Isle of Skye

For my last trip here in Scotland, my three flatmates and I did a 3-day tour with Real Scottish Journeys to the Isle of Skye. We left on Friday morning at 8:30am, and made our way up the Eastern coast of Scotland, stopping in multiple places, before eventually arriving in Portree (the capital of the Isle of Skye) that night around 7pm. Here is our guide and driver, Bill, showing us our route on the maps.

We stopped in Dunkeld (where I had been before with Mom when she was here), and got to revisit their AMAZING sandwich shop with the best marinated artichoke hearts ever. We all got sandwiches and went over to the cathedral on the water to have a picnic. We also stopped at multiple points to take great pictures of the scenery, and then made a stop to tour Eilean Donan Castle.





That night we arrived at our hostel in the little town of Portree. We had a 6-bed room for the 4 of us (luckily), and it was my first (and last) hostel experience of my trip. Here is the hostel & the town.





Saturday we met up again with the group at 9am to explore the Isle of Skye. We explored half the island, came back to Portree for lunch, and then did the other half of the island. We stopped at Kilt Rock (a rock that supposedly looks like a Kilt), Faerie Glen, which has many stories about the magical faeries that reside their, as well as many other places, including a river that supposedly if you dunk your face in for 7 seconds will give you eternal youth and beauty.









Finally, on Sunday, we left again at 9am to this time head down the Western coast of Scotland and make our way back to Edinburgh. We made photo stops along this route, too, stopping at Loch Ness (and looking for Nessie, the Loch Ness monster!) and my all time favorite - seeing the heilan coos (highland cows), daddy Hamish, new baby, and the mother Heather!










Now I'm back in Edinburgh for my last 3 days!