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 Isle of Man - IOM Map | Isle of Man Tour - Menu | IOM Hotels | IOM Search | Isle of Man weather | IOM Directory The Isle of Man The Isle of Man virtual tour, including panoramic photos of Douglas (the capital of the Isle of Man), Peel, Tynwald Hill, Castletown, Port Erin, Nairbyl, Laxey and the Laxey Wheel, Snaefell, Point of Ayre, The Sound and Calf of Man and Siverdale Glen. We have saved photographing Ramsey and Port St Mary for our next trip to the Island. The Isle of Man is a beautiful, small island in the Irish Sea, between the English Lancashire coast and Ireland. The scenery is gorgeous hills, mountains, quiet countryside; or if you prefer the coast, there are pretty, sandy and pebbly beaches and dramatic cliffs. Choose a location to start your tour...
You can get to the IOM by ferry from Dublin, Belfast, Liverpool and Heysham, or take a plane from many of Britain's regional airports. Isle of Man Centenary TT Races. The Isle of Man is known all over the world as the location of the 'TT Races'. Motorcyle Racing takes over the island for two weeks each Summer. 2007 was the 100th Anniversary of the races. Many famous personalities have made the Isle of Man their home, Sir Norman Wisdom*, who has a house called 'Ballalough' (house of laughs / belly laugh), Jeremy Clarkson who owns a section of coastline near Langness lighthouse near Castletown, and is reported to not like you to walk your dog there. The celebrity list of famous people living in the Isle of Man also includes BBC radio broadcaster Andy Kershaw (**sentenced to 3 months in prison 14th January 2008), who has a home in Peel. *Sir Norman Wisdom moved to a nursing home in Ballasalla in July 2007 suffering from Alzheimer's. Hotels in the Isle of man with last minute and late room booking discounts. The island is famous for kippers, tailess cats and its symbol; the Three Legs of Man. The latter is a symbol of its independence, whose inscription means "whichever way you throw me I stand".
NEW! - Take a FULL SCREEN tour of the Calf of Man - CLICK HERE. The Isle of Man is perfect walking country and well served for families, with its many glens and beaches. We went during the first weekend of the school summer holidays and were surprised that it was so quiet. Driving around the narrow, country lanes was no problem; nevertheless, there are many warnings on these roads, urging drivers to take care. The island is thirty three miles long and thirteen miles wide, with over one hundred and sixty miles of roads. You can also get around by bus, taxi, horse drawn tram or the electric and steam railways. The whole place has a very laid-back, old-fashioned feel to it, which was quite charming. It seemed decidedly underdeveloped and unchanged from when I used to go there for family holidays nearly forty years ago! The Island has its own currency, but this is interchangeable with British money, although you'll need to remember that the Manx notes cannot be spent on the Mainland when you get home. Choose a location from the map of the Isle of Man to start your tour...
The highest point on the island is Snaefell at 621 metres high. The longest river is the River Sulby (over 10 miles). There are about 76,000 people currently living on the island (2005 figures), making a population density of about 345 people per square mile (133 per square kilometre). We were fascinated to find out that the Manx government promotes the use of the island as a location for making films, by contributing to the production costs. Since 1995 the Isle of Man has been used as the set for many films and has now a worldwide reputation for feature film and television dramas (e.g. Waking Ned, Island at War, Tom Brown's Schooldays and Stormbreaker). It has become one of the busiest areas of film production in the British Isles You may also be aware that the Isle of Man is a low tax economy with income tax rates of 10% and 18% and 0% rate of corporate tax. Offshore banking, manufacturing, and tourism are the key sectors of the economy of the Isle of Man. The government has a policy of offering incentives to high-technology companies and financial institutions to encourage them to locate on the Island. Page Loads since 04th August 2006. Tour of the Isle of Man, IOM guide:
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