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How to get there

From any direction, the drive to Skye travels through some of Scotland’s most extravagantly beautiful landscapes.

For all public transport timetable enquiries, call Traveline on 0871 200 22 23 (24 hours, seven days a week). A Skye and Lochalsh Travel Guide is available from tourist information centres or direct from the Highland Council at Public Transport Section, TEC Services, Glenurquhart Road, Inverness IV3 5NX; tel: 01463 702660; email: public.transport@highland.gov.uk. The Council also produces a full map showing all public transport routes in the Highlands.

Cars, bicycles and taxis can be hired locally – ask at the tourist information offices.

By car and motorcycle

Access to the Island by road, without having to resort to ferries, became possible in October 1995 with the opening of the toll bridge from Kyle of Lochalsh to Kyleakin. After the bridge opened, hundreds of protesters from Skye and all over Britain faced criminal prosecutions for refusing to pay the toll, which was the highest in Europe. Now the crossing to Skye is toll free.