Travel Scotland - Orkney And Shetland Orkney Stromness Practicalities

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Arriving by ferry, you’ll disembark at the new ferry terminal, which also houses the tourist office (April-Oct Mon-Sat 8am-5pm, Sat 9am-4pm & Sun 10am-3pm; Nov-March Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 01856/850716). As far as hotels go, the venerable Victorian Stromness Hotel (tel 01856/850298, ; Ł70-90) - the town’s first - is probably your best bet. As for B&Bs , there’s a traditional end-on waterfront house next to the museum at 2 South End (tel 01856/850215; Ł40-50; April-Oct); if you’ve got your own transport, you might prefer to head to the modern Thira (tel 01856/851181; Ł50-60), up on the hill above the town, boasting great views overlooking Hoy. Stromness has an SYHA hostel on Helliehole Road (tel 01856/850589, ; mid-May to Sept), signposted off the main street; it has a curfew and single-sex dorms. More laid-back is the family-run Brown’s Hostel , 45-47 Victoria St (tel 01856/850661). There’s also a campsite (tel

01856/873535; May to mid-Sept) in a superb, but exposed setting a mile south of the ferry terminal at Point of Ness.
Stromness has a couple of decent places to eat , starting with Julia’s Café and Bistro (lunchtime only except in the height of summer), opposite the ferry terminal. The moderately expensive Hamnavoe Restaurant , at 35 Graham Place (tel 01856/850606; Thurs-Sun eves only), offers the town’s most ambitious cooking in a very pleasant setting. For something less formal, try the specials on offer in the upstairs lounge bar of the Stromness Hotel .

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