Glenelg Inn
A traditional Highland inn in Glenelg looking over the Sound of Sleat to Skye, with log fires, a cosy bar and local food.
The Glenelg Inn stands in the middle of the small village of Glenelg, a white traditional Highland inn with a garden looking straight out over the Sound of Sleat to the Isle of Skye.
It is the kind of place people come for the setting and stay for the fire, with log fires, good food and a bar full of locals.
The kitchen cooks the produce of the land and sea around it, and the bar is the place to meet the village. There are rooms upstairs for those who want to stay. The country round about is unspoilt and full of wildlife, and full of stories: Gavin Maxwell wrote his classic Ring of Bright Water at his little cottage at Sandaig, along the coast. The original Skye ferry leaves from the village, a few cars at a time across the Kyle Rhea narrows through the summer, and the road over the Mam Ratagan pass brings you in. The inn's service can change for private events, so check before you go.
An inn with rooms, a restaurant and a bar in Glenelg village.
Book rooms and tables ahead; lunch can be shortened for private events, so check the inn's site or phone before you go.
- Getting there
- Glenelg village, over the Mam Ratagan pass from Shiel Bridge.
- Stay
- Rooms at the inn.
- Check
- Service can change for events.
Opening hours
Their website- Monday
- 10am–11pm
- Tuesday
- 10am–11pm
- Wednesday
- 10am–11pm
- Thursday
- 10am–11pm
- Friday
- 10am–midnight
- Saturday
- 10am–midnight
- Sunday
- 10am–11pm
Glenelg, Kyle, IV40 8JR.
The Glenelg FerryThe last hand-turned turntable ferry in the world, carrying cars across Kyle Rhea from Glenelg to Skye in summer.Under a mile1 min by road
Shore Station Café3 miles5 min by road-large-1736351836.jpg)
Kylerhea Otter HavenA forest hide above the narrows of Kyle Rhea, on an easy trail, for otters, seals, porpoises and sea eagles; free.3 miles5 min by road
Dun Telve and Dun Troddan3 miles10 min by road
Otter Hide4 miles13 min by road
Places to stay near the inn, and when each is next free.
Kinloch Lodge- To stay
- In Broadford and Surrounds
- 7 miles from the inn
Lusa Bothy- To stay
- In Broadford and Surrounds
- 8 miles from the inn
Eilean Sionnach Lighthouse Cottage- Sleeps 8
- In Broadford and Surrounds
- 8 miles from the inn
Stonechat Bothy- Sleeps 2
- In Broadford and Surrounds
- 9 miles from the inn
Scotland, in print.
Every photograph commissioned, every word written by somebody who went. Printed twice a year, made in Scotland.
For further reading, before you go.