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Portree
Portree is the largest town on, and capital of, the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the place for the only secondary school on the island, Portree Secondary school. Public transport solutions are restricted to buses. Portree has a harbour, fringed by cliffs, with a pier made by Thomas Telford. Tourist attractions in the community consist of the Aros centre which commemorates the island's Gaelic heritage. More arts provision is made via arts organisation ATLAS Arts, a Creative Scotland regularly-funded organisation. The town also works as a centre for visitors discovering the island. The Royal Hotel is the site of MacNab's Inn, the last gathering place of Flora MacDonald and also Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1746. The town plays host to the Isle of Skye's shinty club, Skye Camanachd. They dip into Pairc nan Laoch above the community on the road to Struan. Around 939 people (37.72% of the population) can talk Scottish Gaelic.