Orkney Islands is a state/province in United Kingdom. Home to cities such as Orkney, Kirkwall, and Stromness, there's no shortage of things to do and see here.
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Orkney Islands Travel Guide
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Orkney Islands is a state/province in United Kingdom. Home to cities such as Orkney, Kirkwall, and Stromness, there's no shortage of things to do and see here.
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Skara Brae Prehistoric Village 🏛️
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Toward St Margaret's hope for our car ferry to Gilles bay mainland Scotland from Orkney, the journey is 25 kilometers 25 minutes drive from kirkwall. We pass through Best Animals Attraction in Orkney Brian and Peter, the two Hungarian Sheep pigs, look very cute. Ships sunk during world war also can be found at Scapa flow. Italian Chapel that is built by the prisoner of war, a beautiful interior small chapel.
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The best preserved Neolithic settlement in Western Europe and part of the UNESCO Heart of Neilithic Orkney World Heritage. A 12 kilometers 13 minutes drive from Stromness. Skara Brae dates back to Neolithic times, over 5000 years ago. Skara Brae are a group of houses that are used for their daily activities, every house has a heart in the middle, stones bed on opposite walls, a tank on the floor is likely used for storing. Exposed by great storms in 1850, four buildings were excavated during 1860s by Willam Watt.
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On the west coast of Orkney mainland offering stunning seaview. 10 kilometers 12 minutes drive from Ring of Brodgar. Huge waves crashing on the cliffs and plenty of seabirds to be spotted. If you have time, you must walk 1.6 kilometers 25 minutes to see the Yesnaby Castle sea stack, standing with two legs. Yesnaby is also one of the very few places where Primula Scotica grows.
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Ring of Brodgar is part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage site, a series of important monuments built 5000 years ago. An 18 kilometers 20 minutes drive from kirkwall will reach the beautiful place. A foot path will built around the circle of stones to let people walk around it and prevent people from going in to touch the stones. This massive site originally consist of 60 stones, now only 36 survive, so we must do our part not to climb or touch it.