Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
01470-552206;
www.skyemuseum.co.uk
;
adult/child £2.50/50p; 9.30am-5pm Mon-
Sat Easter-Oct)
The peat-reek of crofting life in the 18th and 19th centuries is preserved
in the thatched cottages, croft houses, barns and farm implements of the Skye Museum of
Island Life. Behind the museum is Kilmuir Cemetery, where a tall Celtic cross marks the
grave of Flora MacDonald
; the cross was erected in 1955 to replace the original monu-
ment, of which 'every fragment was removed by tourists'.
Fairy Glen
Just south of Uig, a minor road (signposted 'Sheader and Balnaknock') leads in a mile or
so to the Fairy Glen, a strange and enchanting natural landscape of miniature conical hills,
rocky towers, ruined cottages and a tiny roadside lochan.
NATURAL FORMATION
Sleeping & Eating
HOSTEL
Dun Flodigarry Hostel£
(
01470-552212;
www.hostelflodigarry.co.uk
; Flodigarry; dm/tw £17/38, campsite per
person £9; )
A bright and welcoming hostel that enjoys a stunning location above
the sea, with views across Raasay to the mainland mountains. A nearby hiking trail leads
to the Quiraing (2.5 miles away), and there's a hotel bar barely 100m from the door. You
can also camp nearby and use all the hostel facilities.
Uig SYHA£
(
01470-542746; Uig; dm £17.50; Apr-Sep; )
Sociable hostel with fantastic
sunset views over Uig Bay. You have to vacate the place between 10.30am and 5pm, even
when it's raining!
HOSTEL
Isle of Raasay
POP 160
Raasay (
www.raasay.com
) is the rugged, 10-mile-long island that lies off Skye's east
coast. There are several good walks here, including one to the flat-topped conical hill of
Dun Caan
(443m). The Forestry Commission publishes a free leaflet (available from the
tourist offices) with suggested walking trails.
The extraordinary ruin of
Brochel Castle
, perched on a pinnacle at the northern end of
Raasay, was home to Calum Garbh MacLeod, an early 16th-century pirate.
