Albert Hotel
Scotland > Shetland, Orkney and the Outer Hebrides > Kirkwall
The Albert Hotel is a contemporary hotel located in the town centre of Kirkwall within Orkney. The hotel is a Visit Scotland 3 star rated hotel. Kirkwall is one of Orkney's 2 main towns and provides an excellent base from which t...
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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