Portree Itineraries
Half a day or a full weekend. Here are the best ways to spend your time in Portree, planned step by step.
Whether you have a few hours or a full weekend to explore, these itineraries give you a local’s route through Portree. Each one links directly to the restaurants and activities along the way.
Half a day in Portree on foot
For the morning you arrive off the coach, or a day when cloud is down on the ridge. Everything is within a short walk of Somerled Square, and the only thing to book is the boat.
- 109:00·30 to 45 minutes
Coffee at Birch
Birch on Bayfield Road roasts its own beans and does a small brunch menu. Listings disagree on its opening time, so check before you rely on it for breakfast.
View Birch - 210:00·30 minutes
Up the Lump to the Apothecary's Tower
Walk down Bank Street past the Royal Hotel and climb the Lump. The steel stair takes you to the top of the tower, with the harbour and the painted houses straight below.
View Apothecary's Tower and the Lump - 310:45·30 minutes
Down to the harbour
Drop to Quay Street, walk along the painted houses to Telford's pier, and look at the boats.
View Portree Harbour and Quay Street - 411:30·2 hours
Sea eagle trip from the harbour
Stardust's Original Sea Eagle Wildlife Trip lasts two hours and leaves from the harbour. Book online ahead and check the booking calendar for departure times, then fit the rest of the morning round the slot you get.
View Stardust Boat Trips - 513:45·1 hour
Seafood lunch on the front
The Lower Deck serves lunch from 12 noon on every day except Wednesday, and Sea Breezes is a few doors along on Quay Street. Neither takes reservations, so expect to wait in summer.
View The Lower Deck
A full day: the Storr by bus, and Scorrybreac by evening
A day built round the Trotternish bus rather than a car. It needs a weekday or a Saturday on the October 2026 timetable, which showed no Sunday journeys, and the times will differ in other seasons, so read the current Stagecoach 57A and 57C timetables the night before.
- 109:10·15 minutes
Bus to the Storr
Take the 57A from Somerled Square, Stand 2, to the Old Man of Storr car park stop. In October 2026 a 09:10 departure reached the stop at 09:25.
- 209:30·2 to 2.5 hours
Walk up to the Old Man of Storr
Walkhighlands gives 5 km there and back, 1.5 to 2 hours, with 340 metres of climbing. Stay off the rockfall section after heavy rain. The Storr Centre is at the car park.
View The Old Man of Storr - 312:30·15 minutes plus waiting
Bus back to Portree
Catch a 57A or 57C back into town from the car park stop. Check the return times before you set off up the hill.
- 413:15·1 hour
Lunch at Antlers
The Portree Hotel's bar and grill on Somerled Square serves lunch from 12 to 2, every day of the year.
View Antlers Bar and Grill - 515:00·1.5 to 2 hours
The Scorrybreac circuit
Walk down to the bottom of Scorrybreck Road and do the 3 km loop round the shore and back through the birch wood, 1 to 2 hours per Walkhighlands, with views to Raasay and Ben Tianavaig.
View Scorrybreac Circuit - 619:00·2 hours
Dinner on Bosville Terrace
Book Scorrybreac's tasting menu, or Dulse & Brose at the Bosville Hotel a few doors along. Both book online; Scorrybreac does not take children under 12.
View Scorrybreac
Ready to plan your visit?
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