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Rock pinnacle
Old Man of Storr
Rock pinnacle among the remains of ancient landslips below The Storr, on the Trotternish peninsula north of Portree.
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Isle of Skye: Portree & Dunvegan: things to do
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Things to do in Isle of Skye: Portree & Dunvegan
Landmarks, museums, parks and viewpoints in and around the area.
Landslip landscape
Quiraing
Craterous landslip on the Trotternish escarpment, with rock features known as the Needle, the Prison and the Table.
Viewpoint
Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls
Sea cliffs about 55 m high of banded dolerite on the Trotternish coast, with a waterfall fed by the outflow of Loch Mealt.
Waterfalls
Fairy Pools
Series of pools and waterfalls on the Allt Coir' a' Mhadaidh in Glen Brittle, at the foot of the Cuillin.
Viewpoint
Sligachan
Settlement close to the Cuillin and a viewpoint for the Black Cuillin ridge.
Distillery
Talisker Distillery
Island single malt distillery at Carbost on the Minginish peninsula, established in 1830.
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Castle
Dunvegan Castle and Gardens
Seat of the chief of Clan MacLeod, first built in the 13th century above Loch Dunvegan.
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Lighthouse and viewpoint
Neist Point
Viewpoint at the most westerly point of Skye, with a lighthouse that has stood there since 1909.
Iron Age broch
Dun Beag
Iron Age broch on the west coast, about 0.6 miles (1 km) north-west of the village of Struan.
Museum
Skye Museum of Island Life
Museum at Kilmuir preserving a township of thatched cottages as they were on Skye in the late 18th century.
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Ruined castle
Duntulm Castle
Ruined castle on the north coast of Trotternish, a 17th-century seat of the MacDonalds of Sleat.
Castle and museum
Armadale Castle, Gardens and Museum of the Isles
Ruined country house of the MacDonalds, with gardens and a museum, a short walk from the Armadale ferry.
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Distillery
Torabhaig Distillery
Whisky distillery at Teangue in Sleat, the second licensed distillery on Skye.
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Bridge
Skye Bridge
Road bridge over Loch Alsh linking Skye to the island of Eilean Bàn, as part of the A87.
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- Isle of Skye: Portree & Dunvegan (area photo): Lauwz The Kiwistralian, CC0, source
- Old Man of Storr: lydia harper lids_harper, CC0, source
- Quiraing: Colin, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Kilt Rock and Mealt Falls: David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Fairy Pools: gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K, CC BY 2.0, source
- Sligachan: A forrest68, CC0, source
- Talisker Distillery: Chmee2, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Dunvegan Castle and Gardens: Sarahteeco, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Neist Point: Ian Cunliffe, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dun Beag: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Skye Museum of Island Life: HelgeRieder, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Duntulm Castle: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Armadale Castle, Gardens and Museum of the Isles: Wojsyl, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Torabhaig Distillery: thejackrustles, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Skye Bridge: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- The Cairngorms: Aviemore & Grantown-on-Spey: dave conner, CC BY 2.0, source
- Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry: Mike Hudson, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Black Isle & Easter Ross: Vcarceler, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Inverness & Loch Ness: dave conner from Inverness, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, source
- Fort William, Glencoe & Ben Nevis: Viewfinder at English Wikipedia, Public domain, source
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