Stromness Orkney Island Scotland
United Kingdom

1 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

SeaDream Yacht Club (1 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

Alongside, right in the heart of the town, or at anchor with tenders to the marina depending on the ship's size. Either way, everything afterwards is on foot: the lanes begin metres from the water.
Yes, and it is the only way. The main artery, in turn Victoria Street, Graham Place and Dundas Street, threads along the shoreline, so narrow that cars are rare. Its flagstones have been polished by three centuries of sailors' footsteps.
The excursion to Skara Brae and the Neolithic heart of Orkney takes up half the day; keep the rest for the single street, the local museum and the Pier Arts Centre. Adding Scapa Flow to that programme means sacrificing the town itself.
A Stone Age village 5,000 years old on the Bay of Skaill, buried under sand for millennia and uncovered by a storm in 1850. Its half-sunken houses still hold stone beds, dressers and hearths, with a realism that collapses the distance of time.
The Ring of Brodgar, a huge circle of standing stones about ten kilometres away, and the neighbouring Stones of Stenness. With Skara Brae they make up the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Hudson's Bay Company ships recruited large numbers of Orcadians here, so part of Canada's history was written from these quays. The local museum tells these maritime links, from whalers to Franklin's Arctic expeditions, which made their last British call here.
A gallery in a restored warehouse on its own pier, showing a collection of twentieth-century British art whose quality surprises in so small a harbour. It is one of the easiest stops to fit into a short call.
The vast natural anchorage that served as the Royal Navy's main base through both world wars. It is where the German fleet scuttled itself in 1919, an episode that still draws divers from around the world.
Sterling, with Scottish banknotes in common circulation, and English. The galleries, craft workshops and bookshops on the main street take cards; keep some coins for donations at volunteer-run sites.
May to September, for the long northern days and clear roads to the Neolithic sites. The Orkney wind never quite takes a day off: bring a waterproof and layers, even in July.