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 (adult/child £3/2) offers a look at some fascinating, live CCTV images from local sea eagle and heron nests, and a viewing of a strangely commentary-free 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, is Dunvegan Castle, 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.
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Old Man of Storr
At 50m (164ft) high, the potbellied pinnacle of crumbling basalt known as the Old Man of Storr can be reached by foot from the car park in the woods to the north of Loch Leathan. The round trip takes about an hour. It's one of several natural features on the Trotternish peninsula that are among the island's most beautiful and bizarre.
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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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Dandelion Designs
At Stein on the Waternish Peninsula is Dandelion Designs, an interesting little gallery with a good range of colour and monochrome landscape photography, lino prints by Liz Myhill, and a range of handmade arts and crafts.
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Skye Museum of Island Life
The peat-reek of crofting life in the 18th and 19th centuries is preserved in thatched cottages at Skye Museum of Island Life.
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