Skye accommodations
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What is your budget? August is the busiest time on Skye so you may have a problem finding someplace w/ two rooms available fair two nights . . .
Check the sligachan - it is a bit larger and is in the most central location on the island.
http://www.sligachan.co.uk/
Check the sligachan - it is a bit larger and is in the most central location on the island.
http://www.sligachan.co.uk/
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Carters Rest ~ if booked ask them for suggestions
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Scotland.html
http://www.cartersrestskye.co.uk/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev..._Scotland.html
http://www.cartersrestskye.co.uk/
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I stayed at Eilean Iarmain Hotel (loved it) and Toravaig House (did not love it). Both are located close to each other, on the Sleat Peninsula. That location was a bummer. I was mostly hiking on the Trotternish Peninsula, and that was a lot of driving back and forth every day. The drive home after a late dinner at Three Chimneys was especially wearying.
Sligachan would have been a better location. Portree would have been even more centrally located, for my purposes, but I don't think I'd want to stay right in Portree.
Sligachan would have been a better location. Portree would have been even more centrally located, for my purposes, but I don't think I'd want to stay right in Portree.
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>>Portree would have been even more centrally located, for my purposes, . . . <<
True - definitely for your purposes on the Trotternish. But for the island as a whole, Sligachan is just about the most central/easiest base for touring around.
True - definitely for your purposes on the Trotternish. But for the island as a whole, Sligachan is just about the most central/easiest base for touring around.
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I've stayed at both Eilean Iarmin and Toravaig as well as Duisdale. Loved all of them. Actually had à better meal Toravig than at the Three Chimneys. Well, just as good.
I also love the Sleat Peninsula but if you'd spending most of your time on the Trotternish, then it isn't convenient. Have never had a problem driving around the Isle. Beautiful scenery every where you look.
I also love the Sleat Peninsula but if you'd spending most of your time on the Trotternish, then it isn't convenient. Have never had a problem driving around the Isle. Beautiful scenery every where you look.
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Wife and friend enjoyed Kinloch Lodge in Sleat.
OP doesn't need to be near Trotternish, someone else did. Daughter and I have stayed outside Portree in a [name long gone] B&B we found through the tourist office.
Driving easy except for sheep on road and Germans pulling caravans.
OP doesn't need to be near Trotternish, someone else did. Daughter and I have stayed outside Portree in a [name long gone] B&B we found through the tourist office.
Driving easy except for sheep on road and Germans pulling caravans.
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Last time we were on Skye we stayed at the Marmalade Hotel just outside the town. It was OK for the 3 nights that we were there.
http://www.marmaladehotels.com/
http://www.marmaladehotels.com/
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Thank you for all the suggestions, I am following them all up.
So far I have heard from Sligachan, Carters Rest, and Eilean Iarmain that they are fully booked. Toravaig and Duisdale have limited rooms available if I change my dates a bit, not sure if that will work for us.
Just wrote off to Kinloch Lodge and Marmalade.
So far I have heard from Sligachan, Carters Rest, and Eilean Iarmain that they are fully booked. Toravaig and Duisdale have limited rooms available if I change my dates a bit, not sure if that will work for us.
Just wrote off to Kinloch Lodge and Marmalade.
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As I mentioned >>you may have a problem finding someplace w/ two rooms available fair two nights . . .<<
You are going at the busiest time of the whole year. It might mean having to stay in two different B&Bs one night each - one towards the north/Portree end and on at the south/Armadale end.
Or possibly two different B&Bs - one for each couple. Not ideal of course but an option. Two nearby hotels/B&Bs in Portree for instance.
You are going at the busiest time of the whole year. It might mean having to stay in two different B&Bs one night each - one towards the north/Portree end and on at the south/Armadale end.
Or possibly two different B&Bs - one for each couple. Not ideal of course but an option. Two nearby hotels/B&Bs in Portree for instance.
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