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 – ancestral home of the Chiefs of Clan Macleod
• Relax at Claigan Coral Beach
• 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

• Neist Point and Neist Point Lighthouse
• Visit our friends in Glendale – 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

Heading to North Skye (35 – 50 mins drive):

• The Quiraing
• Uig village
• Fairy Glen (stay longer than 20 minutes to dodge the minibuses during Summer season!)
• Staffin Beach and the famous dinosaur footprints
• Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls Viewpoint

‘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

Travelling further afield around South Skye and nearby mainland:

• Armadale to Mallig Ferry and Armadale Castle & Gardens
• World famous Eilean Donan Castle
• Plockton Village

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