Sarah's Guidebook
Food scene
Excellent menu, professional and family run, Michelin Star Chef Michael Smith
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Loch Bay Restaurant
1 Macleods TerraceExcellent menu, professional and family run, Michelin Star Chef Michael Smith
New owners, great selection of whisky, draught beers, delicious food all served in the oldest Inn on Skye. The beer garden on the waterfront is a beautiful place to watch the sun go down.
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Stein Inn
Macleods TerraceNew owners, great selection of whisky, draught beers, delicious food all served in the oldest Inn on Skye. The beer garden on the waterfront is a beautiful place to watch the sun go down.
The Skyeskyns Yurt will be opening on Monday 3rd April for the season.
For April, we will be open 6 days a week (closed on Tuesdays).
Opening hours will be 10.30 to 16.30.
From May, we will be open 7 days a week.
The usual range of delicious goodies will be on sale,
and we look forward to welcoming back friends old and new over the season.
The Skyeskyns Yurt Team
YURTea&coffee
17 LochbayThe Skyeskyns Yurt will be opening on Monday 3rd April for the season.
For April, we will be open 6 days a week (closed on Tuesdays).
Opening hours will be 10.30 to 16.30.
From May, we will be open 7 days a week.
The usual range of delicious goodies will be on sale,
and we look forward to welcoming back friends old and new over the season.
The Skyeskyns Yurt Team
Edinbane Lodge
Culinary arts to its potential!
You’ll receive a warm welcome from this firm favourite at Edinbane, just a short drive from Brae Fasach and Lovaig View. Both drinks and delightful menus at midday and in the evening
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Edinbane Inn
2 Edinbane PotteryYou’ll receive a warm welcome from this firm favourite at Edinbane, just a short drive from Brae Fasach and Lovaig View. Both drinks and delightful menus at midday and in the evening
THE DUNVEGAN
A863/A850, Isle of Skye IV55 8WA
The Dunvegan fire restaurant, Deli-Cafe & Rooms.
In the evening, The Dunvegan offers a quality, informal and relaxed dining experience.
Food at The Dunvegan brings together local & Scottish ingredients with family-influenced Argentine cuisine, traditions & cooking techniques.
Our Fire Menu is a Prix Fixe menu (fixed price menu – 2, 3 or 4 Courses) cooked using fire, charcoal & smoke wherever possible. We create our own pickles & preserves and bake all our own bread, cakes & desserts.
Our Fire Menu showcases local and Scottish seafood & meat, British vegetables cooked using fire, charcoal & smoke.
Expect Twice Dived Sconser Scallops, dry aged Highland steak, Highland lamb, local lobster, langoustines & oysters plus vegan/vegetarian dishes on the menu.
Also open for coffee, tea & cakes.
Lunch
And has a Deli, re-fillery & Shop
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The Dunvegan
Main StreetTHE DUNVEGAN
A863/A850, Isle of Skye IV55 8WA
The Dunvegan fire restaurant, Deli-Cafe & Rooms.
In the evening, The Dunvegan offers a quality, informal and relaxed dining experience.
Food at The Dunvegan brings together local & Scottish ingredients with family-influenced Argentine cuisine, traditions & cooking techniques.
Our Fire Menu is a Prix Fixe menu (fixed price menu – 2, 3 or 4 Courses) cooked using fire, charcoal & smoke wherever possible. We create our own pickles & preserves and bake all our own bread, cakes & desserts.
Our Fire Menu showcases local and Scottish seafood & meat, British vegetables cooked using fire, charcoal & smoke.
Expect Twice Dived Sconser Scallops, dry aged Highland steak, Highland lamb, local lobster, langoustines & oysters plus vegan/vegetarian dishes on the menu.
Also open for coffee, tea & cakes.
Lunch
And has a Deli, re-fillery & Shop
Lovely, nostalgic and friendly. The Old Scool house is a great choice for eating, offering both midday and evening meals with a delicious menu
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Old School Restaurant
Lovely, nostalgic and friendly. The Old Scool house is a great choice for eating, offering both midday and evening meals with a delicious menu
Within a short drive, over on the Duirinish Peninsula, the Three Chimneys is another fine dining venue that Skye has to offer.
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The Three Chimneys and The House Over-by
Within a short drive, over on the Duirinish Peninsula, the Three Chimneys is another fine dining venue that Skye has to offer.
Atmospheric, good entertainment, great location, friendly staff, food served all day and a great selection of Whisky
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The Old Inn
Atmospheric, good entertainment, great location, friendly staff, food served all day and a great selection of Whisky
Blas and The Tartan Company are based in Dunvegan in The Isle of Skye, in a small shop, overlooking Loch Dunvegan. It’s a small tearoom, where you can enjoy tea and scones, among other things, and a tiny Fish and Chips takeaway at the side. They make all their own jams and chutneys. There is a small selection of The Tartan Company products for you to look at providing a wee memory of Skye to take back home with you.
Blas-cafe, takeaway and deli.
Main streetBlas and The Tartan Company are based in Dunvegan in The Isle of Skye, in a small shop, overlooking Loch Dunvegan. It’s a small tearoom, where you can enjoy tea and scones, among other things, and a tiny Fish and Chips takeaway at the side. They make all their own jams and chutneys. There is a small selection of The Tartan Company products for you to look at providing a wee memory of Skye to take back home with you.
Sky Candles Visitors centre has teamed up with Gasta Portree. A newly refurbished, large, contemporary cafe with large pizza oven.
Gasta Port Righ
Sky Candles Visitors centre has teamed up with Gasta Portree. A newly refurbished, large, contemporary cafe with large pizza oven.
Atholl house offers relaxed dining and is licensed. Retire to the comfortable lounge for after dinner drinks by the fire
Atholl House Skye
Atholl house offers relaxed dining and is licensed. Retire to the comfortable lounge for after dinner drinks by the fire
Sightseeing
The Peninsula on which Lovaig View and Brae Fasach are situated has many walks, points of interest, forests, burns, Brochs, cliffs, wildlife, a lighthouse, churches, an Inn, restaurant, cafe, gallery, art studios, farm, school, Skye Skyns visitors centre, a community hall, local produce, waterfronts, beachfront, jetty, boat trips and a really friendly community
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Waternish
The Peninsula on which Lovaig View and Brae Fasach are situated has many walks, points of interest, forests, burns, Brochs, cliffs, wildlife, a lighthouse, churches, an Inn, restaurant, cafe, gallery, art studios, farm, school, Skye Skyns visitors centre, a community hall, local produce, waterfronts, beachfront, jetty, boat trips and a really friendly community
Lucy provides a most delightful and delicious experience of her work to preserve nature on Waternish farm
Waternish Farm
Lucy provides a most delightful and delicious experience of her work to preserve nature on Waternish farm
Just a short drive along the lane from Lovaig View this is a location steeped in history and a local designated ‘Dark Skies’ location
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Trumpan
Just a short drive along the lane from Lovaig View this is a location steeped in history and a local designated ‘Dark Skies’ location
Dunvegan Castle
A truly outstanding location of remarkable sightseeing!
Parking facilities provided (pay at meter)
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The Quiraing
A truly outstanding location of remarkable sightseeing!
Parking facilities provided (pay at meter)
Claigan Coral beach is one of the beautiful stretches of beach on the Isle of Skye. Offering a fantastic place to take a walk with incredible views over the tidal Island of Lampay, which can occasionally be reached by a causeway at very low tide.
From the flat-topped hill, above the bay, our home, Brae Fasach be seen.
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Coral Beach
Claigan Coral beach is one of the beautiful stretches of beach on the Isle of Skye. Offering a fantastic place to take a walk with incredible views over the tidal Island of Lampay, which can occasionally be reached by a causeway at very low tide.
From the flat-topped hill, above the bay, our home, Brae Fasach be seen.
Boat trips to the Macleods maidens can be taken from the Stein jetty with Divers Eye boat trips, pre booking advisable
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Macleods Maidens
Boat trips to the Macleods maidens can be taken from the Stein jetty with Divers Eye boat trips, pre booking advisable
A clearly visible and relatively easy to access (short walk from the road, up over rough pasture land) to a prehistoric site of a Broch. (probably occupied within the period 200 BC to AD 100,)
Brochs are an Iron Age phenomenon; they were first constructed (on current evidence) at a date between 400 and 200 BC and are a prehistoric building type unique to Scotland. They are typified by a circular internal ground plan with massive drystone walls capable of rising to tower-like heights2. The largest among them are believed to have been the tallest prehistoric stone structures in North Western Europe, though very few have survived to any great height.
Dun Beag is of national importance as a good example of a broch, with features characteristic of brochs found near the western seaboard. The excavated material suggests that Dun Beag was probably occupied within the period 200 BC to AD 100, which accords well with other brochs frrm which dates are available.
Key aspects of Dun Beag’s significance include:
• Its survival as one of the best preserved brochs on Skye. Most other brochs survive as tumbled masses of stone, but because Dun Beag is maintained and presented in its excavated state, visitors can appreciate many of the architectural features which typify west-coast
brochs.
• What the choice of site says about the occupants. The location of Dun
Beag, on a rocky knoll with extensive views over the surrounding landscape, suggests that the builders were combining the practicalities of finding a dry location which had a ready source of raw materials, with a desire to ensure that those in the structure could observe a wide area and also be seen from a distance.
• The importance of the excavated material remains. The artefacts recovered during excavation indicate something of the activities carried out at the site (metalworking, cooking, processing grain) and include some personal items (pins, glass beads). They also hint at intermittent occupation and / or use of the site extending beyond the Iron Age into the Viking, Medieval and post-Medieval periods.
• The relationship of the broch with other sites and features both in the immediate area (field boundaries, fort, hut circles) and with other types of Iron Age structures on the west coast of Scotland. It is likely that further archaeological deposits survive, including midden material and further structural remains around the broch, which could potentially add to our understanding of the site in its immediate context.
• The association of the site with Countess Vincent Baillet de Latour, née Johanna von Ettingshausen. The Countess was one of Scotland’s early female archaeologists and her work on the Skye brochs of Dun Fiadhairdt and Dun Beag are significant events in the history of archaeology in Scotland
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Dun Beag Broch
A863A clearly visible and relatively easy to access (short walk from the road, up over rough pasture land) to a prehistoric site of a Broch. (probably occupied within the period 200 BC to AD 100,)
Brochs are an Iron Age phenomenon; they were first constructed (on current evidence) at a date between 400 and 200 BC and are a prehistoric building type unique to Scotland. They are typified by a circular internal ground plan with massive drystone walls capable of rising to tower-like heights2. The largest among them are believed to have been the tallest prehistoric stone structures in North Western Europe, though very few have survived to any great height.
Dun Beag is of national importance as a good example of a broch, with features characteristic of brochs found near the western seaboard. The excavated material suggests that Dun Beag was probably occupied within the period 200 BC to AD 100, which accords well with other brochs frrm which dates are available.
Key aspects of Dun Beag’s significance include:
• Its survival as one of the best preserved brochs on Skye. Most other brochs survive as tumbled masses of stone, but because Dun Beag is maintained and presented in its excavated state, visitors can appreciate many of the architectural features which typify west-coast
brochs.
• What the choice of site says about the occupants. The location of Dun
Beag, on a rocky knoll with extensive views over the surrounding landscape, suggests that the builders were combining the practicalities of finding a dry location which had a ready source of raw materials, with a desire to ensure that those in the structure could observe a wide area and also be seen from a distance.
• The importance of the excavated material remains. The artefacts recovered during excavation indicate something of the activities carried out at the site (metalworking, cooking, processing grain) and include some personal items (pins, glass beads). They also hint at intermittent occupation and / or use of the site extending beyond the Iron Age into the Viking, Medieval and post-Medieval periods.
• The relationship of the broch with other sites and features both in the immediate area (field boundaries, fort, hut circles) and with other types of Iron Age structures on the west coast of Scotland. It is likely that further archaeological deposits survive, including midden material and further structural remains around the broch, which could potentially add to our understanding of the site in its immediate context.
• The association of the site with Countess Vincent Baillet de Latour, née Johanna von Ettingshausen. The Countess was one of Scotland’s early female archaeologists and her work on the Skye brochs of Dun Fiadhairdt and Dun Beag are significant events in the history of archaeology in Scotland
A favourite stop on the road from Portree to Staffin
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Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls Viewpoint
A855A favourite stop on the road from Portree to Staffin
A wide bay at the foot of the Cuillin mountains, with camp site, cafe and parking
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Glenbrittle
A wide bay at the foot of the Cuillin mountains, with camp site, cafe and parking
A wide and easy accessed bay with open views out across the Atlantic and great place to witness the sun set into the ocean
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Talisker Bay Beach
A wide and easy accessed bay with open views out across the Atlantic and great place to witness the sun set into the ocean
Cuillin
Lovely walk from just round the water from Portree and a great way to gain insight into the local history of Portree and see across the bay to Brae’s and Rasta
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Scorrybreac circuit
ScorrybreacLovely walk from just round the water from Portree and a great way to gain insight into the local history of Portree and see across the bay to Brae’s and Rasta
Visible from the road but a truly rewarding scramble up the well trodden path to the Storr will provide memories your not likely to forget.
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The Storr
Visible from the road but a truly rewarding scramble up the well trodden path to the Storr will provide memories your not likely to forget.
Situated right at the north of the Trotternish Peninsula this very old ruin still hangs onto its cliff side location and views out over the Minch to Harris and Lewis
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Duntulm Castle
Situated right at the north of the Trotternish Peninsula this very old ruin still hangs onto its cliff side location and views out over the Minch to Harris and Lewis
A beautiful location to enjoy the naturally formed water falls from the Cuillin mountains.
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Fairy Pools
A beautiful location to enjoy the naturally formed water falls from the Cuillin mountains.
A truly remarkable landscape tucked away in the hillside behind Uig
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The Fairy Glen
A truly remarkable landscape tucked away in the hillside behind Uig
Visitors Centre
Skye Skyns is 5* Visitors Centre. The tannery with a free guided tour of its workings is worth a visit in itself, the show room has a full range of the sheep Skyns products created on site plus much more, and to top it off the YURTea and coffee cafe serves an array of delicious delights
Skyeskyns
17 LochbayGreat way to experience the process of creating the oldest single malt scotch whisky made by the sea
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Talisker Distillery
Great way to experience the process of creating the oldest single malt scotch whisky made by the sea
Located on the Trotternish Peninsula this is a true insight into the way of life on the Isle of Skye through the centuries
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Skye Museum of Island Life
Located on the Trotternish Peninsula this is a true insight into the way of life on the Isle of Skye through the centuries
THE ISLE OF SKYE’S LEADING CINEMA, THEATRE & EVENTS VENUE
With showings of SKYE STORY
A Documentary • 45mins
SkyeStory is a film depicting the dramatic history of this iconic island exclusively shown here at the LAS Port Righ.
Las Port Righ
THE ISLE OF SKYE’S LEADING CINEMA, THEATRE & EVENTS VENUE
With showings of SKYE STORY
A Documentary • 45mins
SkyeStory is a film depicting the dramatic history of this iconic island exclusively shown here at the LAS Port Righ.
Isle of Skye Candle Co. Visitor Centre
The new Visitor Centre is based in the main town in Skye, Port Righ or Portree as it's known in English.
New owners (of what was the Aros Centre since March 2022) have spent over a year renovating the building, allowing the company to move their production to a much needed bigger space.
They have managed to create a pizzeria, wellness space, cinema and of course the flagship store.
We hope if you're on Skye you'll have a chance to Visit!
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Aros Centre
Viewfield RoadIsle of Skye Candle Co. Visitor Centre
The new Visitor Centre is based in the main town in Skye, Port Righ or Portree as it's known in English.
New owners (of what was the Aros Centre since March 2022) have spent over a year renovating the building, allowing the company to move their production to a much needed bigger space.
They have managed to create a pizzeria, wellness space, cinema and of course the flagship store.
We hope if you're on Skye you'll have a chance to Visit!
Art/ craft exhibition/gallery/ shop
Artists and craft makers inspired by Skye. Owned by a local family who all have works in the gallery and shop.
Dandelion Designs
Artists and craft makers inspired by Skye. Owned by a local family who all have works in the gallery and shop.
Denise opens her studio at her home on Waternish for visitors to engage in the work that she lovingly creates. Displays of originals to printed cards and tea cloths can be purchased as fine memorabilia of your time on Waternish.
Cuckoo Tree Studio
12 LochbayDenise opens her studio at her home on Waternish for visitors to engage in the work that she lovingly creates. Displays of originals to printed cards and tea cloths can be purchased as fine memorabilia of your time on Waternish.
Locally produced ceramic works displayed on site in its shop
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Edinbane Pottery
Locally produced ceramic works displayed on site in its shop
Locally crafted ceramic goods slid on location from its visitors centre and shop
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The Uig Pottery
Locally crafted ceramic goods slid on location from its visitors centre and shop
An extraordinary little venture where by the tweed is woven using the pedal power of a bicycle!
The shop and mill are open for 2023, Tuesday-Saturday 10.00-17.00
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Skye Weavers
18 FasachAn extraordinary little venture where by the tweed is woven using the pedal power of a bicycle!
The shop and mill are open for 2023, Tuesday-Saturday 10.00-17.00
Cath Waters Gallery & Gifts Dunvegan
5 LochsideThis is a lovely display and shop of a local artists work.
The Hebridean Alpaca shop outlet, nearby, at Dunvegan (on route to Dunvegan Castle) sells many a warm and so adorably comfortable clothing items, gifts and products
The Hebridean Alpaca Company
1 LochsideThe Hebridean Alpaca shop outlet, nearby, at Dunvegan (on route to Dunvegan Castle) sells many a warm and so adorably comfortable clothing items, gifts and products
Skíō Pottery
A warm and welcoming small studio from where a local couple create delightful ceramics.
The shed is filled daily with freshly made homemade Scottish Tablet Bags and Bars. The views on the road to the shed in Geary, Waternish are some of the very best in Skye.
Donnie's Tablet Shed
The shed is filled daily with freshly made homemade Scottish Tablet Bags and Bars. The views on the road to the shed in Geary, Waternish are some of the very best in Skye.
Experience activities
Activities hosted be experienced staff
Gordon and Eileen are just the best of hosts offering a range of water excursions from the Stein jetty, just down the lane at Loch Bay through Divers Eye boat trips
SeaSkye Adventures with Divers Eye Boat Trips
Gordon and Eileen are just the best of hosts offering a range of water excursions from the Stein jetty, just down the lane at Loch Bay through Divers Eye boat trips
A.C.E Target Sports
Third Ridge climbing centre offers a range of options to get you climbing. Anyone can book & pay for an open session to either boulder or if you have the required skills climb with a harness and rope.
Third Ridge
4 Broom PlaceThird Ridge climbing centre offers a range of options to get you climbing. Anyone can book & pay for an open session to either boulder or if you have the required skills climb with a harness and rope.
This is an excellently run boat trip from Elgol, Isle of Skye, on which you can look forward to being entertaining with tales and legends of the area as you sail out to visit the jewel in the heart of the Cuillins: Loch Coruisk!
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Misty Isle Boat Trips
This is an excellently run boat trip from Elgol, Isle of Skye, on which you can look forward to being entertaining with tales and legends of the area as you sail out to visit the jewel in the heart of the Cuillins: Loch Coruisk!
CRAFT YOUR OWN UNIQUE GIN TO ENJOY AT HOME!
Whether you’re obsessed with the spirit or simply enjoy the occasional G & T the Gin School experience is a fun-filled way to spend some time on the Isle of Skye.
Get hands-on and learn the traditional art of distilling under expert tuition and take home a 70cl bottle of your very own Scottish gin!
Links and contact info can’t be shared in the guide book. Please look online or in the leaflet dispenser in the holiday let or speak with your hosts, Sarah or Richard. We’ve both been!
Isle of Skye Distillers Ltd
CRAFT YOUR OWN UNIQUE GIN TO ENJOY AT HOME!
Whether you’re obsessed with the spirit or simply enjoy the occasional G & T the Gin School experience is a fun-filled way to spend some time on the Isle of Skye.
Get hands-on and learn the traditional art of distilling under expert tuition and take home a 70cl bottle of your very own Scottish gin!
Links and contact info can’t be shared in the guide book. Please look online or in the leaflet dispenser in the holiday let or speak with your hosts, Sarah or Richard. We’ve both been!