Orkney

Pevensey Island Guides

Patrick Bailey (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2007
David & Charles (Verlag)
9780715327227 (ISBN)

Infos

Suitable for the discerning tourist and island devotee, this work describes what the visitor needs to know about the Pevensey islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. It contains information about the key places of interest, from areas of outstanding beauty such as heather covered hills, to the ancient capital steeped in history.

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The essential guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee, the "Pevensey Island Guide: Orkney" describes everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna. It contains fascinating information about all the key places of interest, from areas of outstanding beauty such as heather covered hills, to the ancient capital steeped in history. It is illustrated with over 100 superb colour photographs showing every aspect of the island and its people.

Inhalt

Map
of the Islands;



The Personality of Orkney;
Kirkwall the Capital;
The First Orcadians and their Monuments;
Christian Beginnings;
A
Timeless Country;
Modern Times;
Stromness and the Northern Sea
Routes;
Scapa Flow;
Orkney's Natural History;
An Inner Northern
Circuit;
The Farthest Islands;
A Walk in North Hoy;


Useful
Information and Places to Visit;

Place-Names and Their Meaning;

Further
Reading;

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 27.4.2007
• Verlagsort: Newton Abbot
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 8 x 250 mm
• Gewicht: 350 g
• Themenwelt: Reiseführer ► Europa ► Großbritannien
• Themenwelt: Reiseführer ► Europa ► Schottland
• ISBN-13: 9780715327227 / 9780715327227
• Zustand: Neuware