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for the purpose of constructing concrete platforms for extraction of oil from the North Sea. However, the intention was soon overtaken by acceptance that steel platforms were the future for the oil industry in Scotland. Despite suggestions to turn the complex into a holiday village, it lay redundant
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complex opened to the public in 2010. The first phase of the complex consisted of five-star luxury apartments, with private sauna facilities and four-star cottages, alongside a restaurant, conference suites and a retail space.
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The second phase, The Lodge, arrived shortly after, consisting of hotel style accommodation, fully accessible studio apartments, staff accommodation and a second "family style" restaurant.
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Peninsula. It runs eleven times on weekdays (ten on Sundays), between 8:30 am and 6:30 pm. There is no 8:30 am ferry on Sundays.
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The third phase was officially launched in August 2016, with a luxury spa and leisure complex being added to the amenities.
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The Loch Lomond and Cowal Way starts and finishes at Portavadie; this long-distance waymarked footpath takes one to
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until in the mid-1980s the enclosed port was used by a local fish farm company.
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In late 2009 the marina was used for the first time to tie up yachts for the
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bus from Dunoon, 28 miles (45 km) away. It runs six days a week.
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History of the petroleum industry in the United Kingdom
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The Portavadie complex was built in 1975 by the then
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