Skye is the one place in Scotland where a guided tour is often the better choice, not just the easier one. The roads are single-track, the car parks overflow and the driver sees little but the passing places. There are three ways to do it. From Inverness, a twelve-hour day tour covers Eilean Donan Castle, Portree and the Trotternish viewpoints. From Edinburgh or Glasgow, choose a three-day tour — two nights away, usually with a full day on the island and Glencoe and Loch Ness on the way.
If you are already on Skye, private driver-guides based on the island can time the Storr and the Quiraing around the crowds, and boat trips from Elgol sail into Loch Coruisk in the heart of the Cuillin. See also tours from Inverness and Glencoe and Glenfinnan.
