The Orkney Hotel

Orkney's island-history museum in the 16th-century Tankerness House, opposite St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall.

0.4 km S

Orkney's capital and largest town, built around the red-sandstone St Magnus Cathedral and a working harbour.

0.4 km S · Orkney Islands

The world's most northerly Scotch whisky distillery, on the edge of Kirkwall, offering tours and tastings.

1.8 km S

Orkney's most accessible beach, a mile from Kirkwall on Scapa Flow, reached on foot along the Crantit Trail.

3.2 km S

Low Orkney island 25 minutes by ferry from Kirkwall, with the estate village of Balfour, a Baronial castle and Burroughston Broch

5.3 km N

A sheltered sandy bay on Scapa Flow that reveals wide flats at low tide, reached by a steep path near Orphir.

8.3 km SW