Kirkwall Airport 18 min
Flotta (1 hr 31) Burray (15 min) Orkney archipelago island with guesthouses & heritage centers, plus sailing, diving & canoeing. Tomb of the Eagles Visitor Centre (18 min) Tomb, eagle, and history Churchill Barriers (7 min) Built to protect the important anchorage at Scapa Flow, this causeways were built in 1939. Orkney Wireless Museum (19 min) St Magnus Cathedral (18 min) Soaring, multi-hued sandstone originally founded by the Vikings, Britain's most northerly cathedral. Scapa Flow (29 min) Historic waterway with a sandy beach & rustic backdrop known for its many wartime shipwrecks. Highland Park Whisky Distillery (15 min) Guided tours through an 18th-century, malt-whisky distillery that conclude with a wee dram or two. Lamb Holm (7 min) Pentland Firth (1 hr 11) Picturesque strait known for its powerful tides, featuring a lighthouse & vibrant marine life. Copinsay (24 min) Bishop’s and Earl's Palaces (18 min) Enduring stone ruins of 2 ornate palaces built in the 1100s & in 1606 in the Renaissance-style. Italian Chapel (8 min) Catholic chapel built by Italian POWs in the 1940s using scavenged materials, like old ship timbers. The Orkney Museum (18 min) Exhibits & artefacts on the area's history from the Stone Age to present day in a 1570s townhouse. |