Sligachan

See Skye for connections to the Scottish mainland and to the Western Isles (Outer Hebrides). Most visitors arrive by car along A87.
By bus: Scottish Citylink Bus 914 / 915 runs twice daily from Glasgow via the airport, Fort William, Kyle of Lochalsh, then over the Skye Bridge to Broadford, Sconser and Sligachan; about 7 hours. These buses continue to Portree and Uig ferry terminal.
Bus 916 / 917 runs twice daily from Inverness via Loch Ness, the Skye Bridge and Broadford to Sconser, Sligachan (3 hours 30 mins) and Portree; these buses don't extend to Uig.
Stagecoach Highlands Bus 51 / 52 runs from the ferry pier at Armadale to Broadford, Sconser, Sligachan and Portree 3 or 4 times daily.
Calmac ferries sail from to Raasay year-round, M-Sa roughly hourly and 3 on Sunday. There's no other transport to and from that island so you have to return the same way. There's free parking at Sconser pier, plus a small waiting room with toilets.

Sligachan and Sconser are 3 miles apart. It's an easy bike ride but not much fun to walk: there's no sidewalk along the main road, the midges are waiting in ambush, and it'll probably rain.

• is the compulsory photo shot. 300 yards upstream are the waterfalls.

• Hiking and mountaineering: trails lead south into the hills, for peaks such as Sgurr nan Gillean and Marsco, and all the way south to Camasunary and Loch Coruisk - you'll need to bivvy to go that far. Before leaving Sligachan, note the memorial garden to those that didn't come back.

• Isle Of Skye Golf Club

  phone: +44 1478 650465
  address: Sconser
  Nine-hole course, with alternative tees so you can play 18, spectacular views. Booking recommended in summer.

Stock up before you arrive, there's nothing here. There's a small Co-op in Broadford south, and two in Portree north.

• Sligachan Hotel and Sconser Lodge, see "Sleep".

• Seumas' Bar within Sligachan Hotel is open daily 12:00-21:00.

• Cuillin Brewery

  phone: +44 1478 650204
  address: Sligachan
  Micro-brewery (no tours).

• Sligachan Campsite

  phone: +44 7786 435294
  Camping and caravan site open April-Oct, run by the nearby hotel. No bookings, just turn up.

• Sligachan Bunkhouse

  phone: +44 1478 650458
  address: Sligachan IV47 8SW
  Self-catering bunkhouse - you need to arrive with supplies, there's no local shop. They also run self-catering cottages and the larger lodge.

• Sligachan Hotel

  phone: +44 1478 650204
  address: Sligachan IV47 8SW
  Small welcoming 3-star, good base for climbers and walkers.

• Sconser Lodge

  phone: +44 1478 650333
  address: Sconser IV48 8TD
  Small 3-star, no single rooms, no dogs. Restaurant is open to non-residents.

• Blà Bheinn B&B

  phone: +44 1478 640269
  address: Crossal IV47 8SP
  B&B open April-Sept. Dogs welcome, £5/night.

• South to Broadford then stay on A87 to cross the bridge and return to the mainland, or branch south to Armadale for the ferry to Mallaig.
• Explore the island of Raasay, taking the ferry from Sconser.
• North to Portree, the scenic Trotternish peninsula, and Uig for ferries to the Outer Hebrides.
• A863 west leads to Carbost for the Talisker distillery, then winds up the coast to Dunvegan.