Mags’s Oystercatcher Guidebook
Food scene
Booking is recommended for this gem of a pub only a 5 minute drive or 25 minute walk from the Oystercatcher. Great food and brilliant selection of drinks including Scottish Gins and Whiskys.
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Taigh Ailean Hotel
Booking is recommended for this gem of a pub only a 5 minute drive or 25 minute walk from the Oystercatcher. Great food and brilliant selection of drinks including Scottish Gins and Whiskys.
Find out if there is live music on and head on down to Carbost to the Inn, a 10 minute drive from the Oystercatcher.
Serves food and drink lunchtime and evening.
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The Old Inn
Find out if there is live music on and head on down to Carbost to the Inn, a 10 minute drive from the Oystercatcher.
Serves food and drink lunchtime and evening.
Fantastic coffee shop with tasty coffee and sweet treats to takeaway - only 10 minute drive away in Carbost.
Highly recommended coffee.
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Caora Dhubh Coffee Company
Fantastic coffee shop with tasty coffee and sweet treats to takeaway - only 10 minute drive away in Carbost.
Highly recommended coffee.
New cafe opened 2022.
I have still to try here myself but have heard great things.
Handy to stop there on the way to or from sightseeing for the day.
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Café Cùil
New cafe opened 2022.
I have still to try here myself but have heard great things.
Handy to stop there on the way to or from sightseeing for the day.
Well worth a trip if you are in Portree.
Great breakfasts, great coffee and decent prices.
It is located in the local DIY shop on the outskirts on Portree and is easy to get parked which is a plus!
The Red Brick Cafe @ Jans
6 Broom PlWell worth a trip if you are in Portree.
Great breakfasts, great coffee and decent prices.
It is located in the local DIY shop on the outskirts on Portree and is easy to get parked which is a plus!
Sightseeing
Cath Water's gallery and shop is only 5 minute drive away and well worth a stop to find that perfect gift or something for yourself.
Cath Waters Scottish Landscape Art Studio & Gallery
CarbostbegCath Water's gallery and shop is only 5 minute drive away and well worth a stop to find that perfect gift or something for yourself.
This is a must on a lot of peoples holiday itinery. Although they are beautiful, they can be very busy! There are equally beautiful spots all around if you know where to look. Travel on past the Fairy Pools car park down to Glenbrittle beach and you are right below the magnificent Cuillin Hills.
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Feenesbassengene
This is a must on a lot of peoples holiday itinery. Although they are beautiful, they can be very busy! There are equally beautiful spots all around if you know where to look. Travel on past the Fairy Pools car park down to Glenbrittle beach and you are right below the magnificent Cuillin Hills.
Lovely place with a lot of items handspun by the owners themselves from their own sheeps wool. Worth a stop and only 5 minute drive from The Oystercatcher.
On the Croft
7 FernileaLovely place with a lot of items handspun by the owners themselves from their own sheeps wool. Worth a stop and only 5 minute drive from The Oystercatcher.
My great grandparents were the lighthouse keepers for this lighthouse. The family looked after the lighthouse until the 2000's when it was knocked down and replaced with an automated metal structure.
A nice walk which you can start from the Pod with the most beautiful views. Look out for the Iron Age fort half way to the lighthouse. If your lucky you may see a passing pod of porpoises or a sea eagle passing over head.
Ardtreck Point Lighthouse
My great grandparents were the lighthouse keepers for this lighthouse. The family looked after the lighthouse until the 2000's when it was knocked down and replaced with an automated metal structure.
A nice walk which you can start from the Pod with the most beautiful views. Look out for the Iron Age fort half way to the lighthouse. If your lucky you may see a passing pod of porpoises or a sea eagle passing over head.
A dramatic beach which is well worth the visit. Most people will drive down to Talisker and park up and walk the rest of the way. Parking can be difficult.
But, you can also walk over the hill from Fiscavaig, a lovely walk and a different way to see Talisker Bay.
Just ask me if you want directions.
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Talisker Bay Beach
A dramatic beach which is well worth the visit. Most people will drive down to Talisker and park up and walk the rest of the way. Parking can be difficult.
But, you can also walk over the hill from Fiscavaig, a lovely walk and a different way to see Talisker Bay.
Just ask me if you want directions.
Sligachan is at the base of the Cuillin Hills and many walks/climbs begin from here. There is the Sligachan Hotel to have a well earned meal and drink in after your walk. There is also a children's play park there.
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Sligachan
Sligachan is at the base of the Cuillin Hills and many walks/climbs begin from here. There is the Sligachan Hotel to have a well earned meal and drink in after your walk. There is also a children's play park there.
It can get very busy here - visit early or late in the day to find a parking spot and get a quieter walk up to the iconic Old Man
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The Storr
It can get very busy here - visit early or late in the day to find a parking spot and get a quieter walk up to the iconic Old Man
Stunning place but a steep walk back up from the lighthouse to the car park. Access is via a single track road and it can get very busy and hectic!
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Neist Point Fyr
Stunning place but a steep walk back up from the lighthouse to the car park. Access is via a single track road and it can get very busy and hectic!
Another iconic Skye landmark. Again, gets very busy and accessed via single track road.
Starting point Quiraing walk
SartleAnother iconic Skye landmark. Again, gets very busy and accessed via single track road.
See if you can find the dinosaur footprints on the beach!
Lovely part of the island not far from the Quirrang. So many fossils have been found in this part of the island. There is also a dinosaur museum nearby. Well worth a visit when up the North end of the island.
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Staffin Bay
See if you can find the dinosaur footprints on the beach!
Lovely part of the island not far from the Quirrang. So many fossils have been found in this part of the island. There is also a dinosaur museum nearby. Well worth a visit when up the North end of the island.
Neighbourhoods
Fiscavaig is a small township in the Minginish Peninsula of the Isle of Skye. About a 35 minute drive from the island's capital town Portree or 50 minutes from the bridge.
Stunning views and lovely walks are aplenty in Fiscavaig as well as a couple of lovely grey sandy beaches and wildlife.
Fiscavaig
Fiscavaig is a small township in the Minginish Peninsula of the Isle of Skye. About a 35 minute drive from the island's capital town Portree or 50 minutes from the bridge.
Stunning views and lovely walks are aplenty in Fiscavaig as well as a couple of lovely grey sandy beaches and wildlife.
City/town information
Carbost is a 10 minute drive away.
It has a doctors, shop, pub, coffee shop, distillery, boat trips.
Definately worth a stop on your way past.
Carbost
Carbost is a 10 minute drive away.
It has a doctors, shop, pub, coffee shop, distillery, boat trips.
Definately worth a stop on your way past.