 bedrooms very spacious & having wi-fi was a great hit with all of us 🙂 we will be returning next year so i’ll be sorting dates ASAP

September 29, 2025, 5:50 pm

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Mhairi

We stayed at this lovely house for a week and had a fantastic experience. It was clean, spacious and perfectly located for the beautiful beaches on the west side of the island.

We would definitely recommend this house to anyone looking for a family vacation and plan on returning next year.
The hosts were very friendly, helpful, and made our stay even more enjoyable.

July 19, 2025, 7:24 pm

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James

A fantastic stay on the beautiful Isle of Barra.
House was clean, spacious and located in a quiet village.
Great for families.
Joan’s Barra Pizza only a minutes walk away – very handy.
Big thank you to Catriona.

July 16, 2025, 6:56 pm

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Dominic Harrison

Katie’s house is in a beautiful location near amazing beaches. It’s extremely comfortable with a big well equipped kitchen, lovely place to sit outside and with good spacious bathrooms and bedrooms.
Barra and Vatersay are phenomenal islands and Katie and Catriona made everything very easy for us to have a brilliant family holiday.

March 18, 2025, 4:43 pm

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