The total coastline of Shetland – approximately 1,697 miles*.
There’s a so much to see – and probably impossible on one holiday to Shetland. There are events that take place in all corners of the 15 occupied Shetland islands – during all four seasons spring, summer, autumn and winter. Although summer is the busiest season, Shetlanders are hardy, and variable weather doesn’t hold them back from living active lives.
Shetland detective series private tours
Did you develop an interest in Shetland from the many television programmes that are available on our screens almost daily?
We offer tours of the main Shetland sights from the detective series, including Douglas Henshaw’s Lerwick waterfront home including the Hollywood style plaque and the Lerwick Police Station (Shetland dialect pronunciations Lerrick, Lerook, Lerweek).
Our luxury Mercedes V300 can carry 1 to 5 people in excellent comfort to Shetland detective series locations, such as the Skellister Stores in Nesting where the unfortunate Lizzie Kilmuir what murdered in series 7, and hid in one of the freezers.
Well known to Shetlanders is the Sandwater House, a dwelling approximately half way along the main north bound road from Lerwick to various Northmavine locations, including the beautiful village of Voe, and Brae. Sandwater was the location for another freezer that featured in the Shetland series – where an artist kept various animals in a freezer.
To book your private Shetland series tour, phone or message Colin on +44(0)7590 237293, or email info@shetlandchauffeurcompany.co.uk.
Scalloway on Shetland’s west coast
The ancient capital of Shetland is Scalloway a village with a population of around 1,200, set on a natural harbour. Scalloway is on the opposite side of the mainland from Lerwick, the capital town. Our private tour to Scalloway can include a visit to the island of Burra and Trondra.
Scalloway’s Shetland Bus memorial on Main Street, Scalloway, Shetland.
Meal Beach in Burra, Shetland, listed on the www.shetland.org website, on an article titled, ‘Shetland’s best beaches: by the locals’. Meal Beach is also listed, at the top of a page on the NorthLink Ferries website, titled ‘Shetland’s finest beaches’, NorthLink operates the ferries that run between Aberdeen, Orkney and Shetland, named the Hjaltland and the Hrossey.
Scalloway viewed from the Gallows Hill
* Information from Shetland Island Council’s website.