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Explore Orkney with specialist tour operators:

       On Land:







At Sea:

Dawn Star Boat Trips  Wildlife spotting and Naval history with sights of Scapa Flow with commentaries   


Sea Orkney  Relaxing wildlife spotting or fishing with a cheerful skipper


Kirkwall Food for Travellers

We have received positive feedback from guests about the new real food specialist of Judith Glue's Kitchen Cafe  As evangelists for high quality Home Cooking we welcome the advent of the Kitchen Cafe.

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Consumer Advisory: Selecting a Tour Guide

If you are planning to explore with a guided tour service, check that person who is in the role of a guide is fully trained and formally qualified, otherwise you may simply be using an expensive taxi service.

Qualified Guides with the Orkney Regional Affiliate training course of the Scottish Tourist Guides Association, pass a series of written and practical examinations, before being awarded the coveted Green Badge. Only those guides who hold this qualification are permitted to describe themselves as qualified Orkney Tourist Guides.

The Orkney Tourist Guides Association publishes a list of qualified members.


Travellers Food Lunch Packs 

are available by prior arrangement including soft drinks together with filled freshly baked bread rolls and fruit.


Historic Scotland Site Entry Fees

The following sites are managed by Historic Scotland who charges entrance fees:-


Earl’s Palace 

Bishop’s Palace

Brough of Birsay

Broch of Gurness

Maeshowe

Hackness Martello Tower (Hoy)

Skara  Brae

 

A ‘Regional Explorer Pass‘ is available that provides a cost reduction for individual sites. Various concessions are also available for families, children, elder people and students

Preferential access rates are available through member ship of English Heritage and CADW.

  

Orkney Regional Explorer Pass

This provides a to visit all Historic Scotland sites within Orkney over an unlimited time period.

Many sites close over the winter period so the Orkney Pass is not available from November to March.

                        Adult         Concession    Child          Family

Orkney Pass     £17.00       £13.50          £10.00       £34.00


Adult             individual aged 16 and over.
Concession    aged over 60 or unemployed, and students (on production of a valid ID).
Child               aged 5 to 15 (under 5's admitted free).
Family             two adults plus up to six children aged 5 to 15.


Educational trips for Home Educated children qualify for free entry by prior arrangement with Historic Scotland: -

    Historic Scotland
    Longmore House
    Salisbury Place
    Edinburgh
    EH9 1SH


     Tel: +44(0) 131 668 8831 or +44(0) 131 668 8664


Full details are available from here the Historic Scotland website


Island Delights

Hoy

With dramatic hills and valleys and the UK's most northerly woodland, Hoy is a destination for walking, cycling, bird watching. scenery, ancient history and history of two world wars.

 

Eastward Guest House is ideally situated for relaxing Orkney holidays in a rural retreat.