Scotland/Orkney Islands
Feb 23rd, 2015, 11:01 AM
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Scotland/Orkney Islands
Hello everyone!
My husband and I are taking a 12 day self-drive tour through Scotland this coming September. Our travel agent has come up with a sample itinerary for us...
Day 1 & 2 - Edinburgh
Day 3 - Drive from Edinburgh to Inverness
Day 4 - Inverness & surrounding areas
Day 5 - Drive to Thurso, ferry to Orkney
Day 6 - Ullapool
Day 7 & 8 - Isle of Skye
etc.
... but there's one major thing we have to decide. To anyone who's been up to the Orkney Islands, is it worth it? There's quite a lot of travel time to get there, and our itinerary has us spending one full day exploring.
My husband and I are taking a 12 day self-drive tour through Scotland this coming September. Our travel agent has come up with a sample itinerary for us...
Day 1 & 2 - Edinburgh
Day 3 - Drive from Edinburgh to Inverness
Day 4 - Inverness & surrounding areas
Day 5 - Drive to Thurso, ferry to Orkney
Day 6 - Ullapool
Day 7 & 8 - Isle of Skye
etc.
... but there's one major thing we have to decide. To anyone who's been up to the Orkney Islands, is it worth it? There's quite a lot of travel time to get there, and our itinerary has us spending one full day exploring.
Feb 23rd, 2015, 11:52 AM
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>>To anyone who's been up to the Orkney Islands, is it worth it? <<
Yes -- it is definitely 'worth' it. But my guess is your TA has never been to Scotland. Days 5 to 7 has you in the car more hours than <i>being</i> anywhere.
TA's aren't usually good at working out driving tours (Unless they have themselves driven in the area several times -- which most haven't)
Yes -- it is definitely 'worth' it. But my guess is your TA has never been to Scotland. Days 5 to 7 has you in the car more hours than <i>being</i> anywhere.
TA's aren't usually good at working out driving tours (Unless they have themselves driven in the area several times -- which most haven't)
Feb 23rd, 2015, 12:36 PM
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Fly Edinburgh to Orkney, spend at least 2 days there, fly to Inverness, hire car, head for Skye via Skye Bridge, at least 2 days on Skye, ferry to Mallaig, then whatever your plans were for heading south
Feb 24th, 2015, 12:30 AM
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http://www.secret-scotland.com/
have a look at this link and they may be bale to help with an itinary that will suit you ............ for a small fee of course but could be worth it.
have a look at this link and they may be bale to help with an itinary that will suit you ............ for a small fee of course but could be worth it.
Feb 24th, 2015, 02:05 AM
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Orkney is a wonderful place to visit and different to the rest of Sotland as it has a much stronger Norse history. The ancient remains are some of the best in the world. One day doesn't really do it justice.
Your itinerary involves a lot of driving and to be honest, I don't think your travel agent has much real understanding of Scotland. I'd second unclegus's suggestion of approaching Secret Scotland.
Your itinerary involves a lot of driving and to be honest, I don't think your travel agent has much real understanding of Scotland. I'd second unclegus's suggestion of approaching Secret Scotland.
