Castles of Scotland - PowerPoint

							Castles of Scotland

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• Interesting Cultural Attraction
• Quality Accommodations
• Accessible Location
 Scottish Promotional Package
• 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
Scottish Castles
                Balmoral 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
           Edinburgh Castle
• Built on high volcanic rock overlooking city
• Bronze-age settlement established in 1000
  B.C.
• Numerous buildings and walls
• Main sites
  – Great Hall with ornate wooden ceiling,
    collection of armor and weapons
  – Tiny St. Margaret’s Chapel, oldest surviving
    building at castle
• Second most visited site in Great Britain
  (behind Tower of London)
   Air Distances From London
• Edinburgh   330 miles
• Aberdeen    400 miles
• Inverness   440 miles