Portree and the Isle of Skye
Day 6 - Portree, the largest town on the renowned Isle of Skye in Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, has a picture-perfect harbor, fringed by cliffs, with a pier designed by noted Scottish civil engineer and architect Thomas Telford.
Our bus tour this day took us to the Trotternish Peninsula, past Staffin, a small crafting town overlooking sandy Staffin Bay, and continued around the northern tip of Skye. We continued on to the settlement of Kilmuir and visited the charming little Museum of Island Life to learn more the traditional crofting lifestyle. The tour concluded with a drive through Uig,
Read MoreOur bus tour this day took us to the Trotternish Peninsula, past Staffin, a small crafting town overlooking sandy Staffin Bay, and continued around the northern tip of Skye. We continued on to the settlement of Kilmuir and visited the charming little Museum of Island Life to learn more the traditional crofting lifestyle. The tour concluded with a drive through Uig,
![In the distance is Staffin Island[4][3] (possibly also known as Stenscholl Island[1]) is an islet off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland.<br />
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The Norse name may have been Fladdaidh[1] meaning "flat island". The Gaelic name Eilean Stafainn has the same meaning as the modern English name which is taken from the nearby settlement of Staffin.[5] "Stenscholl" is an area of Staffin.[3]<br />
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In 2011 it was reported that the island may be the last in Scotland where the old tradition of having cattle swim between grazings is still carried out. Crofter Iain MacDonald, who used to swim with the animals, now uses a boat to encourage them to swim from Staffin Island to Skye in early spring and back again in October.[6]](https://photos.smugmug.com/Travel/2013-Cruise/Isle-of-Skye/i-vsfJL4k/0/7fc96b40/Ti/DSC_0154-Ti.jpg)