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2. Interesting
Cultural
Attraction
Quality
Accom-
modations
Accessible
Location
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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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