A weekend in Hoy and West Mainland
Stay in Stromness. Day 1: Ring of Brodgar, Maes Howe and Hill of Heddle; day 2: Maeshowe Visitor Centre, Stones of Stenness and Mid Hill.
Make it yoursstart from your town, pick the month, swap any stop
Day 1 · Hoy and West Mainland
- Lunch
- Beiting & Brew at the Waterside
- If it rains
- Stromness Museum
Night 1 · Stromness
Day 2 · Hoy and West Mainland
- Lunch
- Gerry's Ice Cream Parlour
- If it rains
- Pier Arts Centre
How this plan is made
No one picks these by hand and no one pays to be in them. The planner's rules take the places and roads Hoy and West Mainland's pages rank, for anyone, any month: one town to stay in, and each day its best stop with the best ones close to it, three a day, with lunch nearby and an indoor stop if it rains. Distances are as the crow flies, so the road is longer. Check opening times on each place's page before you go. How the ranking works.
Questions
Where should I stay for a weekend in Hoy and West Mainland?
Stromness. It is the town with the best stops within 15 km for this trip, so you don't pack up every morning. Stromness: 4 bus stops within 400 m; boats from Stromness Orkney Ferry Terminal.
What should I do first?
Day 1 is Ring of Brodgar, Maes Howe and Hill of Heddle: the best stop for this trip, then the best ones within 5 km of it.
Who picked these places?
Nobody. The same rules make every plan from the places and roads the site ranks with one open formula, and no place pays to be in a plan.