Everything about Portree totally explained
Portree (
Scottish Gaelic:
Port Rìgh, the King's port) is the largest
town on
Skye in the
Inner Hebrides of
Scotland. There are four ways to get to Portree: via the
Skye Bridge; the Mallaig to Armadale ferry; the (seasonal) Kylerae ferry; and from the
Western Isles to Uig. It is the location for the only
secondary school on the Island,
Portree High school.
Public transport services are limited to buses.
Portree has a
harbour, fringed by
cliffs, with a
pier designed by
Thomas Telford.
Attractions in the town include the
Aros Centre and the
An Tuireann Arts Centre, both of which celebrate the island's
Gaelic heritage. The town also serves as a centre for
tourists exploring the island.
The town possibly takes its name from a visit by King
James V of Scotland in 1540. However this etymology has been contested, since James didn't arrive in peaceful times. Some authorities believe derivation to have been from
Port Ruighe, 'slope harbour', or
Portrigheadh - 'port of the hillside'. Prior to the sixteenth century the settlement's name was Kiltragleann ('the church of St. Talarican in the glen').
The Royal Hotel is the site of MacNab's Inn, the last meeting place of
Flora MacDonald and
Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1746.
The town plays host to the Isle of Skye's
shinty club,
Skye Camanachd.
Around 939 (37.72%) of the population can speak
Scottish Gaelic.
Portree in fiction
In the Harry Potter novels the famed Hogwarts Keeper,
Oliver Wood is from Portree, and he later joins the town's
Quidditch team,
Pride of Portree.
The movie "Made of Honor" also partially takes place in Portree, where a sweeping shot of the town's main street is shown.
Further Information
Get more info on 'Portree'.
|
External Link Exchanges
Do you know how hard it is to get a link from a large encyclopaedia? Well we're different and will prove it. To get a link from us just add the following HTML to your site on a relevant page:
<a href="http://portree.totallyexplained.com">Portree Totally Explained</a>
Then simply click through this link from your web page. Our crawlers will verify your link, extract the title of your web page and instantly add a link back to it. If you like you can remove the words Totally Explained and embed the link in article text.
As long as your link remains in place, we'll keep our link to you right here. Please play fair - our crawlers are watching. Your site must be closely related to this one's topic. Any kind of spamming, dubious practises or removing the link will result in your link from us being dropped and, potentially, your whole site being banned. |
