The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Storr landscape
Portree
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Old Man of Storr
Old Man of Storr is worth allowing time for because it combines a distinctive landscape that can be understood through geology, land use and carefully chosen walking viewpoints. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are main landscape viewpoints and geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features. Its position in or near Isle of Skye also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Fairy Pools
Glenbrittle
- 1
Fairy Pools
Fairy Pools is worth allowing time for because it combines a distinctive landscape that can be understood through geology, land use and carefully chosen walking viewpoints. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are main landscape viewpoints and geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features. Its position in or near Isle of Skye also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 180 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Skara Brae
Kirkwall
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Skara Brae
Skara Brae is worth allowing time for because it combines surviving archaeological evidence that makes an otherwise distant period unusually tangible. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are permanent collection galleries, objects and displays linked to the site’s central story, surviving structures and excavated features and site interpretation connecting remains with their period. Its position in or near Orkney also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 150 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Ring of Brodgar
Kirkwall
- 1
Ring of Brodgar
Ring of Brodgar is worth allowing time for because it combines surviving archaeological evidence that makes an otherwise distant period unusually tangible. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are surviving structures and excavated features, site interpretation connecting remains with their period, main landscape viewpoints and geological, coastal, moorland or mountain features. Its position in or near Orkney also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 120 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Iona Abbey
Iona
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Iona Abbey
Iona Abbey is worth allowing time for because it combines monastic architecture, ruins and the historical setting of a religious community. The site is more useful than a quick photograph: its surviving features give clear evidence of how the place developed and how people used it. Key things to concentrate on are key structural details and the building’s relationship with the surrounding streetscape or landscape. Its position in or near Iona also makes it a practical anchor for exploring the surrounding region without reducing the visit to a simple landmark stop.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current official information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.