Hen House Guidebook
Food scene
The Old Inn
Very friendly good food and live music during the week and week ends.
Caora Dhubh Coffee Company
Great Coffee and cakes. Next to Talisker Distillery
Birch Cafe
Bayfield RoadFantastic Coffee, sandwiches, soup and cakes. Great people.
Great place for lunch or evening meal, staff are friendly. Also a good deli inside.
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The Dunvegan
Main StreetGreat place for lunch or evening meal, staff are friendly. Also a good deli inside.
A new distillery on Raasay, well worth a visit for tasting and tour, very enthusiastic people with great knowledge.
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Isle of Raasay Distillery
A new distillery on Raasay, well worth a visit for tasting and tour, very enthusiastic people with great knowledge.
Sightseeing
Talisker brennivínsvinnsla
Good tours.
A cafe that is open from April through to October. There are great walks up into Corry Lagan with fantastic views to the inner Isles and Outer Hebrides.
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Glenbrittle Campsite & Cafe
A cafe that is open from April through to October. There are great walks up into Corry Lagan with fantastic views to the inner Isles and Outer Hebrides.
Raasay House and the Island is a lovely place to visit. Fascinating history from brutal clearances, to Gaelic Poet Sorley Maclean whose most famous poem Hallaig reflects on theses events.
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Raasay House
Raasay House and the Island is a lovely place to visit. Fascinating history from brutal clearances, to Gaelic Poet Sorley Maclean whose most famous poem Hallaig reflects on theses events.
Crafts
Some really lovely items woven on site using a pedal powered Harris Loom. Really knowledgable and friendly people who will take you through the stages of the weaving process
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Skye Weavers
18 FasachSome really lovely items woven on site using a pedal powered Harris Loom. Really knowledgable and friendly people who will take you through the stages of the weaving process
Skye Shilasdair Shop
Lovely locally died wool. Very friendly people well worth a visit.
Skyeskyns in Waternish has been established for a long time and they tan and prepare their sheepskins on site and give a tour of their facilities.
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Skyeskyns
17 LochbaySkyeskyns in Waternish has been established for a long time and they tan and prepare their sheepskins on site and give a tour of their facilities.
If you can't make it to Skye Skyns in Waternish they now have a shop in Portree where you can by sheepskins and they also do good coffee.
Skyeskyns Portree
5 The GrnIf you can't make it to Skye Skyns in Waternish they now have a shop in Portree where you can by sheepskins and they also do good coffee.
Another great local weaver combining new technology with traditional weaving skills.
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Ellishadder Gallery
Another great local weaver combining new technology with traditional weaving skills.
Very Good Restaurants
This is an excellent restaurant that creates lovely dishes from the great local produce to be found on Skye and in the Highlands. Informal, friendly and not stuffy just excellent food.
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Scorrybreac
ScorrybreacThis is an excellent restaurant that creates lovely dishes from the great local produce to be found on Skye and in the Highlands. Informal, friendly and not stuffy just excellent food.
Another great restaurant making the most of local produce in a great spot on the quay at Waternish
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Loch Bay Restaurant
1 Macleods TerraceAnother great restaurant making the most of local produce in a great spot on the quay at Waternish
Has had great reviews from our guests. Run by enthusiastic chefs who know their locality and local produce.
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Edinbane Lodge
Has had great reviews from our guests. Run by enthusiastic chefs who know their locality and local produce.
Local History
Really Interesting Archive centre with enthusiastic staff who have a great local collection.
Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre
Dunvegan RoadReally Interesting Archive centre with enthusiastic staff who have a great local collection.
There have been many recent very important dinosaur finds, including series of footprints that can be seen at low tide on the beach near the Museum. The curator has masses of knowledge and often advises Universities and Musuems.
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Staffin Museum
There have been many recent very important dinosaur finds, including series of footprints that can be seen at low tide on the beach near the Museum. The curator has masses of knowledge and often advises Universities and Musuems.
A lovely museum with an eccentric story to tell of a natural Giant from the Outer Hebrides.
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Giant Angus MacAskill Museum
41 Kilmuir RdA lovely museum with an eccentric story to tell of a natural Giant from the Outer Hebrides.