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An exceptional visitor and arts centre, created by locals with a passion for their culture. The place to learn about Skye’s history and places to visit.

Portree is Skye’s mini capital, with some excellent shops and a delightful harbour lined by colourful buildings. Sailing races and Highland Games are big events in summer.

“The lava of the Cuillins” is produced at Skye’s only distillery, where visitors are welcomed onto a friendly tour.

Home to the chiefs of Clan MacLeod for 1,000 years. Here, you’ll see the Fairy Flag, which, it is said, can rally the “little people” to protect the clan.

A fantastic region of cliffs and pinnacles , one rocky outcrop gaining the name the Old Man of Storr.

Old Man of Storr

The boat from Elgol passes seal colonies to reach this secret loch, trapped in a bowl beneath the Cuillins, where a prized view awaits.

This awesome range rises from the sea to almost 1,000 m (3,300 ft). The Black Cuillins are a challenge even to seasoned climbers, but the Red Cuillins are an easier prospect for walkers.

Beautiful coastal gardens surrounding the ruined castle of clan MacDonald, with a historical archive.

Delightfully evocative, this reconstruction of thatched cottages, or “black houses” (they were blackened by firesmoke, ), turns back the years a century or more.

Its beauty too often overlooked, Raasay offers land and watersports at its Outdoor Centre, or you can climb Dun Caan to where Johnson and Boswell, the celebrated 18th-century men of letters, famously danced a jig.