Portpatrick - and the Harbour House Hotel, has a lot to offer the visitor. On the cliffs above the village of Portpatrick and within easy reach of the Harbour House Hotel is Portpatrick Golf Club and the smaller, 9-hole, Dinvin Course.

The village offers several antique and crafts shops, a regular bus route into and back from Stranraer, two stores - both with ATM machines, plus bars and a restaurant. Bowls and tennis are available in the village too. There is also an all-weather-pitch and a fiendish Pitch & Putt on the green.

Just outside the village is the walled garden of Dunskey Gardens, open to the public from Spring until late Autumn and well worth a visit. Approximately three miles from the village is the golf course at Lagganmore, whilst the award-winning golf course at Stranraer is approximately 9 miles away.

Naturally, sea angling is very popular locally and the cliffs and harbour walls provide many places from which to fish. There are also sea-angling charters operating within the Rhins of Galloway who can offer a day's sea angling on some very good marks - species include Tope, Pollack, Mackeral, Cod, Flatties and Huss. Dolphins and even Basking Sharks are not uncommon in the local waters, and seals can be frequently seen on rocks close to the shore.

There are two charter hires operating right out of the harbour, so if you fancy a day (or half day) at sea for you and your party, we will be pleased to put you in contact with the skippers.

Our local RNLI Lifeboat station has a small but interesting visitor information centre, whilst the boat itself can be seen launching for training purposes most Sunday afternoons and for real whenever the need arises. The crew are all local volunteers - you may meet some of them in our lounge bar - and the Harbour House Hotel is proud to be a supporter of these brave volunteers and the RNLI.

On the cliffs to the south of the village along the southern cliff-top walk, stands the remains of Dunskey Castle, once the home of Pirates, now a picturesque ruin. Of interest too, are the Stairs of Time at the northern end of the village. As you climb the steps up to the north cliff, examine the dates and writing on each step. It provides a timeline of Portpatrick going back to when the world was created! Also worth a look is the 'Hands' sculpture close by the Lifeboat Station. This memorial to the victims of the Princess Victoria disaster was donated by an anonymous benefactor.