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Kirkwall, Scotland
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Shore Excursions
A Special Invitation to Balfour Castle
This exciting excursion begins when we embark the mv Shapinsay ferry and cross sheltered Kirkwall Bay to the Island of Shapinsay. Upon your arrival, your guide will lead you on a leisurely walk through Balfour Village, built in the late 18th century to house the smiths, carpenters and masons employed by the Balfour Estate. The Estate was established in ...
Leisurely North Coastal Drive
Travel by motor coach following the coastline of historic Scapa Flow and listen to the dramatic wartime stories that make this one of the best-known stretches of water in the world. Heading inland, you'll dis...
Skara Brae & Skaill House
Passing through an area of rich farmland, rolling hills and moorland, fringed by magnificent cliffs, you'll visit the great ceremonial Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. Further on you'll find Skara Brae, Orkney's most exciting Neolithic village and the best-preserved of its kind in Northern Europe. Skara Brae is the remains of a 5,000-year-old Neolithic v...
South Panorama & Highland Park Distillery
Head south from Kirkwall along the road overlooking historic Scapa Flow—a great inlet surrounded by protective islands—and cross the Churchill Barriers constructed using Italian Prisoner of War labor. You'll see the Italian Chapel created out of Nissen huts by the prisoners in their spare time. It is a miracle of faith, with delicate wrought-iron tracery and frescoes whose artist, D...
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