Colbost (Gaelic: Cealabost) is a tiny settlement on the Duirnish Peninsula in the north-west of Skye.

Get in

See Skye for long-distance travel options. By car take A87 then A850 to Dunvegan, finally B884 west.

Stagecoach Bus 56 runs 3-5 times M-Sat from Portree via Skeabost and Edinbane to Dunvegan and Lonmore, with a couple continuing west to Colbost and Glendale / Milovaig.

See

• 1 Colbost Folk Museum, Colbost, ☏ +44 1470 521296. Easter-Oct daily 09:30-18:00. 19th C crofter's heather-thatched blackhouse. £1.50. (updated May 2019)
• 2 Neist Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse is a short walk from the road end. A longer walk leads to the Point. (updated Apr 2019)
• See Dunvegan for the long hike to 3 MacLeod's Maidens.

Buy

• 1 Skye Silver, The Old School, Colbost IV55 8ZT (A mile beyond Colbost on lane to Milovaig), ☏ +44 1470 511 263. Daily 10:00-18:00. Jewellers and craft silver shop. (updated May 2019)

Eat

• 1 The Three Chimneys, Colbost, Dunvegan IV55 8ZT, ☏ +44 1470 511258, fax: +44 1470 511358, eatandstay@threechimneys.co.uk. Daily 12:15-13:30 & 18:30-21:15. Acclaimed restaurant, book early. It changed owners in April 2019 but the chef remains and the new owner is aiming for continuity. With rooms, the "House Over-by" (updated May 2019)
• Cafe Lephin on the road to Milovaig is licensed. It's open M 12:00-16:30 and Tu-F 10:30-19:30.

Drink

There's no pub or off-licence here.

Sleep

• B&Bs and self-catering cottages are found all along the lane through Colbost west to Milovaig. See also "Three Chimneys" above.
• 1 Hillstone Lodge, Colbost, ☏ +44 1470 511434. (updated Apr 2017)
• 2 Silverdale Guesthouse, 14 Skinidin, Colbost, ☏ +44 1470 521251. (updated Apr 2017)

Go next

The only road leads back to Lonmore and Dunvegan. From there either head east to Trotternish, Uig and Portree, or follow the west coast past Carbost to rejoin the main road at Sligachan.