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There's something for everyone on this grand tour of Orkney's most famous sights – a perfect blend of Neolithic history, wartime heritage and cultural highlights topped off by a single malt whisky! Enjoy it all on this full-day adventure.

Board the comfortable motorcoach and begin your day traveling along the shore of Scapa Flow, one of the Royal Navy's main bases during the two World Wars, for a guided visit to Orkney's symbol of reconciliation and peace, the Italian Chapel. Built by Italian prisoners of war, including gifted artist Domenico Chiocchetti, from two Nissen huts, scrap iron and concrete. Chiocchetti stayed to finish it even after the war ended. The chapel interior features wrought iron tracery, medieval-style wall paintings and frescoes.

From here, continue on to a local hotel for an audio-visual VIP tour and expert tasting provided by expert Highland Park staff. Highland Park's award-winning single malt whisky owes its flavor to the fire used to dry the malt. The local peat has absorbed centuries of sea spray, imparting a heathery quality to the whisky. Your Experience begins with an audio-video presentation will walk through the in all phases of production. Sample 4 different drams of Highland Park expressions and perhaps purchase a bottle in the nearby shop.

Your day continues with a step back in time, in the West Mainland of Orkney, where more than 5,000 years ago a prehistoric civilization erected spectacular stone monuments made out of stone and set within dramatic natural landscapes. Travel into the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the Islands' UNESCO World Heritage site, a ceremonial landscape comprising the Standing Stones of Stenness, Ring of Brodgar, and Maeshowe Tomb plus the village of Skara Brae.

First make a photo stop at the Standing Stones of Stenness, one of the oldest stone circles in Britain, featuring vertical stones standing up to 15 feet tall laid out in an ellipse and next visit the Ring of Brodgar where you'll immediately be struck by the power of the third-largest stone circle in the British Isles. A guided tour will introduce you to these 27 ceremonial stones set in a ditch and bank "henge" and believed to be part of an original array of more than 60 stones erected more than 4,500 years ago.

Your destination is Skara Brae, the region's most famous archaeological site, considered one of the most remarkable monuments in Europe. Skara Brae was revealed after a great storm battered Orkney in 1850, unearthing hints of a number of stone buildings that lay below. Excavations in 1868 and in 1925 revealed an intact village of 10 stone homes believed to have been occupied between roughly 3180 B.C. and 2500 B.C. – older than both Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids! Conclude with a tour through the grand Skaill House, overlooking the spectacular Bay of Skaill. This fine, 17th century mansion was originally the home of William Graham Watt who unearthed the village of Skara Brae in 1850.

Relax on your return to port.