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fire in the lounge or admiring the view across the Sound of Sleat from the lawn chairs in
the garden.
The spacious bedrooms - ask for room 1 (Eriskay), with its enormous sleigh bed - are
luxuriously equipped, from the rich and heavy bedlinen to the huge, high-pressure shower
heads. The elegant
Islay
restaurant serves the best of local fish, game and lamb. After din-
ner 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
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 deli-
cious, gourmet-style bar meals - try the haddock in beer batter, venison burger or veget-
able cannelloni.
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
.
Just west of Elgol is the
Spar Cave
, famously visited by Sir Walter Scott in 1814 and
mentioned in his poem
Lord of the Isles.
The 80m-deep cave is wild, remote and filled
with beautiful flowstone formations. It is a short walk from the village of Glasnakille, but
the approach is over seaweed-covered boulders and is only accessible for one hour either
side of low water. Check tide times and route information at Broadford tourist office, or
ask at the tearoom in Elgol.
Bus 49 runs from Broadford to Elgol (40 minutes, three daily Monday to Friday, two
Saturday).
Activities
BOAT TOUR
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,
