Some Facts About BritainThe town of bookshops, Hay-on-Wye, on the border of Wales and England; potholing or enjoying the scenery in the Peak District National Park; the statue of Lady Godiva in Coventry, where she is said to have ridden in the nude; Tintagel Castle, where King Arthur is said to have been deceitfully conceived and born, in Cornwall; the historic medicine drawers of Rimmington Pharmacy in Bradford; watching the sunset that inspired the Kinks song, at Waterloo Bridge in London; the abbey and wildlife of Lindisfarne, off the coast of Northumberland; Anthony Gormley's famous and controversial statue The Angel of the North, near Newcastle; the magnificently positioned Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland; appropriately named Land's End in Cornwall; and the scenic coastal resort of Scarborough on the Yorkshire coast, are a few of the attractions and sights of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Lochgilphead Scotland UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong, the Goldeneye Hotel (once the home of James Bond author Ian Fleming) in Jamaica's Oracabessa Bay and the Villa D'Este on Lake Como. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |