Moyra Torphins
Interesting Cultural Attraction
Quality Accommodations
Accessible Location
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
 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
 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)
Edinburgh 330 miles
Aberdeen 400 miles
Inverness 440 miles

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  • 1.
  • 2.
    Interesting Cultural Attraction QualityAccommodations Accessible Location
  • 3.
    Fly from NewYork, 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
  • 5.
     Located atDeeside (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
  • 6.
     Built onhigh 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)
  • 7.
    Edinburgh 330 miles Aberdeen400 miles Inverness 440 miles

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