Skye
Skye is the largest and most northerly of the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland, linked to the mainland by a toll-free bridge. It's a rugged mountainous island with spectacular scenery. Portree is the main settlement, with a tourist information centre, and the main concentration of accommodation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Portree and Broadford.
Portree
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Portree is the main village on the Isle of Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. With a population of 2300 in 2022, it's the obvious base for exploring the island.
Broadford
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Broadford is a village straggling along the main road across Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. All island routes converge here so you're bound to pass through it.
Uig
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Uig is a village in the north of Skye, with a population of 423 in 2011. "Uig" derives from Old Norse vík, a bay, and it's a port with ferries to the Outer Hebrides.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Dunvegan and Kyleakin.
Dunvegan
Dunvegan is a small village on Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, with a population of 386 in 2011. The main draw is the castle. Dunvegan is also a base for exploring Duirnish, the peninsula to the west.
Kyleakin
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Kyleakin is a village on the island of Skye, traditionally a ferry port. It has become quieter since the Skye Bridge replaced the ferry from the mainland, but is an attractive small place worth a stop. In 2011 the population was around 300.
Armadale
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Armadale is the ferry port and main village of Sleat peninsula, the gently rolling southern part of the Isle of Skye. To the south it merges with Ardvasar, and a lane continues to dead-end at Aird of Sleat.
Elgol
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Elgol is a tiny village on the south coast of Skye in the Scottish Hebrides, with a population of 168 in 2011. The main attraction is the view of the mountains, especially from nearby Loch Coruisk.
Carbost
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Carbost is a small village straggling along the shore of Loch Harport in Skye, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. The main reason to come here is the Talisker Distillery.
Sligachan
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Sligachan is a tiny settlement on Skye, at the head of the sea inlet Loch Sligachan. It's just a road junction with some accommodation, often used as a base for climbing the Cuillin.
Stein
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Stein is a small settlement on Waternish, the middle peninsula of the north coast of Skye, in the Scottish Hebrides. It's scenic but tiny. More visitor facilities can be found a few miles east at Edinbane, which lies along the main road between Portree and Dunvegan.
Colbost
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Colbost is the first of a straggle of tiny settlements on the Duirnish Peninsula in the northwest of Skye. The others are Totaig, Glendale, Lephin and Milovaig, then the road dead-ends.
Glenbrittle
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Glenbrittle is a remote area of Skye. It is most useful as a base for walking and climbing the Black Cuillin, including the famous "Inaccessible Pinnacle".
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Skye
- Type: Island with 10,000 residents
- Description: largest and most northerly large island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland
- Also known as: “Island of Skye” and “Isle of Skye”
- Postal codes: IV41, IV42, IV43, IV44, IV45, IV46, IV47, IV48, IV49, IV55, and IV56
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Skye” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة سكاي”
- Arabic: “سكاي”
- Armenian: “Սքայ”
- Asturian: “Skye”
- Azerbaijani: “Skay adası”
- Basque: “Skye”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Скай”
- Belarusian: “Скай”
- Breton: “Enez Sgitheanach”
- Breton: “Enez Skye”
- Breton: “Skye”
- Bulgarian: “Скай”
- Catalan: “Illa de Skye”
- Catalan: “Skye”
- Cebuano: “Isle of Skye”
- Chinese: “天空島”
- Chinese: “斯凯岛”
- Chinese: “斯凱島”
- Chinese: “斯開島”
- Czech: “Isle of Skye”
- Czech: “ostrov Skye”
- Czech: “Ostrov Skye”
- Czech: “Skye”
- Danish: “Isle of Skye”
- Danish: “Skye”
- Dutch: “Eiland Skye”
- Dutch: “Skye”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره سكاى”
- Esperanto: “Insulo Skye”
- Esperanto: “Skye”
- Estonian: “Skye”
- Faroese: “Skye”
- Finnish: “Isle of Skye”
- Finnish: “Skye”
- French: “île de Skye”
- French: “Île de Skye”
- French: “Skye”
- Galician: “Illa de Skye”
- Galician: “Skye”
- German: “Insel Skye”
- German: “Skye”
- Greek: “Νήσος Σκάι”
- Greek: “Σκάι”
- Hebrew: “האי סקאי”
- Hebrew: “סקאי”
- Hebrew: “סקיי”
- Hungarian: “Skye”
- Icelandic: “Skíð”
- Icelandic: “Skye-eyja”
- Indonesian: “Skye”
- Irish: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Irish: “an t-Oileán Sgitheanach”
- Irish: “An tEilean Sgitheanach”
- Irish: “an tOileán Sciathánach”
- Irish: “an tOileán Scitheanach”
- Irish: “an tOileán Sgiathanach”
- Irish: “Oileán Sciathánach”
- Italian: “Isola di Skye”
- Italian: “Skye”
- Japanese: “スカイ島”
- Korean: “스카이섬”
- Latin: “Skia insula”
- Latin: “Skia”
- Latvian: “Skaja”
- Lithuanian: “Skajus”
- Low German: “Skye”
- Macedonian: “Скај”
- Malagasy: “Skye”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Isle of Skye”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eilean a‘ Cheó”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Isle of Skye”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skið”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skye”
- Norwegian: “Skye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Illa de Skye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Isla de Skye”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Skye”
- Ossetian: “Скай”
- Persian: “اسکای”
- Persian: “سکای”
- Polish: “Skye”
- Polish: “Wyspa Skye”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Skye”
- Portuguese: “Isle of skye”
- Portuguese: “Skye”
- Romanian: “Skye”
- Russian: “Остров Скай”
- Russian: “Скай”
- Scots: “Isle o Skye”
- Scots: “Skye”
- Scottish Gaelic: “an t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Serbian: “Скај”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Skye”
- Slovak: “Skye”
- Spanish: “Isla de Skye”
- Spanish: “Skye island”
- Spanish: “Skye”
- Swedish: “Isle of Skye”
- Swedish: “Skye”
- Thai: “ไอล์ออฟสกาย”
- Turkish: “Skye Adası”
- Turkish: “Skye”
- Ukrainian: “Скай”
- Urdu: “سکائی”
- Vietnamese: “Skye”
- Welsh: “An t-Eilean Sgitheanach”
- Welsh: “Skye”
- Welsh: “Ynys Hir”
- Welsh: “Ynys Sgitheanach”
- Welsh: “Ynys Skye”
- Western Panjabi: “سکائی”
- Wu Chinese: “斯凯岛”
- Zeeuws: “Skye”
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