Gairloch View

Overview

'Gairloch View' is situated on the North East coast of Skye with magnificent sea and mountain views, overlooking Gairloch on the mainland and nestling below the famous Quiraing Mountain.
The bed & breakfast accommodation is a large en-suite family room with a double bed and two single beds. There is ample room for an extra bed if required. The bedroom, guest lounge and the breakfast room all have sea views. The guest lounge has an open peat fire.

Our Serviced Apartments have been newly refurbished to a high standard. They have two bedrooms, a double and a twin (two single beds), lounge with freeview TV, dvd and cd/radio, Wi-Fi available, a fully equipped kitchen with fridge freezer, washing machine & dishwasher and bathroom with overbath electric shower.
This accommodation can be rented on a weekly basis or a short stay basis where you can either cater for yourselves or come down to our house for your breakfast in the morning 80 meters from your apartment and have the option of eating out in the local restaurants or cooking your evening meal in the well equipped kitchens in the apartments. Minimum stay in one of our Apartments is 2 nights.

There are 4 restaurants nearby: Columba 1400, The Kilmartin Cafe, Glenview Hotel and Flodigarry Hotel. All highly recommended for their excellent food.
There are 2 shops nearby: Staffin Stores, a Mini Supermarket owned by the Community and The Village Shop which also sells petrol & deisel both very well stocked for all your needs.

This part of the Island has the most spectacular scenery as it is along the coast. The sun rises over Gairloch across the water and sets over the Western Isles which can be seen from Staffin Beach or Duntulm.

Gairloch View is an ideal base for walking, with The Old Man of Storr, the Quiraing Mountain Walks, the Trotternish Ridge, Rubha Hunish, Brothers Point to name but a few in this area, there are sea eagles nearby and you can usually see dolphins, minke whales and basking sharks in the waters around this area.

Take a walk to the fossil beach, visit the healing loch, walk along the shore to Staffin Beach,enjoy the bird life or take a day tour to Uist or Harris from the ferry port of Uig 8 miles from here, whatever your preference there is something for all.