Orkneyʻs Neolithic ruins are fascinating. I though Roman ruins (2,000 years old) were cool. These in Orkney were 3,000 years older. Skara Brae is very well preserved. And, we visited an active archaeological site, teeming with professionals and students digging. Also, interesting WWII history. Beautiful country. Although part of Scotland, they are very separate and consider themselves Orcadians, ...
Beautiful tour of the Scottish countryside. Saw lots of standing stones, Angus cows, sheep, etc. Learned a lot of the history of the area, especially the story of the sinking of the German ships at Scapa Flow during WWII. ...
Kirkwall is a lovely city and we enjoyed wandering around the shops and museums. Our Orkney Highlights tour included one hour in Stromness - nothing much to see or do there so a bit of a waste of time. ...
Feeling refreshed and ready to go again after our self made sea day, our next port of call was the Orkney Islands. We had booked on recommendation with a private tour company and David was there to meet us. We had a lot of Neolithic places to visit and got right on the road. This was one of our most interesting days and we learned the most. First off we visited a working archaeological site, ...
