Guided Tours of Shetland


Allied Taxis use qualified guides for the guided tours and ensure all drivers have a high standard of local knowledge and history.

Go off the beaten track with an Allied Taxi tour, tailor made to suit your interests.  Up to eight people can enjoy the Shetland sights in the comfort of a car, MPV or wheelchair accessible vehicle with friendly professional drivers.

Whether your interests are wildlife, archaeology, geology, popular visitor attractions and museums or just finding picturesque beaches with nobody else  to be seen, we will do our best to give you a trip that you will never forget.

 

Here is an example of a tour based in the south mainland of Shetland:

  • Shetland Crofthouse Museum

    A typical 19th century straw thatched crofthouse and outbuildings giving a fascinating glimpse into how people lived in those times.

  • Quendale Mill

    A great opportunity to have your own insight to life in Shetland over the last one hundred years.
  • Sumburgh Head

    The Lighthouse, dramatic cliff scenery with views over both the North Sea and Atlantic Ocean. Get up close and personal with the bird colonies. 
  • Old Scatness Broch

    Reconstructed Iron Age dwellings.

 

Here is an example of a tour based in the north mainland of Shetland:

  • Cliffs of Eshaness

    Shetland's most dramatic cliff scenery!
  • Holes of Scraada

    An underground passage leading to the sea.
  • Hillswick Wildlife Sanctuary

    Shetland's only Wildlife Sanctuary is based at the Booth in Hillswick.   Here they take care of seals, otters and much more.
  • Braewick Café 

    Overlooking the cliffs, sit back and enjoy a lovely cup of tea with one of Brawick’s finest home bakes.

 

Here is an example of a tour based on Archaeology:

  • Shetland Museum

    Shetland’s new five star museum containings culture, archaeology, maritime and textile displays.
  • Clickimin Broch

    Dating back 3000 years, the Clickimin Broch is an excellent example of a broch tower with secondary buildings of Iron Age date.
  • Jarlshof Prehistoric and Norse Settlement

    One of the finest examples of a prehistoric archaeological containings remains dating from 2500 BC up to the 17th century.
  • Mousa Broch

    A  2,000 year old Iron Age tower, or broch still standing strong on the now uninhabited island of Mousa.
  • Old Scatness Broch

    Reconstructed Iron Age dwellings.