Attractions around Gairloch

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Gairloch Attractions

A selection of attractions in and around Gairloch:

Gairloch Heritage Museum, Gairloch (< 1 Mile)

Set in the north-west Highland village of Gairloch this award winning museum details its colourful history from its earliest inhabitants through to the present day....

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Inverewe Garden, Poolewe (7.9 Miles)

This outstanding 20-hectare garden, part of an 890-hectare Highland estate, is impressively set on a peninsula on the shores of Loch Ewe. The warm currents...

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Shieldaig Island, Shieldaig (16.1 Miles)

Shieldaig Island lies off the village of Shieldaig on Loch Torridon. The island, which is managed by the National Trust for Scotland, is completely covered...

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Mellon Udrigle Beach, Laide (19.1 Miles)

A minor road from Laide leads to a wide beach of pristine sands at Mellon Udrigle. It regularly wins awards for its beach management and...

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Liathach, Achnasheen (21.1 Miles)

This mammoth Scottish mountain (seen here from the south) is the largest of the Torridonian giants. Liathach, the grey one, stretches out over seven kilometres,...

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Portree Harbour, Portree (28.1 Miles)

In the eighteenth Century, Portree harbour was the scene of many anguished departures for the people of Skye forced to emigrate to North America because...

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The Lump, Portree (28.1 Miles)

The Meall or ‘The Lump’ in Portree on the Isle of Skye is the name given to the hill above the harbour and old quay...

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Duntulm Castle, Duntulm (28.1 Miles)

Set on Trotternish, Skye’s most northerly peninsula, Duntulm Castle is an ancient fortification. It started life an Iron Age broch and then became a Pictish...

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The Storr, Trotternish (28.1 Miles)

The Storr is probably Skye’s most famous landmark. It is a dramatic 719 metre high mountain located above the east-facing cliffs of the Trotternish Peninsula....

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Kilt Rock, Trotternish (28.1 Miles)

Located on the east coast of Skye’s Trotternish Peninsula, the striking rock formation known as Kilt Rock is a 200 foot high sea cliff. The...

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The Staffin Museum, Trotternish (28.1 Miles)

Learn more about the remarkable geological landforms of Skye at the Staffin Museum. This small community-based museum stands by the roadside in the village of...

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Applecross peninsula, Applecross (29 Miles)

The Applecross Peninsula is a place apart. It’s about as isolated as you could wish to be and yet boasts a thriving community and many...

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The Skye Museum of Island Life, Kilmuir (32 Miles)

The Skye Museum of Island Life is a group of seven traditionally thatched croft cottages, once a common sight in the Highlands and now extremely...

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Attadale Gardens, Strathcarron (33.6 Miles)

Attadale Gardens is a spectacular west coast garden with views of the sea and Skye. Here we have exotically planted ponds, waterfalls, rare trees and...

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Skye Road Bridge, Kyle of Lochalsh (34.3 Miles)

The Skye road bridge has become a popular way to cross from the mainland at Kyle of Lochalsh to Kyleakin on the Isle of Skye...

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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)

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