Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Boat
Ferries sail from Kirkwall, usually via Stronsay or Sanday (passenger/car £8.10/
19.15, two hours, two to three daily).
SANDAY
POP 478
Aptly named, blissfully quiet flat Sanday is ringed by Orkney's best beaches - with
dazzling-white sand of the sort you'd expect in the Caribbean.
At the tip of the headland east of the main village of Kettletoft is
Quoyness chambered
tomb
(admission free; 24hr)
, similar to Maes Howe and dating from the 3rd millenni-
um BC. It has triple walls, a main chamber and six smaller cells.
Beyond the loch at the northeastern tip of the island is
Tofts Ness
(admission free;
24 hr)
, a largely unexcavated funerary complex with some 500 prehistoric burial mounds
and the remains of an Iron Age roundhouse.
Sleeping & Eating
Belsair£
(
01857-600206;
www.belsairsanday.co.uk
; r per person £30; )
Overlooks the har-
bour in Kettletoft village with tidy en suite rooms that are good value. Bar meals all day
feature Orcadian produce.
B&B, PUB
Ayre's Rock Hostel & Campsite£
(
01857-600410;
www.ayres-rock-sanday-orkney.co.uk
;
1-/2-person tent sites £5/7, huts
£20, dm/s £13.50/18; )
Cosy hostel sleeping eight in the outbuildings of a farm.
There's a craft shop and chip shop on-site, breakfasts and dinners are available, and you
can also pitch a tent or sleep in a camping hut. It's on the west coast, 6 miles north of the
ferry pier. Hosts can organise car and bike hire.
HOSTEL, CAMPGROUND
Getting There & Around
Air
There are flights from Kirkwall to Sanday (one way £37, 20 minutes, once or twice
daily Monday to Saturday).
Boat
Ferries run from Kirkwall (passenger/car £8.10/19.15, 1½ hours), with a link to
Eday. A bus meets the boat.
WESTRAY
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