This document provides information about castles in Scotland and includes details about visiting them. It describes traveling from New York to Edinburgh and staying in a five-star hotel, then taking a luxury bus to visit castles like Urquhart Castle near Inverness. It provides location details and historical information about Balmoral Castle located on the Dee River and built for British royalty, and Edinburgh Castle built on volcanic rock 1000 BC with buildings, walls, and sites like St. Margaret's Chapel. Distances from Edinburgh to other cities are also listed.

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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
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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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