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Old Man of Storr
The roughly 50-metre rock pinnacle on the Storr’s slope in the north of the Isle of Skye, formed by an ancient landslide, with an uphill path and views over the lochs and the sea.
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Portree
In the destination Highlands and the Ilha de Skye.
In the photo: Portree Harbour
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The city
What to expect from Portree.
Portree is the main village on the Isle of Skye, with a harbour of colourful houses beneath a bay surrounded by hills. It’s the base for the Trotternish peninsula, with the Old Man of Storr, Kilt Rock and the Quiraing, and for the Fairy Pools, Dunvegan Castle and Neist Point. On the way to the island, Eilean Donan Castle guards the approach.
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The local experience
What to see in Portree
Nature
Quiraing
The cliffs, rock towers and plateaus formed by a large landslide at the northern end of the Trotternish peninsula on Skye, traversed by a circular trail, with Kilt Rock and the Mealt waterfall along the route.
Nature
Fairy Pools
The clear-water pools and waterfalls of the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh stream in Glen Brittle under the Cuillin mountains, in the south of the Isle of Skye, with a trail of about 2.4 km.
Castle
Eilean Donan Castle
The castle on a small island at the meeting point of three lochs, near Dornie, linked to the mainland by a stone bridge, rebuilt in the 20th century over the medieval ruins on the route to the Isle of Skye.
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Nature
Neist Point
The westernmost cape of Ilha de Skye, with a 1909 lighthouse at the end of a path along cliffs, from which you can see the Hébridas Exteriores and, occasionally, whales and dolphins.
Castle
Dunvegan Castle
The castle of Clan MacLeod, inhabited by the same family for about 800 years, beside a saltwater loch in northwest Skye, featuring the Fairy Flag, gardens and boat trips to see seals.