Kintra is an old fishing and crofting community in a peaceful sheltered bay on the northwest tip of the Ross of Mull. It overlooks the sound of Iona and is, at low tide, a mass of rock pools and the haunt of small crabs, sea urchins, sea anemones and shellfish. It affords a safe anchorage for those who wish to bring a boat and is ideal for canoeists, with sheltered rocky islets on the Mull side of the Sound of Iona. Oystercatchers and gulls nest round the bay with herons on an island just off the coast.

Boat trips to Iona, Staffa (Fingal's cave) and the Treshnish Isles can be made or you can fish, bathe, walk, tour, take in the wonderful views, watch the sunset or simply laze about.

On Iona you will find St. Columba's Abbey on the site of a monastery founded here in 563 AD. The Abbey, the resting place of many of the Kings of Scotland, is a place of Christian pilgrimage as witnessed by the standing stones that mark the route to Iona across Mull. The ruined Nunnery gardens, the marble quarries and the wonderful mixture of pebbles on the beaches particularly on the north coast where you can find iona marble, lewisham gniest, basalt, granite, schist, pink and white quartz and many other stones all make this a very special island.

Touring and Sightseeing
On Mull, Duart Castle, Torosay House and gardens, The Mull Railway, Tobermory (where Spanish galleons were shipwrecked), Aros Park, the Old Byre Heritage Centre, St. Columba's Centre, and The Mull Little Theatre are all well worth a visit along with the Mull Pottery and Silversmiths and other craft workshops.