Sights in Isle Of Skye
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Aros Experience
On the southern edge of Portree, the Aros Experience is a combined visitor centre, book and gift shop, restaurant, theatre and cinema. The visitor centre offers a look at some fascinating, live CCTV images from local sea-eagle and heron nests, and a wide-screen video of Skye’s impressive scenery (it’s worth waiting for the aerial shots of the Cuillin).
The centre is a useful rainy-day retreat, with an indoor, soft play area for children.
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Cuillin Hills
Rising to the west of Broadford, the jagged peaks and ridges of Britain's most impressive mountain range saw at the usually grey sky. Climbers and walkers see them as the challenge in Scotland, particularly the highest summit, Sgurr Alasdair (993m). The crossroads at Sligachan (Sligeachan) are a good starting point for hikes as well as the preferred photography stop - you'll know it by the tangle of tripods.
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Dunvegan Castle
Skye’s most famous historic building, and one of its most popular tourist attractions, Dunvegan Castle is the seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod. It has played host to Samuel Johnson, Sir Walter Scott and, most famously, Flora MacDonald. The oldest parts are the 14th-century keep and dungeon but most of it dates from the 17th to 19th centuries.
In addition to the usual castle stuff – swords, silver and family portraits – there are some interesting artefacts, most famous being the Fairy Flag, a diaphanous silk banner that dates from some time between the 4th and 7th centuries. Bonnie Prince Charlie’s waistcoat and a lock of his hair, donated by Flora MacDonald’s…
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Old Man of Storr
The 50m-high, pot-bellied pinnacle of crumbling basalt known as the Old Man of Storr is prominent above the road 6 miles north of Portree. Walk up to its foot from the car park in the woods at the northern end of Loch Leathan (round trip 2 miles). This seemingly unclimbable pinnacle was first scaled in 1955 by English mountaineer Don Whillans, a feat that has been repeated only a handful of times since.
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An Tuireann Art Centre
An Tuireann Art Centre, half a mile west of town on the B885, is an appealing gallery that hosts changing exhibitions of contemporary art. It also has an excellent café where you can enjoy homemade soups and imaginative vegetarian and vegan dishes.
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Talisker Distillery
Skye's only distillery produces smooth, sweet and smoky Talisker single-malt whisky; the guided tour includes a free dram.
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Skye Museum of Island Life
The peat-reek of crofting life in the 18th and 19th centuries is preserved in the thatched cottages, croft houses, barns and farm implements of the Skye Museum of Island Life. Behind the museum is Kilmuir Cemetery, where a tall Celtic cross marks the grave of Flora MacDonald; the cross was erected in 1955 to replace the original monument, of which ‘every fragment was removed by tourists’.
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