Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide is a book that is sure to become a favorite whether you are planning a trip to Shetland or if you just enjoy the daydreaming! This comprehensive guide to the Shetland Islands is the product of years of meticulous planning, research, and exploration. It is the perfect compendium for all of us with that woolly wanderlust!
Created by the travel writer and Shetlander Laurie Goodlad and the Shetland publisher Misa Hay, two passionate advocates for the islands’ unique charm, this guidebook is an invitation to experience the soul of Shetland, the most northerly islands in the UK. With stunning color photographs and more than 250 pages, this book showcases the islands' natural beauty, intriguing history, and vibrant community life. It offers readers a unique perspective on exploring Shetland.
Shetland: Your Essential Travel Guide Includes:
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
From the Author:
“This guidebook is a love letter to our islands, a thank-you of sorts. A thank-you for the summer nights, the winter storms, the calm and the chaos; they are a thank-you for the sting of salt on the cheeks and the first warmth from the May sun, and an acknowledgement of the extreme privilege I have to be able to call Shetland my home.” ~Laurie Goodlad
