The Tourist Guide to Glendale, Isle of Skye
Sensational Sunsets
Midnight sunset over Meanish Pier at Milovaig
Fascinating Attractions
Glendale has many of Skye's major tourist attractions close at hand. These include:
- Dunvegan Castle, with its landscaped gardens, the famous Fairy Flag, and Seal Boat Trips.
- Neist Point, with its Lighthouse and unusual rock formations resembling the Giants' Causeway.
- The Toy Museum, Skye Silver, Colbost Croft Museum, Borreraig Park Piping Centre, The Raven Press, The Glendale Martyrs Monument and The Three Chimneys restaurant.
- At Claigan, you can enjoy the beautiful, white sands at the Coral Beaches.
- The magnificent mountain-ridge of the Cuillins and the breath-taking, turquoise-blue Fairy Pools are just a 45 minute drive away.
- Dun Beag, Skye's best preserved Broch, can be explored at Struan.
- In the deserted village beside Galtrigill you can sit upon the Manners Stone, which is reputed to bestow good manners upon those who do so.
Stunning Scenery and Sea-Views
Loch Pooltiel and Dunvegan Head from Milovaig.
There is a beautiful, clean beach of black, volcanic sand at the head of Loch Pooltiel, the perfect place for a picnic.
This is a very peaceful and unspoiled corner of Skye that makes an excellent base for walking, fishing, birdwatching, cycling, climbing and diving holidays.
The scenery is quite simply breath-taking all year round.
Welcome to our guide to the very best things to see and do in Glendale on the extreme North-Western corner of the beautiful Isle of Skye.
Glendale is an 18,956 acre estate that extends from Neist Point in the West, to Loch Pooltiel in the North, to Loch Dunvegan in the East. To the South it covers vast acres of moorland, skirting the slopes of MacLeod's Tables and extending almost down to MacLeod's Maidens at Idrigill.
Amazing Wildlife and Flowers
The steep cliffs of Glendale are home to thousands of seabirds and this area is regarded as the best place on Skye for seeing whales, dolphins and porpoises.
Seals bask on the skerries in Loch Pooltiel and Loch Dunvegan at low tide. Otters can be seen fishing for sea urchins and have even been known to visit cottage gardens.
Sea eagles, golden eagles, buzzards, merlins and sparrowhawks all nest nearby.
Glendale is renowned for its striking displays of wild flowers, with meadows carpetted with bluebells, orchids, violets and primroses.
The Black Cuillin from Sligachan
Fantastic Food
At the heart of Glendale are a post office, village shop, An Strupag café/restaurant, gallery and community centre.
Skye's finest restaurant, the acclaimed Three Chimneys, which was voted 28th best restaurant in the world in 2002, is to be found at Colbost, one of Glendale's Eastern-most townships.
The extremely popular Old School House restaurant at Dunvegan is just at 20 minute drive away.
Fresh sea-food can be bought directly from the local fishermen at Meanish Pier and local boat-owners are always happy to arrange private boat trips for fishing or wildlife watching.
Glendale is only a 50 minute drive from the island’s capital at Portree.