wet weather activities on Skye

Uig Pottery

The pottery in Uig at the ferry pier, has a lovely shop with open workshop and a hands-on pottery experience.

Trotternish Peninsula

Aros - Skye's award winning attraction

The Aros centre in Portree hosts the RSPB’s acclaimed Sea-eagle exhibition, a cinema, ball-pool, restaurant, exhibitions and a shop.

Skye Museum of Island Life

The Skye Museum of Island life is a short distance north of Uig in Kilmuir.  It is a township of thatched cottages, portraying life on the island at the end of the nineteenth century.

Staffin Museum

The museum displays a collection of dinosaur fossils, stone age artefacts, minerals, crystals and agricultural implements.  (See the dinosaur footprints on Staffin beach.)

Fingal Sport Centre, Portree

Based in the High School, the Fingal Centre has a swimming pool, sauna, steam room, gym, games hall and all weather pitch.

Around Skye

Talisker distillery

Talisker is the most famous whisky distillery on Skye. It is over on the west of the island at Carbost. The malts it produces are sweet, full-bodied single malt with a faintly peaty taste. The distillery was founded in 1830 by two brothers and was so successful that it had its own pier, tramway, cottages and even its own currency!

The distillery has a very well equipped Visitor Centre where you can book yourself onto a distillery tour. The reception area has displays and interpretation posters all about Talisker, its history and its whisky distilling process. Before departing on your tour you also get a generous dram of the 10 year old malt for tasting. There is also a shop on site where you can use the discount voucher you receive when paying the entrance fee for the tour.

Arts & Crafts

The Skye and Lochalsh Arts and Crafts Association has a comprehensive list of artists, galleries and workshops on the island.  www.skye-arts-crafts.co.uk

Dunvegan castle

Set in beautiful scenery and gardens, Dunvegan's stately halls hold priceless heirlooms, some of which have descended in the hands of the Chiefs of MacLeod since medieval times.

Skye Serpentarium Reptile World

An award winning reptile exhibition, breeding centre and refuge with shop and tea room housed in an old watermill.

Glendale Toy Museum

An amazing collection of toys , games and dolls from Victorian times to Star Wars.  Fun for kids too as many toys can be played with.  Relive your childhood!