Runa Guest House

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Scored 9.5
Rated exceptional

Staff

9.8

About this property

Comfortable Accommodation: Runa Guest House in Orkney offers family rooms with private bathrooms, garden views, and free WiFi. Each room includes a sofa bed, dining area, and modern amenities such as a washing machine and TV. Convenient Facilities: Guests can relax in the garden or enjoy free on-site private parking. The property features a fully equipped kitchen with a dishwasher, microwave, and oven. Additional amenities include a washing machine, dishwasher, and soundproofing. Local Attractions: Located 32 km from Kirkwall Airport, the guest house is near Ring of Brogdar (13 km), Maeshowe (15 km), and Skara Brae (10 km). Other attractions include the Orkney Fossil and Heritage Centre and Burray, 44 km away. Guest Satisfaction: Highly rated by guests for its friendly host, comfortable rooms, and convenient location.

Couples particularly like the location — they rated it 9.6 for a two-person trip.

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Most popular facilities

  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Free parking
  • Family rooms

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Top location: Highly rated by recent guests (9.4)

  • Free private parking available on-site

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Room type
Number of guests
 
Bedroom
1 extra-large double bed
Living room
1 sofa bed
1 sofa bed
and
1 large double bed
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Guests who stayed here loved

Sylva
Australia Australia
“My intention was to see a Northern Light and the location for this was excellent.”
William
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“The accommodation itself, the remote location and our host, Rob”
Martin
Austria Austria
“The owner was very nice and helpful. He too helped us to get on a trip to Maeshowe. Overall we would definitely stay here again when we are around. Greetings!”
Hartmut
Germany Germany
“Everything available, what you need in an Appartement!”
Llorenç
Spain Spain
“Runa Guesthouse is a fantastic place. It is spacious, well maintained and clean. It is a very well equipped room and the facilities work perfectly.. Great views over rural land, and Hoy’s mountains at the distance. Ideal for visiting all the...”
Shanna
Netherlands Netherlands
“Big enough for our family, very complete with soap etc. makes it very convenient to stay. Rob was a very nice, welcoming, helpful host. Lots of folders and maps to borrow and explore. Everything on our list was within 15 min drive. Simply great!...”
Peter
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Perfect self catering accommodation. Very well equipped. Great location (and very easy to find). Proprietor had some useful info.”
Fiona
United Kingdom United Kingdom
“Our apartment was very spacious and had everything we needed to enjoy our holiday. It had uninterrupted views across Orkney from all of the windows and we could also see the sea. Rob was helpful and also passed on a discount voucher for a lunch...”
Marttin
Denmark Denmark
“Runa Guest House is the perfect place to stay if you prefer a place in the countryside. The view are wonderful and even if it looks far away from both Stromness and Kirkwall you can safely choose to stay here. You can visit the nearby...”
Baud
Belgium Belgium
“Very nice, comfortable and clean independent apartment in a private house. Rooms are large, with very complete kitchen facilities, including fridge, refrigerator, etc., which makes that you can easily stay for long periods. Added bonus: the house...”

Hosted by Robert Vasey

9.8
Host review score
Robert Vasey
As we live in the West Mainland and not in town we advise you having a car to stay at Runa We moved into the property 4 years ago and renovated the empty attic space into 1 bedroomed self contained flat and 2 more bedrooms. This Year we converted the 2nd bedroom upstairs into a Studio Apartment, and we can now offer 2 rooms for rent The Flat and Apartment are both upstairs ( NOT wheelchair accessible ) and is 50m2 and 45m2, respectively The house is situated near to the Twatt Kirk in Birsay. Very well situated to do the World Heritage Site and bird life . While we live 17 miles outside of the Kirkwall, and 10 miles out of Stromness, there is a supermarket/petrol/butcher nearby (3 miles) in dounby.
I work in the Tourist Trade and as such am a gold mine of information of what to see and do in Orkney while you are holidaying here. We try to be green as much as we can be, the Entire house is heated via a renewable heating system and powered by our own Wind Turbine. The Wind turbine is situated on our property and as such we do not charge for electricity. We have a cat. With interests in History/photography and books
The property is situated 5 miles from Skara Brae, 8 miles from the Ring of Brodgar and 10 miles from Maeshowe ( Maeshowe is unusual as it has to be prebooked online for the tours ) We are only 1 mile from the Loons Bird reserve and 2.5 miles from Marwick head . Sometimes seeing Hen Harriers hunting the fields nearby.
Language spoken: English

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Check-in
From 18:00 to 00:00
Check-out
Until 10:30
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Child policies

Children of any age are welcome.

Children 2 years and above will be charged as adults at this property.

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Cot and extra bed policies

Cots and extra beds are not available at this property.

No age restriction
There is no age requirement for check-in
Pets
Pets are not allowed.
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Smoking
Smoking is not allowed.

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License number: D, OR0063F