The Beautiful south

There are two main routes onto the Isle of Skye – over the Skye Bridge from Kyle of Lochalsh (with most visitors stopping off at the photogenic Eilean Donan Castle en route) that brings you to near Kyleakin, or by ferry from Mallaig on the mainland to Armadale in south Skye.

But though most visitors arrive in Skye’s stunning south, they very quickly tend to head north, to Portree (Skye’s main town) and the famous, eye-catching attractions of the Trotternish Peninsula.

But what if, on your next trip, you didn’t head north and chose to base yourself on the south of Skye instead? Well, then you’d have time to explore one of Skye’s best-kept secrets: the Sleat