Sky Island Travel Guide

1, A82, the most beautiful highway in Britain, starts with M for British highways and A for trunk highways. A82 connects Glasgow and Furness, passing through Highland, Loch Lomond, Fort Williamson and Loch Ness. It is nearly 300 kilometers long and has beautiful scenery along the way.

2. As the northernmost island in Scotland, Sky Island is not the first choice for tourists who come to Britain for the first time, but it is listed as a must-see place to experience Britain deeply. The love of senior players, without swarming tourists, has also made this paradise where every step is a landscape. If you are lucky and catch up with the sunny day, you don't need to increase the saturation, and the photos are beautiful enough; Even if it rains all the time, it must be beautiful to catch a cold reef with a cold sea.

This is the place where the movie Prometheus begins. Since the Stone Age, Sky Island has been inhabited and had a glorious human history. It is said that this place is also a reference prototype of The Lord of the Rings's geological environment. At first glance, it is all lawn vegetation. Occasionally, there are several small lakes scattered in the low-lying mountains, which are slightly desolate but not beautiful.

4.Porterie Portree: The name means "the king's port", which is the capital of Sky Island, and PortreeSquare is the town center, where the tourist center and transportation hub are located. It is convenient to go to all parts of Sky Island, and tourists usually arrange accommodation here. How to play: A row of colorful houses by the sea in Porterie is particularly eye-catching, which is B&; B you can make a reservation. Although Porterie is the first one, it is also very small, and the tour time in the central area is about 30-50 minutes. The circular hiking route along the coast of Porterie is three kilometers long. Tip: Accommodation in Porterie in peak season will be tight and expensive, so make a reservation in advance.

5. Porterie Town: Laurenyan De Novstol. Located in the mountainous area north of Porterie on Skye Island, a huge and steep rock is named after the head of an old man facing the sea. Storr comes from Norwegian, which means great man. How to play: Most tourists will choose to overlook Laorentou Rock at or near the foot of the mountain and take photos and punch in. Once won the first prize in the British landscape photography competition.

6. Hikers can choose to climb TheStorr at an altitude of 765,438+07 meters (about 3 hours), which was rated as Grade 3 (***5) by the Walkhighland website. However, there are occasional news reports that they were rescued by helicopters when they fell on this route, and the sea breeze is extremely strong, so they need to be careful when traveling. Free admission, opening hours: all day. Transportation: Self-driving: Not far from Porterie, you can drive along A855. Bus: You can take bus 57A from Porterie, only four times a day.

7. The Old Man Peak: The Old Man Stone is one of the landmark attractions in the northern part of Skye Island. It is a huge and steep rock located on a stone pillar. Named for looking like an old man's head facing the sea from a distance. Along the long mountain road, visitors can stop from time to time to look at the sea and the distant sky, and feel what is called light wind and light clouds. At sunset, watching by the old man's stone, green hills, black rocks, blue sea and unpredictable red sky constitute an excellent landscape painting.

8. KiltRock, Chirt: Located near the town of Staffin Staffen, a group of cliffs extend in the distance, facing the endless Atlantic Ocean. Named after the similar texture of the rock mass to the kilt, there is a large drop of Mealt Waterfall nearby, and you can feel the charm of the seaside cliff.