St Magnus Bay Hotel
Scotland > Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides > Hillswick
A place of beauty; the St Magnus Bay Hotel captures the character of the Hillswick shoreline. This wooden building; originally manufactured in Norway over 100 years ago is thought to be the only one of its type in Britain. Sample our much spoken abou...
Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides Lying at the very edge of Europe, the islands of the Inner and Outer Hebrides share a rugged natural beauty, with unspoilt beaches, plentiful wildlife and a unique culture and traditions. The northern archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland share many of these qualities and supplement them with some of the most fascinating and, at times, awesome archaeological sites in Europe, found in the burial mounds, stones circles and settlements of the earliest peoples.
The islands' Norse heritage is evident. As a reminder of Shetland's Scandinavian past, every year the festival, Up Helly Aa, features a procession of a thousand torch-carrying revellers, a squad of Vikings in horned helmets and a longship, dragged through the streets of Lerwick, before its ceremonial burning. There's more than a hint of myth and history in this extraordinary celebration.
Today's invasions although tend to be from the thousands of birds and other wildlife that make their home in these magical isles.
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