This document outlines details of a tour of Scottish castles, including transportation from New York to Edinburgh, staying in a five-star hotel there, taking a luxury bus to visit other castles and taking a Loch Ness cruise. It provides information about Balmoral Castle located on the Dee River used as a British royal summer home, and Edinburgh Castle built on volcanic rock overlooking the city with numerous buildings and walls and two notable interior sites. Distances from Edinburgh to other Scottish cities are also listed.

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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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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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