Shorefield House offers beautiful scenery and a friendly, warm accommodation on Skye, ideally situated to access a variety of activities on the island...

1. Craig Highland Farm
2. Skye & Kyle Rail Development Co
3. Brightwater Visitor Centre
4. Skye Serpentarium Reptile World
5. The Aros Experience
6. Skye Museum of Island Life
7. Colbost Croft Museum
8. Edinbane Pottery
9. Giant MacAskill Museum
10. Orbost Gallery
11. Shilasdair — Yarns
12. Skyeskyns
13. Talisker Distillery
14. Toy Museum
15. Skye Brewery
16. Skye Jewellery
17. Skye Silver
18. Isle of Skye soap company
19. Skye Kin
20. Woodrising Gallery
21. Rupert Copping Gallery
22. Duncan House Gallery
23. Isle of Skye Brewery

Historical

1. Eilean Donan Castle
2. Dunvegan Castle
3. Armadale Castle

 

Natural

1. Lochalsh Woodland Garden
2. Armadale Castle Gardens & Museum of the Isles

Active

1. Whitewave activity centre
2. Raasay outdoor centre
3. North West Frontiers
4. Skye Guides
5. Skye Walks
6. Skyak
7. REI adventure holidays
8. Aquaxplore
9. Skye Ghillie Fly Fishing
10. Skye Salmon
11. Isle of Skye golf club
12. Glass bottom boat trips
13. Bella Jane Boat Trips
14. Sea.Fari Adventures

Other Links

1. Bed and Breakfasts Nationwide

On the way to Skye

The Highland Museum of Childhood

Car Hire
Dunvegan Private Hire / Taxi
Glenview, 
Dunvegan,
Isle of Skye,
1V55 8GU.
Tel: 01470 521560

• Open all year.
• Private hire and taxis for all areas of north Skye.
• Any distance.
• Also available for local weddings.
• Six seater people carrier now available.

Skye is a place to be continually discovered. The more you see it, the more you'll want to see.
Shorefield House and Abar View are both ideally situated for this.

Even the furthest corners on Skye are only just over an hours drive from Shorefield house and Abar View.

Just imagine those long warm evenings when the sun sets a little before midnight.  You can watch some of these spectacular sunsets over the western hills from Shorefield whilst listening to the sounds of the nightime wildlife on and around the loch.

Where do we start - here is a sample of things to do and see.

Wildlife

In our area you can see Herons nesting, Buzzards over land, Otters by the loch, Deer on the hills, Golden Eagles circling above, Hear the CornKrakes calling…

North West Skye, Dunvegan Seal colony, with boat trips around loch Dunvegan.

Fishing. Wildlife walks From Neist Point lighthouse, on occasion, you can see whales, porpoises and dolphins.

The Brightwater Visitor Centre, Kyleakin. Kylerhea Otter haven. Bella Jane Boat Trips - to loch coruisk to see Golden Eagles Seafari Adventures - Adventure tours with wildlife and stunning scenery Skye Serpentarium Reptileworlds - Exhibition and reptile refuge.

The past is all around, not only in books, but visible on Skye

• Piping Centre
• Standing stones
• Ruined Duns
• Desserted village
• Souterains
• Castles of Dunvegan and Duntulum (Dunvegan castle has been inhabited for over 700 years)
• Armadale Garden and boat trips
• Woodland Gardens & History of the Gael
• Knock - Ruined McDonald Stronghold
• Skye, Dunvegan, and Island Life - museum of the lifestyle of islanders 100 years ago
• Colbost Croft Museum - black house depicting how people lived in the 19th century.
• Grant Angus MacAskill museum - exhibition of the tallest 'true' giant.
• Aros Heritage Centre
• Flora MacDonald's Monument
• St Columbus Island

   

• Local Crafts and Products

• Skye Candles - Staffin.
• Potteries - Edinbane, Uig, Halistra.
• SkyeSkyns - Unique traditional tannery.
• Talisker Distillery - Carbost.
• Isle of Skye Brewery - Uig.
• Isle of Skye Soap - Portree.
• Skye Silver
• Skye Batiks - Portree.
• Skye Chocolates & Ice Cream.
• Shilasdair - Spinning workshop & exhibition.
• Isle of Skye Cuillin Marble.

  Visual Arts & Crafts

• The Croft Studio Dunvegan - Local Paintings.
• Dandelion Design.
• Orbost Gallery - Skye & Highland landscapes by professional artists.

Boat trips

• Glass Bottom Boat Trips

Walks - (guided walks and climbs available)

1. Old Man of Storr.
2. Quirang.
3. Neist Point.
4. Cuillin Hills.
5. Macleods Maidens
6. Macleods Tables......& the choice goes on 

Beaches

1.    Fiskavaig beach
2.    Coral beach - Dunvegan.
3.    Glenbrittle.
4.    Staffin bay.

1. Waterfalls
2. Kilt Rock.
3. Mealt Waterfall.
4. Lealt waterfalls.
5. Bird Watching
6. Activities
   1. Skye Riding Centre - horseriding.
   2. Whitewave activity centre for outdoor activities 
   3. Kayaking.

1. Isle of Skye Golf Clubs.
2. Gardens
3. Armadale Castle.
4. Dungevan Castle.
5. Fossil Hunting
6. Geological Treasure hunting

• Toy Museum - Glendale.
• Boat Trips:
  • Examples include:
  • Glass bottom boat trips 
  • Family Pride I
• Seal Boat trips.
• Beaches:
  • Coral Beach - Dunvegan.
  • Sandy Beaches - Staffin Bay.
  • Sandy Beaches - Glenbrittle.
• Grant Angus MacKaskill Museum.
• Fairy Glen.
• Portree Swimming Pool.
• Skye Serpentarium and reptile refuge.
• Armadale Castle - 40 Acres of gardens and nature trails
  • Adventure play area

Isle of Raasay.

Outer Isles - Harris and Lewis.

Plockton.

Inverewe Gardens and Gairloch.

Mallaig and Sounds of Morar.

Boat trips to Eigg and Rum.

Train journeys from Kyle and Mallaig.

To fully appreciate Skye you need to sample the local delicacies and experience it's fine restaurants . 
Restaurant and hotel menus reflect the surprising variety of Highland Cuisine.

Skye produces it's own strawberries and blueberries, a wide variety of salad leaves and herbs.
Fish from around the shores of Skye are smoked in the local smokehouse in broadford. This can be followed by a beer from the Isle of Skye Brewery or a malt from Talisker Distillery.

Some of the finest restaurants are just a short distance from Shorefield House and Abar View.

Walking Distance

• The Lodge Hotel - Bar food and Restaurant.

10 Mins Drive

• Dunvegan
  •  The old School Restaurant.
  •  The Three Chimneys
• Skeabost
  • Skeabost Country House - Restaurant

15/20 Mins drive

• Waternish
  • Loch Bay - Seafood Restaurant.
  • Stein Inn - the oldest Inn on Skye.
• Portree
  • Cuillin Hills Hotel - Bar food and restaurant.
  • Bosville Hotel - Bistro and speciality menu restaurant.
  • Cafe Ariba - Menu from around the world.
  • Prince of Indian - Indian restaurant
  • The Cabin - Thai & Chinese restaurant.
  • Indian, Thai & Chinese takeaways.
  • Aros visitor centre - Restaurant.

20/30 Mins drive

• Colbost
  • The Three Chimneys Restaurant - World famous 5 star & seafood restaurant.
• Struan
  • JJ's Bistros - Restaurant

These are some of the restaurants that we and our guests have enjoyed. We will be pleased to book for you and arrange a taxi if required.

Getting to Skye

By Car

Road bridge from the mainland:
The bridge enables you to drive over to Kyleakin on the south-east tip of Skye to Broadford which is 24 miles from Armadale and 35 miles from Portree. 
The vehicle tolls which started in 1995 were abolished in December 2004, so there is now no cost to the bridge

By coach:

Buses operate from Inverness, Fort William and Glasgow. Most of these buses will travel to Portree. Some go as far as Uig to coincide with the ferries over to North Uist and Harris.

By train:

Trains run from Inverness to Kyle of Lochalsh where you can:

• walk across the road bridge to Kyleakin
• Get the Highland Country bus number 355 across the bridge to Kyleakin only. approx every 30 minutes there and back.
• Get the Citylink coach service to Broadford & Portree, etc

Trains also run from Fort William to Mallaig where you can take the Ferry over to Armadale. It is recognised as being the most scenic railway lines in the country.

A daily service is operated by First Scotrail

In addition to the regular train service,  the Jacobite steam engine operates during summer months

By Ferry

The summer ferry runs 6 or 7 times a day (including some Sundays at the height of the season,) between Mallaig and Armadale on the Isle of Skye. The winter service is limited to 2 ferries per day (Monday and Friday only). Journey time approx 25 minutes.
Vehicle reservation required.

Tel 01475 650 100

By private ferry

The privately-run ferry takes you over the see to Skye in a few minutes 
Telephone : 01599 511 302.

Getting to Shorefield House and Shorefield Self Catering: Abar View

From the Skye Bridge & Mallaig:

1. follow the A87 through Broadford to Portree.
2. Leave Portree on the A87 to Uig.
3. After 4.5miles (7km). Turn left on the A850 to Dunvegan.
4. Travel 10 miles (16km) to Edinbane. 
    
   Abar View Self Catering is adjacent to Edinbane Pottery.

From the Uig ferry:

1. follow the A87 for approx 10 miles (16km).
2. Turn right on the A850 to Dunvegan and travel 10 miles to Edinbane.
   
   
3. Abar View self catering is adjacent to Edinbane Pottery.