Welcome to Visit Symbister Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Symbister


Visit Symbister PlacesVisit Symbister places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Symbister places to visit. A unique way to experience Symbister’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Symbister as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Symbister is the largest village and port on Whalsay, an island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland. The focus of the village is the harbour, which is home to small fishing boats as well as large deep sea trawlers. The harbour is also known by the names Bay Of Symbister, Symbister Harbour and Symbister Old Harbour. When you visit Symbister, Walkfo brings Symbister places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Symbister Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Symbister

Visit Symbister – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 33 audio plaques & Symbister places for you to explore in the Symbister area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Symbister places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Symbister history

Symbister has been inhabited for more than 4000 years as witnessed by Neolithic houses of Yoxie and Benie. The Huxters took over the island in the 14th century and held it until they went bankrupt in the 1830s. Germans also sailed to Symbister for trading and brought their goods, iron tools, seeds, salt and cloth to barter for dried and salted fish from the island.

Why visit Symbister with Walkfo Travel Guide App?

Visit Symbister PlacesYou can visit Symbister places with Walkfo Symbister to hear history at Symbister’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Symbister has 33 places to visit in our interactive Symbister map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Symbister, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Symbister places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Symbister & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 33 audio facts unique to Symbister places in an interactive Symbister map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Symbister Places Map
33 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

 
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  Symbister historic spots

  Symbister tourist destinations

  Symbister plaques

  Symbister geographic features
Walkfo Symbister tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Symbister

  

Best Symbister places to visit

Symbister has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Symbister’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Symbister’s information audio spots:

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Visit Symbister plaques

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here Symbister has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Symbister plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Symbister using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Symbister plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.