page_title: Portree
hierarchical_section_title: Portree
caption_attribution_description: Relief map of the Isle of Skye, UK. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 180% Geographic limits: West: 6.85W East: 5.5W North: 57.8N South: 57.0N
context_page_description: Portree is the largest town on, and capital of, the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. 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 which celebrates the island's Gaelic heritage. Further arts provision is made through arts organisation ATLAS Arts, a Creative Scotland regularly-funded organisation. The town also serves as a centre for tourists exploring the island.
  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. They play at Pairc nan Laoch above the town on the road to Struan.
  Around 939 people can speak Scottish Gaelic.
  The A855 road leads north out of the town, passing through villages such as Achachork, Staffin and passes the rocky landscape of the Storr before reaching the landslip of the Quiraing.
context_section_description: Portree (/pɔːrˈtriː/; Scottish Gaelic: Port Rìgh, [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɾiː]) is the largest town on, and capital of, the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland.  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 which celebrates the island's Gaelic heritage. Further arts provision is made through arts organisation ATLAS Arts, a Creative Scotland regularly-funded organisation.   The town also serves as a centre for tourists exploring the island.
  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. They play at Pairc nan Laoch above the town on the road to Struan.
  Around 939 people (37.72% of the population) can speak Scottish Gaelic.
  The A855 road leads north out of the town, passing through villages such as Achachork, Staffin and passes the rocky landscape of the Storr before reaching the landslip of the Quiraing.
caption: Map of Skye showing Portree
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