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Transport around the Isle of Skye?

Posted by (SF Bay Area ) on

Hello, knowledgeable ones. The husband's forebears were McLeods, and we would like to visit Dunvegan Castle while we are in Scotland without a car in September. We will be in Inverness, and I planned a small-bus tour to Skye for the day, but none of the tours appear to go to the Waternish Peninsula, just the Trotternish, along with assorted other sites. Does anyone know of a tour that stops and lets you tour Dunvegan Castle? Are there local people who would meet us at Kyle of Lochalsh and drive us around without costing a fortune? Is this just a pipe dream, and my stay-at-home sister-in-law is fated to be disappointed by our failure to bring back a photo of the Fairy Flag? Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer.

And if this has already been covered in some other string, please advise on how to search the forum. I am new and clueless!

Lora

Posted by
8136 posts

There is a local bus route from Portree, the #56 runs several.times a day to the castle, and City link coaches run quite frequently from Kyle to.Portree, so very easy to reach Dunvegan.

Posted by
1359 posts

I think the all day ,all Island bus pass is about £8 per person.
Still busy on Skye so I would recommend booking taxis a day ahead if possible

Posted by
28247 posts

I used the public bus to get to Dunvegan in 2019. I recall a bit of a walk to the castle, but it's possible there was a closer stop where I could have gotten off and reboarded.

Posted by
1359 posts

Bus runs right to the ticket office. Castle is about 230 yds beyond

Posted by
13 posts

Thanks so much, everyone! Really appreciate all the suggestions, and it sounds like the bus will give us the most time to browse through the ancestral castle and gardens. Hopefully the bus also provides a mini-tour of the island as it makes its rounds. We're so looking forward to our trip, and I am sure I'll be tapping the deep collective knowledge of everyone here often as I plan.

Gratefully, Lora

Posted by
4871 posts

just finished watching a travel series with the actors Alan Cummings and Miriam Margoyles on PBS, they travel around Skye on the final episode. the series is a little hard to find but PBS shows it on and off, if you ever stumble upon it be sure to DVR all the episodes before they disappear.

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Phred, we watched that a couple of years ago and loved it, but being the age I am, the details have done a flit. Will look for it again, maybe on BritBox.
Lora

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