rooms are modern and have flat-screen tvs with premium channels, free wifi, and tea and coffeemaking equipment; some rooms have sea views. 4 miles from the standing stones of stenness prehistoric site. parking is available. rates include breakfast, and there's a restaurant, a bar, and meeting and event space. overlooking kirkwall harbour, this casual hotel is a 6-minute walk from the kirkwall ferry terminal, and 10. check-in time: 2:00 pmcheck-out time: 10:00 am Kirkwall Airport 7 min
Standing Stones of Stenness (15 min) Remains of 4 Neolithic standing stones with a central hearth area once used for cooking. Maeshowe (13 min) Tours are offered of this large neolithic chambered tomb illuminated by the setting midwinter sun. Ring of Brodgar (17 min) Dramatic upright stone circle dating from the late Neolithic period, with ditch and causeways. Pier Arts Centre (22 min) Art and art museum Italian Chapel (14 min) Catholic chapel built by Italian POWs in the 1940s using scavenged materials, like old ship timbers. The Orkney Museum (7 min) Exhibits & artefacts on the area's history from the Stone Age to present day in a 1570s townhouse. Highland Park Whisky Distillery (4 min) Guided tours through an 18th-century, malt-whisky distillery that conclude with a wee dram or two. Burray (18 min) Orkney archipelago island with guesthouses & heritage centers, plus sailing, diving & canoeing. Bishop’s and Earl's Palaces (6 min) Enduring stone ruins of 2 ornate palaces built in the 1100s & in 1606 in the Renaissance-style. Lamb Holm (13 min) Churchill Barriers (12 min) Built to protect the important anchorage at Scapa Flow, this causeways were built in 1939. Scapa Flow (15 min) Historic waterway with a sandy beach & rustic backdrop known for its many wartime shipwrecks. Balfour Castle (33 min) Castle and architecture Orkney Wireless Museum (2 min) St Magnus Cathedral (6 min) Soaring, multi-hued sandstone originally founded by the Vikings, Britain's most northerly cathedral. |