According to Forbes, the Isle of Skye is one of the top destinations in the world to visit in 2023. Below are the top 23 on the list as well as the explanation for them.
Isle of Skye is One Of The Best Places To Travel in 2023, According to Forbes
Thanks to local heroine Flora Macdonald, the Isle of Skye gained notoriety as the location where Bonnie Prince Charlie sought refuge after the Battle of Culloden. (The Skye Boat Song, written by Sir Harold Edwin Boulton in the 1870s and adored by Outlander fans, is also located there.) Skye, a part of the Inner Hebrides, has become a getaway from the fast-paced modern world.
The Bracken Hide Hotel, a unique pod hotel and Nordic sauna retreat with a wild swimming pond on the outskirts of the tiny capital, Portree, opens this year. Its luxurious cabins reflect Skye’s untamed scenery with views of the Cuillin Highlands or the Isle of Raasay, blending rustic appeal with a dash of glitz. A restaurant, whiskey bar, and screening room are all part of The Hub.
Go to Kinloch Lodge if you desire something much more traditional. It was first established by Lord and Lady Macdonald in 1972 and served as their family residence before being taken over by their daughter Isabella Macdonald, a relation of the aforementioned Flora (whose portrait hangs in the wood-paneled restaurant).
The hotel’s theme of seasonality and sustainability has been restored by Isabella and head chef Jordan Webb using ingredients that are either homegrown in Kinloch’s polytunnels or foraged from the loch coast and forests. Visitors can learn these techniques from Mitchell Partridge, the hotel’s ghillie, or go on a wildlife hunt with Stewart Dawber of Skye High Wildlife to see deer, otters, and Golden Eagle.
Don’t forget to eat at Edinbane Lodge, a run-down hunting lodge until chef-patron Calum Montgomery, born and raised on Skye, took over with his family five years ago. It also offers four guestrooms to crash in after you’ve gorged on hand-dived Isle of Rona scallops with smoked seaweed butter and other delicacies. In March, it won the title of Restaurant of the Year at the Scottish Excellence Awards.
Top 23 Best Places to Travel Around The World in 2023
- Mallorca, Spain
- Noto Valley, Sicily
- Isle of Skye, Scotland
- Nice, France
- Interlaken, Switzerland
- Formentera, Spain
- Paros, Greece
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Japan
- Sri Lanka
- Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Ninh Binh, Vietnam
- Rajasthan, India
- Manizales, Colombia
- Grenada
- Caribbean Coast, Costa Rica
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
- Namibia
- Oman
- Tasmania, Australia
- Northern Territory, Australia
