Skye

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Skye, often referred to as the Isle of Skye, represents the largest of the Inner Hebrides located off the west coast of Scotland. The capital and largest town on the island is the picturesue port of Portree.

	isle of skye Travel Guide : 1 Cities 2 Regions 3 Get In 3.1 By road 3.2 By ferry 3.3 By train 4 Get Around 4.1 By bus 4.2 By car 5 See 6 Do 7 Eat 8 Drink 8.1 Whisky 9 Sleep 10 Get out 11 External links

Cities

• Portree

Regions

• the Trotternish Peninsula
• the Waternish Peninsula

Get In

By road

Skye is linked to the mainland by a bridge (now free!) from Kyle of Lochalsh to Kyleakin, or via car ferries from Armadale to Mallaig, and from Kylerhea to Glenelg.

By ferry

Ferries also run to Uig from Tarbert on Harris and Lochmaddy on North Uist if you're entering Skye from Outer Hebrides. For ferry info see http://www.skyeferry.co.uk/ or http://www.calmac.co.uk/

By train

Trains stop just the other side of the sea channel from Skye. About 3 a day go on the beautiful route from Mallaig (ferry from Armadale) to Fort William and Glasgow and also from Kyle of Lochalsh to Inverness.

Get Around

By bus

Regular buses run between Portree and Kyleakin (then 1/2 hourly for 30p over the bridge to Kyle of Lochalsh), Broadford, Armadale, Uig and elsewhere. Three buses a day also run to Fort William, Inverness and Glasgow. There is an excellent Rapsons timetable 1 (http://www.rapsons.co.uk/areag.pdf) available for the buses on Skye.

By car

Withour a car you have to depend on excursion buses or your own feet because buses are few and far between. Major roads on Skye are still quite narrow and can get congested in high season, in low season driving in Skye is a delight.

There's a ferry from Sconser on Skye to Inverarish on Raasay. Other ferries connect Uig with Harris and North-Uist and you can get from Armadale back to Mallaig.

See

• The Old Man of Storr - one of the famous sights.
• Dunvegan Castle - great castle in the north of the island with singing chief.

Do

• Go walking in the Cullins mountains.
• Go to the Skye Silver shop in the north.

Eat

• the Loch Bay Seafood Restaurant 2 (http://www.lochbay-seafood-restaurant.co.uk/), Stein (at the end of the loch front road in the village), tel 01470 592235
• the Three Chimneys 3 (http://www.threechimneys.co.uk/restaurant.html), Colbost, Dunvegan, tel 01470 511258, fax 01470 511358, mailto:eatandstay@threechimneys.co.uk - voted amongst the 50 Top World Restaurants by Restaurant magazine. Book well ahead!
• The Lower Deck Restaurant (01478 613611) on the harbour in Portree specialises in simple, fresh seafood dishes, e.g. fish and chips £7.50.
• Flodigarry Country House Hotel 4 (http://www.flodigarry.co.uk/food.htm), tel 01470 552203 - overpriced (at £36 a head) for three courses and coffee - not recommended. Apparently once very good, but now past it: food is unimaginative and overcooked. Poor value.

Drink

Whisky

The Talisker Distillery, which produces a single malt whisky, is beside Loch Harport on the west coast of the island. Available for visits and tasting.

Sleep

• The Sligachan Hotel, the famous gathering place for climbers and walkers.

• Most visitors to Skye seem to camp. There are numerous campsites dotted around the island, some in extremely picturesque settings.

Get out

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