If Scotland has an Atlantis, this is it. The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Orkney island. I recommend a visit to St John’s Head, Britain’s highest vertical cliff ...

The tallest lighthouse in the UK stands mighty over some of the best seaside views in the country and a gorgeous little ...

Known as the Italian Chapel, it was built by the detainees during their time on the islands and it is now one of Orkney's most popular tourist attractions. Letizia Chiocchetti, whose father ...

Orkney Islands Council pressed ahead with the eye ... of the retail industry and all who rely on it'. It added that local tourist taxes being prepared in some areas would hit domestic visitors ...

The Orkney Islander magazine for 2025 was launched at a special evening reception tonight, in the Orkney Distillery in Kirkwall. Members of the public were invited to join representatives of the ...

With the upcoming Island Games, Orkney 12 to 18 July 2025 just around the corner, and with the anticipated participation of a Falkland Islands delegation, Mike Summers, chair of the Falklands ...

This Thursday marks 100 days to go until the Orkney 2025 Island Games begins. To commemorate the milestone, organised have ...

In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of remarkable Neolithic discoveries The Ness of Brodgar—roughly, “headland of the bridge ...

A new map of the South Orkney Islands has been released by British Antarctic Survey (BAS) – the first UK published, topographic map of the region in almost 40 years. Created by the Mapping and ...

Orkney’s 70 or so islands lie low in the ocean ... You can head to the harbourside town of Tobermory with its pretty painted fisherman’s houses, or visit one of the island’s imposing castles. Duart is ...