4 Best Shopping in The Northern Highlands and the Western Isles, Scotland

This well-stocked shop specializes in designer knitwear and has some of the nicest staff you could hope to meet. On cold winter days, they might make you coffee while you browse, then mail your purchases back home for you.

Specializing in quirky handmade ceramics and watercolors of local wildlife, this is a great place to pick up a distinctive souvenir from your time on Skye.

This charming little shop handcrafts its own soaps, aromatherapy oils, candles, and other pleasingly fragranced gifts. Founder (and soap maker-in-chief) Fiona is an aromatherapist.

Distinctive gold and silver jewelry with Celtic themes is the bread and butter of Skye Silver. From pendants to rings, bracelets to earrings, the unique pieces here are inspired by the surrounding landscapes of sea and countryside, with motifs of island wildlife.