Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
KIRKWALL
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Orkney
Ferries
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Orkney Wireless
Museum
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CAFÉS AND
RESTAURANTS
Helgi's
Lucano
Real Food Café
The Reel
Trenabies Bistro
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Bus Station
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Kirkwall
Travel Centre
Orkney
Arts
Theatre
ACCOMMODATION
2 Dundas Crescent
Avalon House
Lynnield Hotel
Peedie Hostel
Pickaquoy Campsite
SYHA Hostel
West End Hotel
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Library
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Hall
St Magnus
Cathedral
Orkney
Museum
St Magnus
Centre
Earl's Palace
Bishop's
Palace
Scapa Bay &
Highland Park Distillery, Airport &
Rae's tomb is Orkney's own Poets' Corner, with memorials to, among others, George
Mackay Brown, Eric Linklater and Edwin Muir.
Bishop's and Earl's Palaces
Palace Rd • April-Oct daily 9.30am-5.30pm • £4.50; HS •
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01856 871918
South of the cathedral are the ruins of the
Bishop's Palace
, residence of the Bishop
of Orkney from the twelfth century. It was here that King Håkon died in 1263 on
his return from defeat at the Battle of Largs. Most of what you see, however, dates
from the time of Bishop Robert Reid, founder of Edinburgh University, in the
mid-sixteenth century. he walls still stand, as does the tall round tower in which
the bishop had his private chambers; a narrow spiral staircase takes you to the top
for a good view over Kirkwall.
he ticket for the Bishop's Palace covers entry to the neighbouring
Earl's Palace
- better
preserved and a lot more fun to explore - built by the infamous Earl Patrick Stewart
