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GO-ORKNEY- September A 2-day trip giving you the best of the far north of Scotland & Orkney SEPTEMBER/October 2008 Please note this is a different trip from our summer Gold Star trip - in this one, for example, you arrange your own accommodation for the night in Orkney DATES Tuesday 2 September Tuesday 9 September Tuesday 16 September Tuesday 23 September Tuesday 30 September The dates given are for the trip northward; return is the next day.

Itinerary: Day 1 (Tuesday) - We pick you up at your accommodation in Inverness 0830-0920 and then head north following the itinerary described for our John o'Groats tour. You'll have almost as a good chance of seals and deer as if you did the full John o'Groats trip. You’ll also see prehistoric sites we pass and most of the scenic features. Late afternoon take the Pentland Venture at John o’Groats for the 40-minute crossing to Orkney. (This ferry is route 3 on the map.) A coach meets you at Burwick in South Ronaldsay and takes you to Kirkwall, arriving about 1930hrs.
Day 2 (Wednesday). You are free in Kirkwall until 1120 - lots of time to visit the Cathedral; Earl's & Bishop's Palaces; and the Orkney Museum. About 1120 meet the Puffin Express bus for your tour of west Mainland, visiting Maeshowe, Skara Brae, the Rings of Brodgar and Stenness. The tour is described in detail on our Orkney page, from the sentence: "We then proceed to visit . . ." - the link takes you direct to that point.
1610hrs: depart Kirkwall for St Margaret's Hope, stopping at the Italian Chapel en route; return to Caithness by Pentland Ferries - this ferry is route 2 on the map. Return to Inverness 2115hrs.

This tour basically combines our John o'Groats tour with the GO-ORKNEY MegaTour the day after. It means a less early start than with the MegaTour; lets you see much more on the way north; and gives you more time in Kirkwall.
These September Orkney Gold Star trips do not include transfer from Palace Road, Kirkwall (where the bus arrives) to your accommodation. However several accommodations are within easy walking distance of your arrival point. Click here for suggested accommodations.

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