Isle of Iona, Scotland

Cruising to Isle of Iona, Scotland

Isle of Iona tourist attractions. Iona is a small island in the Inner Hebrides off the Ross of Mull on the western coast of Scotland is home to the world-famous Fingal’s Cave, the ornithological heaven of the Treshnish Isles, the[…]

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Mousa, Scotland

Cruising to Mousa, Scotland

Mousa tourist attractions. Mousa lies a mile off the east coast of Mainland Shetland in the parish of Dunrossness about 15 miles (24 km) south of Lerwick. Almost divided in two by inlets, East and West Hams, the island is[…]

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Orkney, Scotland

Cruising to Orkney, Scotland

Orkney tourist attractions. Orkney is an archipelago off the northeastern coast of Scotland. The islands encompass Neolithic sites, tall sandstone cliffs and seal colonies. The ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney’ is a group of 5,000-year-old sites on Mainland, the largest island[…]

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Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Cruising to Isle of Lewis, Scotland

Isle of Lewis tourist attractions. The largest island of the Outer Hebrides, Lewis is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is 683[…]

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Lerwick, Scotland

Cruising to Lerwick, Scotland

Lerwik tourist attractions. Lerwick is the main port of the Shetland Islands, Scotland, located more than 100 miles off the north coast of mainland Scotland on the east coast of the Shetland Mainland. The Port of Lerwick welcomes many cruise ships[…]

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Invergordon

Cruising to Invergordon, Scotland

Invergordon tourist attractions. Invergordon is a town and port in Easter Ross, in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. The town is well known for the Invergordon Mutiny of 1931. Although it’s the most popular cruise ship port of call in[…]

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Kirkwall, Scotland

Cruising to Kirkwall, Scotland

Kirkwall tourist attractions. Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl[…]

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Edinburgh, Scotland

Cruising to Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh tourist attractions. Scotland’s capital city of Edinburgh oozes charm and beauty aplenty, but it’s also got a bolshy character that you will be unable to get out of your head after you leave. Sprawled as it is across seven hills,[…]

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