Port Bannatyne lies on the Firth of Clyde, approximately north of
Rothesay on the Scottish
Isle of Bute.
Rhubodach is a further north away on the
A886 and a
Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service to the
Cowal peninsula. This ferry runs every 30 minutes during the day. In Rothesay there is a Caledonian MacBrayne ferry service to
Wemyss Bay in
Inverclyde. This ferry leaves every hour (journey time 35 minutes) during the day. Substantial slate and stone houses face the sea around Kames Bay. The village's focus was the stone pier mid-way along the south shore of Kames Bay. The bay provided mooring for yachts and fishing boats. On the seafront are a shop/Post Office and the community-owned Anchor Tavern which was rescued from closure by local people who formed the Port Bannatyne Development Trust in 2020. The Port Royal Hotel was bought in 2000 by a Russo-Norwegian family who renovated the building and converted it into a replica of a Russian Tavern of Imperial Times, however it closed in 2017. Above the village, with views across the sea to the Isle of Arran and the Argyll hills, is the Port Bannatyne golf-course. Built in 1912, the course now has 13 holes. The village has strong links overseas and has its own club for the French game of
Pétanque, with a pitch, or piste, on the seafront. In 2005, work was started on a new yacht marina at the west end of the village, beside an existing boatyard business. The small boatyard has grown into a stone-built breakwater which encloses part of Kames Bay and provides 108 berths for craft up to 16.5 m in length. ==History==