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Island in Highland, Scotland
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Raasay (Gaelic: Ratharsair, "Roe deer isle") is an island off the east coast of Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It's 14 miles long by 5 miles wide, with its main settlement Inverarish clustered near the ferry pier on its southwest coast. Raasay's population of 161 in 2011 was about as low as it has ever been.
This combines upmarket hotel rooms (dog-friendly) with basic hostel dorms and an outdoor activity centre. The bar and restaurant are open Tu-Sa and serve non-residents.
Small licensed grocery shop and Post Office.
Inverarish, the main village of Raasay, has Calmac ferries from Sconser on Skye, taking 25 min. These sail year-round, M-Sa roughly hourly (8:25AM to 6:45PM, with a 9PM sailing Saturday) and three on Sundays.
Read in the guideYou can easily walk the south end, between ferry pier, Raasay House and distillery.
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