Manchester/Scotland 2025 - Isle of Skye Tour First Morning at Portree

 

Our first morning in Portree! We woke up early and went for a walk! We just wanted to explore the town. I can't remember whether we ate breakfast first or walked first. Chances are we ate breakfast first. We didn't really know where to head, so we just walked towards a direction we haven't been to.

We ended up at some residential area, but the area overlooked a different part of Skye. And as the sun was rising, with the sky and the reflection on the water, it was a very serene feel to the place, because it wasn't a touristy area. 

There seems to be a town just opposite, but there wasn't any ferry service to get across. You would probably have to drive there. 

Here is the view of the residential area on the left, and the water view on the right. We did walked all the way in. It was pretty quiet as it was still early. After exploring that area, we walked back to town.

Here is the rough map of Portree. 

We did see some other hotel just outside of town. I know some of our group people actually stayed further away at some other bed and breakfast they might have booked on their own. The tour agency allowed you to book your own hotel as well. It was such a weird arrangement for me coming from the East where a tour means they cover everything for you. 

At the town end where the bus stopped, there was also a Bank of Scotland. Must be nice working in a bank branch in a small town like this. You would probably know everyone there. I stay in a small town in Penang island, but even my small town was so much bigger than Portree!

We had our first full Scottish breakfast in our hotel. Because it was included in our room charges, I guess we might as well enjoy the breakfast!

Here is what it looked like. It was super full of protein! And I believe there was also bread and eggs that came with it. We only have two option for breakfast, it was either this or oatmeal. I read that oatmeal is lovely in Scotland, but as an Asian, I guess my Asian genes won't allow me to order oatmeal when I can get so much more protein by selecting this delicious over carb Scottish breakfast. So yeah, this was what we had 2 days in a room while we were staying there. I think the bread might have been free flow too. The drinks was, so I loaded up on orange juice a lot because it was so expensive to buy them from the supermarket :P