SHETLAND REVIEW (Shetland Islands)

Member Name: jmgkeg

Product:	Shetland Islands
Date:	01/08/09 (34 review reads)
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Advantages: It's a great place to get away from everything

Disadvantages: it's quite far away

Shetland, the northern most islands in britain lying 60 degrees north and one degree west. I am currently sitting in shetland, on my holidays writing this review, and quite common the weather is dull and it's raining, not so good. I come to shetland to see my family and every year i come, i always discover someting new.

How to get to shetland : There are two possible ways to travel to shetland, the plane or the ferry. The plane lands in the little airport in sumburgh, which is the very south of shetland and flights are available from aberdeen, edinburgh... The ferry (northlink ferries) travels from aberdeen to lerwick, which is in the central mainland and also the capital of shetland. The plane takes about 1 hour and a half to get to shetland from edinburgh but it will vary depending on where your flying from. The ferry takes 12 hours from aberdeen, but it is an overnight crossing, however if it stops off at orkney it takes another 3 hours roughly but thats only on specific nights of the week. The ferry is great if you want to take your car, but if you choose the plane, it is very easy to hire a car from the airport.

The weather = The weather in shetland is very changable, very common as it is in scotland! Depending how low you are there can be very thick mist, making visibility very poor. The temperature in the summer is roughly around 15 degrees, which is quite reasonable considering how far north shetland is.

The shops = The shops in shetland haven't got a big range, but there is not a lot of people. The most shops are in the capital, Lerwick where there are two main food shops coop and tesco. There are also a variety of shops on the town street, little local shops, shetland fudge company and the shetland soap company are included.

Where to stay = There are a number of different hotels, hostels, b and b's and holiday homes that tourists could stay in. The one holiday resort that i reccomend is saxa vord which is in the northest island called unst. It is a bit of a trek to get there i admit but the holdiay resort was just fabulous! My family and i stayed in a self catering house which had just recently been refurbished. There was also a restaurant and bar on the site. When in unst there are a variety of activities to do, walking, swimming or travelling to the northen most beach.

If you are considering a change of holiday then i reccomend that you give shetland a visit. It is peaceful and calm and everyone there is really nice. You would be able to get an insight into the shetland way of life.

Summary: Visit shetland :L