| . the 10 casual rooms offer flat-screen tvs, sitting areas, and tea and coffeemaking equipment; all have city or harbour views, as well as en suite, shower-only bathrooms. amenities include a warm restaurant, a lounge, and a cosy, traditional pub with a fireplace, a pool table and darts. a 3-minute walk from the stromness ferry terminal, this relaxed hotel near stromness harbour is a 1-minute walk from the pier arts centre and 5 miles from maeshowe, a neolithic archaeological site dating from around 2800 bc. theres also meeting and event space for up to 120 people
Kirkwall Airport 28 min
Standing Stones of Stenness (9 min)
Remains of 4 Neolithic standing stones with a central hearth area once used for cooking. Ness of Brodgar (9 min)
Archaeological excavation, artifact, archaeological site, and ancient history Scapa Flow (20 min)
Historic waterway with a sandy beach & rustic backdrop known for its many wartime shipwrecks. Skaill House (14 min)
History, architecture, and museum Pier Arts Centre (1 min)
Art and art museum Brough of Birsay (23 min)
This uninhabited tidal island with a lighthouse is home to the ruins of Pictish & Norse settlements. Bay of Skaill (14 min)
Beach, prehistory, archaeological excavation, and history Ring of Brodgar (11 min)
Dramatic upright stone circle dating from the late Neolithic period, with ditch and causeways. Maeshowe (9 min)
Tours are offered of this large neolithic chambered tomb illuminated by the setting midwinter sun. Skara Brae Prehistoric Village (15 min)
The ruins of 8 houses dating from roughly 3000BC with a modern visitor centre telling their tale. Old Man of Hoy (1 hr 8)
Unique 450-foot sea stack & landmark on Hoy is popular with climbers & was first climbed in 1966. St Magnus Cathedral (23 min)
Soaring, multi-hued sandstone originally founded by the Vikings, Britain's most northerly cathedral. Highland Park Whisky Distillery (24 min)
Guided tours through an 18th-century, malt-whisky distillery that conclude with a wee dram or two. Yesnaby (11 min)
Hiking & climbing across sandstone cliffs with views over sea stacks, blowholes & nesting puffins. Graemsay (45 min)
Part of the Orkney Islands, this small inhabited island features farmland & 2 lighthouses. | 
