Cafe
We cater to all tastes with vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options, alongside high-quality coffee – perfect for our Hebridean weather.
What's On
Free
Standstill / Deaseil (artist talk and film screening)
An evening of talks and film exploring a Calanais arts residency. Artists Robbie Thompson, Alicia Matthews and Jon Macleod share work and influences from a week-long residency developing ideas for a large-scale participatory landscape performance
This Friday, 18:00
, 1 hr 30 mins
Booking required
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Free
Container – Secrets of Ceramics (pottery workshop)
A creative afternoon with artist and ceramicist Alicia Matthews, making tableware inspired by local archaeological pottery and exploring ancient styles, firing, glazing, and wild clay
Saturday, 4th Apr 2026, 13:00
, 4 hrs
Booking required
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Free
Glint – Quartz Quarries & Knapping (tour and workshop)
A hands-on day of stone working and exploration. Archaeologist Ian McHardy will lead us on a tour of prehistoric quartz quarries in Lewis, interpreting the ancient landscape, rock formations, techniques and artefacts used by ancient people. Following the tour,
Saturday, 11th Apr 2026, 10:00
, 7 hrs
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The Neolithic Meal – a Culinary Calanais (foraging and feasting)
An afternoon of foraging, followed by a Neolithic-style meal, inspired by their diet of early farmed food and wild island delicacies.
Saturday, 18th Apr 2026, 13:00
, 7 hrs
Booking required
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Free
New Calanais Exhibition on display now in An Lanntair’s Café Bar
A collaboration between multidisciplinary performance artist Freya Pellie and space scientist turned filmmaker Dr Jonathan Doyle.
10th Mar - 11th Apr 2026
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Calanais Visitor Centre
Shrouded in mystery, the Calanais Standing Stones have drawn visitors to this ancient and inspiring site in the Outer Hebrides for thousands of years. Overlooking the beautiful Loch Roag above the village of Calanais on the Isle of Lewis.
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