Travel to the far north to tour the Northern Isles of Orkney and Shetland, a landscape of towering cliffs and sea stacks and windswept beaches.
Some highlights
- Time your visit to coincide with Up Helly Aa, the midwinter fire festival which takes place every year in Shetlands
- Discover the traditional fiddle tunes and musical heritage of the islands
- Step back in time and visit the superb Neolithic sites of Skara Brae, the chambered cairn at Maes Howe and the standing stones of the Ring of Brodgar. These ancient monuments are some of the best preserved in Europe
- Follow the arts and crafts trail which showcases local producers of textiles, jewellery, pottery, art, woodwork and more.
Scottish Highland Trails is at Castlebay, Barra.
The Isle of Barra in the Outer Hebrides looking so peaceful and picturesque in the winter sun today! There are various suggestions as to where the island’s name came from, but one suggestion is from Old Norse meaning ‘bare island’. Kisimul Castle, which sits on a small rocky outcrop in See More
Scottish Highland Trails
Just look at the skies today up in the north west! This is the gorgeous view this afternoon from the Oban - Barra ferry looking towards the islands of Skye, Rum and Eigg with the Ardnamurchan lighthouse bottom right. Beautiful! ☀️☀️🏴
Scottish Highland Trails
Gorgeous light today. View to the hills over Peebles in the Scottish Borders with the town cemetery and St Andrew’s Tower. The tower is all that remains of St Andrew’s Church, consecrated in 1195 and built on the site of a series of earlier churches likely dating back to the See More
