Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Isle of Skye Tour First Night at Portree (1/2)

 

Finally, we reached Portree around 5pm. Above is the iconic view of Portree with it's little harbour and colourful houses lining it. I managed to take this shot when we were exploring the town after we checked-in to our hotel. 

We also went down to walk around the harbour. There wasn't much to see, really, except for the colourful houses, everything else was what you would expect from a small fishing village. It was a small town, so you could cover it in probably half an hour. 

It kinda reminds me of those British TV show scene though. 

This is teh view looking back to town. You can see some buildings on the right side of the photo on the slight hill area. I wonder if that was where we were supposed to stay. The tour agency initially booked us into a Bed&Breakfast near the hill side where we would have to walked down around 15minutes to get to Portree. But there was a lovely trail there that I have originally planned to explore. But after that, they changed us to a hotel right in the middle of Portree. I guess it was more convenient for us, and for them. 

Here is another view of our potential first lodging. As you can see, it's on the hill by the sea, and it looked like you could walk all the way to the right side of the hill, which was part of the hiking trail there. There was even a small waterfall nearby within walking distance that I had planned to explore. Oh well. 

Here, take a look at the sea and the boats at the harbour to relax your eyes. 

We walked all the way to the other side of the harbour, which looked like a more expensive looking private hotel. There were some fancy restaurant around there, but it was all out of our budget. Strange, when people eat in Scotland, it always seems to be some fancy restaurant or pub. And the prices are always 10pounds and above kinda range. 

Zooming in on some of the houses on the hill area. 

And a wefie of us at the harbour.