Tours from Skye · Run by Timberbush Tours
Sligachan Old Bridge · Fairy Pools · Talisker Distillery · Old Man of Storr
Skye from Portree with a stop at Talisker, the island's own distillery.
This is the Skye day for anyone who likes a dram. From Portree you stop at Sligachan Old Bridge below the Cuillin and walk to the Fairy Pools, then visit Talisker Distillery on the shore of Loch Harport, where you can add a tour and tasting. The afternoon is at Dunvegan Castle (or Neist Point when it's closed), and the drive back takes in the Fairy Glen, the Quiraing, Kilt Rock and the Old Man of Storr. There's very little time on the road and a lot of Skye, in a small group of up to 16. It runs three days a week, mid-March to October.
The places it stops at, in order. Routes can change with the weather and the traffic.
The day
Where it starts
Somerled Square, Portree, Isle of Skye
Leaves at 8.30am
A photo stop
A humped stone bridge of about 1810 to 1818 by Thomas Telford, with the Cuillin rising behind it.
More about Sligachan Old Bridge
A walk
Clear pools and falls under the Black Cuillin in Glen Brittle, 2.4 km there and back from the car park.
More about Fairy Pools
A stop
Skye's oldest working distillery, on the shore of Loch Harport at Carbost since 1830.
Guided tour and tasting optional; must be pre-booked
More about Talisker Distillery, Carbost
A stop
The seat of the chiefs of MacLeod for 800 years, on a rock above Loch Dunvegan, with the Fairy Flag inside.
Entry optional; lunch stop
More about Dunvegan Castle and Gardens (Neist Point when the castle is closed)
A walk
Grassy hillocks and lochans above Uig, left by landslips after the ice, under a basalt crag called Castle Ewen.
More about Fairy Glen
A photo stop
Britain's largest landslide, a jumble of rock towers and cliffs at the northern end of the Trotternish ridge on Skye.
More about Quiraing
A photo stop
Sea cliffs of dolerite columns like the pleats of a kilt, with Mealt Falls dropping to the sea beside them.
More about Kilt Rock
A photo stop
A pinnacle about 50 metres high above Loch Leathan, two hours there and back on foot, seven miles north of Portree.
More about Old Man of StorrWhere it ends
Back at about 6.45pm
Photographs: Timberbush Tours
Somerled Square
Somerled Square, Portree, Isle of Skye
Leaves at 8.30am. Opens 15 minutes before departure and closes 5 minutes before.
Children aged 4 to 16 pay less; their price shows when you book.
Run by
Timberbush Tours has been taking visitors round Scotland since 1998. June and Gary Voy, a husband and wife team, started it with a single coach, and it now runs its own fleet, with driver-guides who have been with the company for years. Their tours leave every day from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness, and from Portree on Skye, and you book with them directly.
Timberbush Tours answer them, and you book with them directly.
8.30am to 6.45pm from Portree, from £65 an adult.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before a day tour, and up to 7 days before a tour of several days, by Timberbush’s own terms.
Booked with Timberbush Tours, or call them on +44 (0)131 226 6066
From Skye10 hoursBack 6.30pm
Old Man of Storr · Lealt Falls · Kilt Rock · Fairy Pools
The best of Skye in one day from Portree, from the Old Man of Storr to the Fairy Pools.
About 3 hours of it on the roadUp to 16 on a coach
From £65 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
From Edinburgh or Glasgow4 days
Luss · Rest · Inveraray · Culloden Battlefield
Four days that include the Jacobite steam train over the Glenfinnan Viaduct and two nights on Skye.
About 17½ hours on the road in allUp to 16 on a coach
From £329 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
From Edinburgh9 hoursBack 5.30pm
Rosslyn Chapel · Melrose · Scott's View · Glenkinchie Distillery
Rosslyn Chapel, the Borders abbeys and a whisky distillery, an easy day with little time on the road.
About 3 hours of it on the roadUp to 37 on a coach
From £43 an adult
Run by Timberbush Tours
