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Sailing into Shapinsay you cannot help but notice
Balfour Castle, an imposing multi-turreted structure looking something like a Castle from a Disney Movie.
 Balfour Castle sits on a wooded brae only hundreds of yards from the sea. A quiet and peaceful place, an elegant Victorian structure, full of
style and elegance and now a private family home open to guests who appreciate something out of the ordinary.
The Castle, complete with original furniture, dates back to the 1840s and guests have access to its main rooms of library, dining room, drawing room
with adjoining conservatory. There is a chapel in the castle too.
The library is the meeting place before dinner in the evening and there you will find a small bar. Dinner and breakfast are taken in the ground floor
dining room.
Guest bedrooms are
individual in character with canopy, four poster and brass beds.
Most rooms have en-suite facilities and there is a family room
available.
 The area
surrounding the Castle is wooded and guests are very welcome to wander there at their leisure. In the midst of the wood you will discover a two acre walled kitchen garden where most of the vegetables for dinner are cultivated.
The Castle is licensed for weddings, both civil and religious; you can marry in the Castle Chapel and hold your reception in the Castle's Drawing Room or Conservatory. How
to get here
The green and fertile island of
Shapinsay lies a pleasant 25-minute ferry crossing from Kirkwall.
BY AIR: Fly
into KIRKWALL on the Orkney mainland. Taxi to Kirkwall
Harbour 7 mins, Shapinsay ferry 25 mins. Orkney Ferries Tel: 01856
872 044. British Airways Kirkwall Tel: 01856 873611
BY SEA:
From THURSO (SCRABSTER) to STROMNESS RoRO
www.northlinkferries.co.uk
From GILLS BAY to ST MARGARET'S HOPE RoRo
www.pentlandferries.co.uk
From JOHN O'GROATS to BURWICK
www.jogferry.co.uk (passengers only)
For more details, or if you have any queries, please contact us.
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TARIFF
Price per person per night
Dinner, Bed and Breakfast from £ 110 - £ 130 incl. tax
Children over 12 welcome
5 nights or more - 10% reduction
We are open all year but recommend May to September
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