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on Skye.

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Isle of Skye

Mountains, glens and wild places.

Skye's wild places are what bring most people here, and they live up to every photograph. The Cuillin rise straight from the sea in the south, the Trotternish ridge breaks into pinnacles and landslips in the north, and between them are glens, lochs and headlands where you can walk for hours and barely see a soul. The light changes by the minute, and so does the weather, which is part of the magic. Go early to beat the crowds at the famous spots, and pack for rain, wind and sunshine on the same day.

Lealt Falls→
The Lookout Bothy→
Camas Daraich→
Spar Cave→
Hallaig→
Dun Beag Broch→
The Quiraing→
Dinosaur Prints at Staffin & Duntulm→
The Storr Sanctuary→
Tianavaig Bay→
Milovaig Loop→
Loch Langaig→
Place of the day22 hours ago

Idrigill Point and Macleod's Maidens.

Three sea stacks off the south tip of Duirinish, at the end of a ten-mile walk from Orbost.

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Free to visit.

Beaches, waterfalls, viewpoints and stones: nothing to pay and nobody to ask.

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From our guide20 hours ago

Scorrybreac.

Clan history hangs thick on this wild spit of land just outside Portree. It was the stronghold of the Macneacail (Clan Nicolson) for more than eight centuries, and still hosts various gatherings and memorials.

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Newly discovered20 hours agoBroadford and SurroundsShore Station CaféCafeBroadford and SurroundsOtter HideWalkTrotternishThe Galley CaféCafeRaasaySt Moluag's ChapelAttractionSleatDuisdale HouseRestaurantLochalshBernera BarracksAttraction

Some good places to go, newly added to the site.

The newest places on our pages on Skye.

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Lunch19 hours agoWaternish, Dunvegan and DuirinishCafe Lephin1.3 milesIsle of SkyeDunvegan Bakery & Coffee Shop6.5 milesIsle of SkyeYURTea&Coffee8.1 miles

Lunch near Milovaig Loop.

The three good places closest to it: Cafe Lephin, Dunvegan Bakery & Coffee Shop and YURTea&Coffee.

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From our guide18 hours ago

Loch Coruisk.

Locations don’t come much more filmic than the one enjoyed by Loch Coruisk, a deep, inky-blue loch at the foot of the Black Cuillin. It’s a place shrouded in folklore: a shape-shifting kelpie, or water-horse, is said to live here, while Sir Walter Scott was moved to write that “Rarely human eye has known/ A scene so stern as that dread lake.” Take a boat trip to enjoy it from the water, or follow the quiet hiking trail that snakes around the shoreline.

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Autumn17 hours ago

What Glen Brittle Beach looks like in autumn.

At the head of Loch Brittle – and towered over by a cluster of mountains – this wide sandy beach is one of the most attractive on the island, with a campsite and café on site.

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Stay17 hours agoPortreeCuillin Hills Hotel5.8 milesIsle of SkyeHalf of One5.9 milesPortreeMarmalade Hotel5.9 miles

Stay near The Old Man of Storr.

The three good places closest to it: Cuillin Hills Hotel, Half of One and Marmalade Hotel.

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From our guide16 hours ago

Quiraing.

The swerving, slanting landscapes of Skye are at their most ravishing on the Quiraing, up in the north of Trotternish, where airy cliffs and rock-towers backdrop one of the most celebrated walks on the island.

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Walks and nature15 hours ago

Lealt Falls.

A waterfall dropping to the Sound of Raasay off the A855, with a ruined diatomite works in the gorge below.

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Sunset 18:0214 hours ago

Golden hour at Rubha Hunish.

The northern tip of Skye, down a break in the cliffs below an old coastguard lookout.

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From our guide13 hours ago

Rha Waterfall.

An easy stroll from the nearest road (if you’re in a car, try to park where the A87 meets the A855) brings you to this serenely beautiful double waterfall, set in woodland. Come calling after heavy rain to see it at its most impressive.

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