This is an amazing site. In addition go a small museum with background material on the settlers at Skara Brae, there is a replica residence since you can't enter/destroy the actual Neolithic site (although you can view it from above). You can take a public bus from Kirkwall that will drop you at Skara Brae for about an hour before continuing on to the Ring of Brodgar. read more

Skara Brae - Local Flavor Near Me - Kirkwall, ORK

This is situated in the west mainland of Orkney - not in Kirkwall. A fascinating site - a real must-see on a trip to Orkney. The visitor centre and audio-visual display are good. There's plenty of activities to try - such as the interactive reconstructing a pot or building a Skara Brae house. Outside there's a replica house which you can go into. Then you walk back in time, past man on the moon, past the pyramids, stonehenge and back to Skara Brae (the timeline walk has stones alongside telling you what date/event you are passing). You can't go inside the village - and one of the houses now has a turf roof to protect it, but you can look down into the rest and try to imagine life in Skara Brae - and wonder why it was abandoned Make sure you take a warm top - it can be pretty windy (and cold) at the Bay of Skaill). Parking, toilets and cafe are all available at the site too. read more