FROM DUNVEGAN
Your Skye Adventure.
Dunvegan is a fantastic location from which to explore all of Skye’s wonders, many of which are probably already on your bucket list for your Skye Trip.
If you’re not locked into a specific timeline already make sure you’ve allocated more days than you think so you really get “to see Skye” and not a whirlwind tour that will only skim the surface.
Starting off closer to The Dunvegan, try all of the following:
Experience Dunvegan Castle & Gardens – the ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan Macleod.
Relax at Claigan Coral Beach (opposite)
Walk to and enjoy the black sands of Orbost beach
Explore the village of Dunvegan – its shops
Two Churches Walk – stroll through local & medieval history and the Millenium Stone
The Giant MacAskill Museum – artefacts and stories of the World’s tallest giant
Macleods Tables – a rewarding walk and the stuff of legends
Take a boat trip with Sea Skye Tours
Exploring the rest of North West Skye:
Visit the ingenious Skye Weavers creating pedal-powered tweed!
The Maidens Walk near Harlosh
Eat at Michelin Starred Lochbay Restaurant (Steinn, Waternish)
Learn about the tanning process at Skye Skyns
Walk, fish, capture the sunset at Neist Point and Neist Point Lighthouse
Heading to North Skye (35 – 50 mins drive):
The Quiraing
Fairy Glen (stay longer than 20 minutes to dodge the minibuses during Summer season!)
Staffin Beach and the famous dinosaur footprints
Mealt Falls Viewpoint & Kilt Rock, an incredible Scottish waterfall and views on Skye.
The stunning Loch Coruisk. Access by boat from Elgol, or the long mountain walk from Glen Brittle.
‘Central’ Skye (30 – 40 mins drive):
- Old Man of Storr
- Portree village centre
- Talisker beach, Talisker Distillery and the Oyster Shed
- The very Instagramed Fairy Pools and Glenbrittle
- Walk up one of the Cuillin Mountains
Back at The Dunvegan, catch a sunset.
Looking out across Loch Dunvegan towards the Outer Hebrides.
And finally. On your way off the island, no adventure on Skye wouldn’t be the same without making a visit to Eilean Donan Castle.
