Rick Steves Europe Preview: Scotland s Islands

Check your local public television station for this new Rick Steves’ Europe episode or watch it on https://www.ricksteves.com/watch-read-listen/video/tv-show/scotland-islands We ll begin on the tranquil Isle of Iona, where Christianity first reached the shores of Scotland. Then we ll visit another of the Inner Hebrides, road-tripping across the Isle of Skye, where we ll explore Iron Age forts, peat fields, a venerable distillery, thatched crofter huts, and the dramatic Trotternish Peninsula. Finally, we ll sail to Orkney — more Nordic than Celtic — with its stony remnants of a thriving Iron Age civilization and evocative reminders of the 20th-century wartime harbor at Scapa Flow.