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dinner you can retire to the lounge with a single malt and flick through the yachting
magazines - you can even arrange a day trip aboard the owners' 42ft sailing yacht.
HOTEL EILEAN IARMAIN £££
( 01471-833332;
www.eilean-iarmain.co.uk
; s/d from £110/170; )
A charming old Victorian
hotel with log fires, a candlelit restaurant and 12 luxurious rooms, many with sea views.
The hotel's cosy, wood-panelled
An Praban Bar
(mains £9-16)
serves delicious, gourmet-
style bar meals - try the haddock in beer batter, venison burger or vegetable cannelloni.
| Hotel
Elgol (Ealaghol)
On a clear day, the journey along the road from Broadford to Elgol is one of the most
scenic on Skye. It takes in two classic postcard panoramas - the view of Bla Bheinn
across
Loch Slapin
(near Torrin), and the superb view of the entire Cuillin range from
El-
gol pier
.
Bus 49 runs from Broadford to Elgol (40 minutes, three daily Monday to Friday, two
Saturday).
Activities
BELLA JANE
( 0800 731 3089;
www.bellajane.co.uk
; Apr-Oct)
Bella Jane offers a three-hour cruise
(adult/child £22/12, three daily) from Elgol harbour to the remote Loch na Cuilce, an im-
pressive inlet surrounded by soaring peaks. On a calm day, you can clamber ashore here to
make the short walk to Loch Coruisk in the heart of the Cuillin Hills. You get 1½ hours
ashore and visit a seal colony en route.
| Boat Tour
AQUAXPLORE
( 0800 731 3089;
www.aquaxplore.co.uk
; Apr-Oct)
Runs 1½-hour high-speed boat trips
from Elgol to an abandoned shark-hunting station on the island of
Soay
(adult/child £25/
20), once owned by
Ring of Bright Water
author Gavin Maxwell. There are longer trips
(adult/child £48/38, four hours) to Rum, Canna and Sanday to visit breeding colonies of
puffins, with the chance of seeing minke whales on the way.
| Boat Tour
MISTY ISLE
| Boat Tour
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