complimentary breakfast provides a choice of continental, cooked or full breakfast items. family rooms add beds and sleep up to 3. sitting 1. 3 miles outside of kirkwall, this quaint b&b in the rolling countryside has expansive views across kirkwall bay. quaint, airy rooms with country-style decor feature free wifi, flat-screen tvs, ipod docks and dvd players, in addition to tea and coffeemaking facilities and en suite bathrooms. there's off-street parking, and secure storage for bikes. Kirkwall Airport 9 min
Lamb Holm (16 min) Orkney Wireless Museum (4 min) The Orkney Museum (5 min) Exhibits & artefacts on the area's history from the Stone Age to present day in a 1570s townhouse. Burray (21 min) Orkney archipelago island with guesthouses & heritage centers, plus sailing, diving & canoeing. Balfour Castle (47 min) Castle and architecture Standing Stones of Stenness (19 min) Remains of 4 Neolithic standing stones with a central hearth area once used for cooking. Bishop’s and Earl's Palaces (5 min) Enduring stone ruins of 2 ornate palaces built in the 1100s & in 1606 in the Renaissance-style. Broch of Gurness (28 min) Iron age, ancient history, and history Maeshowe (18 min) Tours are offered of this large neolithic chambered tomb illuminated by the setting midwinter sun. Scapa Flow (19 min) Historic waterway with a sandy beach & rustic backdrop known for its many wartime shipwrecks. Churchill Barriers (15 min) Built to protect the important anchorage at Scapa Flow, this causeways were built in 1939. Highland Park Whisky Distillery (6 min) Guided tours through an 18th-century, malt-whisky distillery that conclude with a wee dram or two. Ring of Brodgar (21 min) Dramatic upright stone circle dating from the late Neolithic period, with ditch and causeways. Italian Chapel (16 min) Catholic chapel built by Italian POWs in the 1940s using scavenged materials, like old ship timbers. St Magnus Cathedral (5 min) Soaring, multi-hued sandstone originally founded by the Vikings, Britain's most northerly cathedral. |