Driftwood Cottage

Driftwood Cottage offers accommodation in Staffin, 15.5 miles from Portree. The cottage is 8 miles from Uig. Free WiFi is offered throughout the property.

There is a dining area and a kitchen. A flat-screen TV and DVD player, as well as an iPod docking station are featured. The holiday home offers free private parking on-site

The nearest airport is Inverness Airport, 138 miles from Driftwood Cottage.

Information about the host

Spectacular views across the sea to mainland Scotland. • Superb location – close to Quiriang Mountain range, old man of storr, Kilt Rock, Lealt Falls Viewing platform • 2 bedrooms, sleeps 4 • More living space - 88 Square Metres (920 Sq Ft.) • Private Garden • Large fully equipped kitchen • Separate Living room with flat screen smart TV Driftwood Cottage is a detached former Blackhouse built in 1890, recently renovated to a modern standard. The cottage occupies a stunning hillside location above Staffin Bay. Situated in the crofting village of Staffin just 25 minutes from Portree, Driftwood Cottage makes an ideal base for exploring the Trotternish Peninsula and the whole of Skye. The kitchen-dining room is a real treat. We have a large solid oak table next to a large floor to Ceiling window & patio door - which of course looks onto staffin bay. The sun shines directly into the kitchen most mornings from about March thru to October and in the winter the stanley rayburn makes it really cozy & warm. The Cottage is equipped with free wireless superfast fibre broadband and a telephone for local calls. There is a strong mobile phone signal from most rooms.

We moved to Skye in 2010 and lived in Driftwood cottage for 6 years. We knew we might outgrow this house before we bought it, but we really couldnt resist the view it had. We have made many improvements to the house over the last 8 years both inside & outside and are really proud of it. Due to an expanding family we outgrew our much loved home and reluctantly moved to a larger house just a mile away. Whilst we now have more space we unfortunatley don't have the same spectacular view that Driftwood cottage has. After many friends and family telling us it would make a fantastic holiday cottage we have been receiving guests since April 2017.

Staffin village is a living working village with a school, post office, 2 well stocked shops, 5 cafe's & 2 restaurants. For anything extra Portree is only a 25 minute drive and has many more restaurants, cafes’, a large supermarket and various boat trips. There is also the town of UIG which is also just a 25 minute drive which has 3 restaurants and ferries to the Outer Hebrides. Driftwood cottage distance to following Skye attractions; • Staffin Dinosaur Footprint 0.5 mile/1km - 2 min drive • Quiriang mountain range – 1m/ 2km • Kilt Rock – 1m/2km • Dinosaur Footprint at brothers point –7m/11km 10 min drive • Lealt Falls Viewing platform –7m/11km - 10 min drive • Fairy Glen at Uig –10m/16km -30 min • Skye Museum of island life -8m/13km • Old man of storr -12m/19km -20 min dr • Talisker Whiskey Distillery - 35m/56km - 1hr dr • Fairy Pools – 39m/62km - 1hr dr • Sligachan - for Marsco walk & ‘Sgùrr nan Gillean’ climb – 28 miles (45km) 50min drive • Elgol - for boat trips -58m/93km - 1hr 45min • Dunvegan Castle – 47m/75km • Coral Beach -47m/75km - 1hr • Clan Donald (Armadale) Castle 60m/96km • Portree –18m/28km 25min drive • UIG – 9m/14km)25min drive