Cosa c'è in programma a Skye (Regno Unito) durante l'anno

Affollato — Christmas holidays in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 6 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In gennaio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Aurora season (15 set – 31 mar (di solito)), Half the island shuts (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Affollato — February half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In febbraio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Aurora season (15 set – 31 mar (di solito)), Half the island shuts (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Festività

  Easter bank holidays

  3–6 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  Good Friday is a bank holiday across the UK and Easter Monday everywhere but Scotland. The long weekend opens the domestic touring season: popular towns, coasts and parks get busy, rooms cost more, and rail engineering works often cut or replace train services. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Aurora season (15 set – 31 mar (di solito)), Half the island shuts (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Easter bank holidays, Easter / spring holiday in Regno Unito

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Easter bank holidays (3–6 apr)

Affollato — Late-May half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Skye Live

  7–9 magFestival musicalePrenota presto

  Three days of music at Beluga Lagoon near Portree in early May. The date has moved around the calendar in past years, so check it before booking the ferry. Fonte ↗

• Rischio

  Midge season

  25 mag – 15 set · di solitoInsetti e malattie

  Still evenings by the water from June to early September are the problem, not the days. Sligachan and the campsites are the worst of it; the exposed headlands stay breezy enough to sit out. Fonte ↗

Affollato — Late-May half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Natura

  Minke whales and basking sharks

  1 giu – 15 set · di solitoStagione delle balene

  Minke, porpoise and basking sharks work the Sound through the summer and the boats go from Elgol and Portree. Sailings are cancelled for sea state more often than for rain.

Ancora in corso: Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Peak summer on the single tracks, Summer holidays in Regno Unito

• Festività

  Peak summer on the single tracks

  1 lug – 31 agoVacanze scolasticheAffollatoPrenota presto

  The Fairy Pools and Storr car parks fill by mid-morning and the single-track roads run on passing-place etiquette that half the traffic does not know. Start before nine or go in the evening. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito)), Minke whales and basking sharks (1 giu – 15 set (di solito))

Folla al massimo — i viaggiatori la descrivono come alta stagione, Peak summer on the single tracks

• Festival

  Isle of Skye Highland Games

  5 agoEvento sportivo

  A one-day games on the Lump in Portree in early August: hill race, heavies, piping and dancing, with the harbour below. It is a Wednesday, which catches people out. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito)), Minke whales and basking sharks (1 giu – 15 set (di solito)), Peak summer on the single tracks (1 lug – 31 ago)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Natura

  Aurora season

  15 set – 31 mar · di solito

  Dark skies and a northern horizon over the Minch make Skye one of the better bets in Britain, on the nights the Atlantic cloud lets it through. That is the catch, and it is a big one.

Ancora in corso: Midge season (25 mag – 15 set (di solito)), Minke whales and basking sharks (1 giu – 15 set (di solito))

Affollato — October half-term in Regno Unito, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Aurora season (15 set – 31 mar (di solito))

Tranquillo — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, uno dei mesi con il clima peggiore

• Chiusura

  Half the island shuts

  1 nov – 15 mar · di solito

  Boat trips, a lot of the restaurants and many of the smaller places to stay close from November to spring, and bus services thin out. The Cuillin becomes a winter mountaineering venue rather than a walk. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Aurora season (15 set – 31 mar (di solito))

Folla al massimo — Christmas and Boxing Day, Christmas holidays in Regno Unito

• Festività

  Christmas and Boxing Day

  24–28 dicNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  Christmas Day and Boxing Day are bank holidays. Public transport is minimal or absent on 25 December and thin on the 26th, and most shops, attractions and many pubs and restaurants close on Christmas Day, so plan travel and meals ahead. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Aurora season (15 set – 31 mar (di solito)), Half the island shuts (1 nov – 15 mar (di solito))