Shetland - Your Essential Travel Guide

Detailed information on the practical elements of a trip to Shetland - including why not to pack an umbrella - as well as in-depth guides to each area, detailing accommodation, attractions and the places to start dreaming about today.

What's Inside

The Basics:

• Getting Here and Around

• Brief History

• Culture

• Shetland Today

• Food & Drink

• Events Calendar

• What to Buy

• Where to Stay

• Accessible Shetland

Areas:

• Lerwick & Central Mainland

• South Mainland

• Fair Isle & Foula

• West Mainland

• Papa Stour

• Whalsay & Out Skerries

• Nesting, Lunnasting & Delting

• North Mainland

• The North Isles: Yell, Unst & Fetlar

Activities:

• Natural Wonders

• Wildlife

• Beaches

• Photography

• Museums & Heritage

• Archaeology

• Arts & Crafts

• Knitting

• Trips & Tours

Essays:

• Weather

• Geology

• Scandinavian Influence

• Language & Folklore

• Clearances

• Island at War

• Knitting Heritage

• Oil Boom

• Up Helly Aa

• Shetland, by Ann Cleeves

Itineraries:

• 3 Days in Shetland

• 7 Days in Shetland

• Shetland with Kids: Family Adventures