1. Moyra Torphins
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2. The Intersection
of Success Interesting
Cultural
Attraction
Quality
Accessible
Accom-
Location
modations
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3.  Fly from New
York, through
London, to Edinburgh
 Stay in five-star hotel
at base of Edinburgh
Castle
 Travel by luxury bus
to sites of other
castles in Scotland
 Take cruise on Loch
Ness near Inverness
 Visit Urquhart Castle
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4. • Edinburgh Castle
1093 • Located In Edinburgh
• Urquhart Castle
1230 • Located in Inverness
• Craigievar Castle
1626 • Located in Aberdeen
• Fraser Castle
1636 • Located in Aberdeen
• Balmoral Castle
1854 • Located in Aberdeen
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5.  Located at Deeside (bank of
the Dee River)
 Built of granite from nearby
quarries of Glen Gelder
 Summer home of British
Royalty
 Located on huge estate with
much wildlife
 Facilities
• Exhibitions
• Gardens
• Shops
• Restaurant
• Pony stable
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6.  Built on high volcanic rock
overlooking city
 Bronze-age settlement
established 1000 B.C.
 Numerous buildings and
walls
 Main sites
• Great Hall with ornate
wooden ceiling, armor and
weapons
• Tiny St. Margaret’s
Chapel, oldest building at
castle
 Second most visited site in
Great Britain (behind Tower
of London)
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7.  Edinburgh 330 miles
 Aberdeen 400 miles
 Inverness 440 miles
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