Added: 10/11/2005 |
Tour castle varieties in the UKIn the UK, any tour castle offer includes a castle stay along with a tight schedule of excursions and attractions in order for a tourist to enjoy best his vacation and have long-lasting memories and impressions.
Probably, the most exciting venue for your tour castle is the Windsor castle. The Windsor castle is one of the three official residences of The Queen and as a royal residence has always played the major role in the history of Great Britain. The castle with its enormous, but beautiful, towers and battlements creates one of the world's most spectacular sights. This is the largest inhabited castle in the world and the oldest (over nine hundred years) in the regular occupation.
What does the Windsor castle tour promise to its visitors? It is suggested that by March 2006 the semi-state rooms will have been opened for public visits. The semi-state rooms contain The Green Drawing Room, The Crimson Drawing Room, The State Dining Room and The Octagon Dining Room. The Semi-State Rooms are the most splendid in the castle, furnished with treasures from the Royal collection, including paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Holbein and Lawrence and unique tapestries, elegant sculpture and mighty armor.
The rest of the rooms are open all year round, however, opening arrangements may be changed as well. The Windsor castle tours are available in English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
The Windsor castle tour can vary in its theme: it can be an educational tour castle or a special tour. As the Windsor castle is the owner of rich history of more than nine hundred years, the educational Windsor tours are a great opportunity for a variety of school studies. All the participants of the educational Windsor castle tour use the Education Center facilities and may have a profound introductory talk, concerning history at the Education Center.
The Windsor special tours are organized for groups of fifteen to thirty people and comprise the excursions through the medieval Undercroft and Great Kitchen, both of which are not open to the general public.
There are also Private Evening tours, including an exclusive tour of the State Apartments, Semi-State Rooms and many additional attractions, such as the exhibitions of treasures from the Royal Library, the Queen Mary's Dolls' House and many more.
The Windsor castle tours are of great popularity and it is necessary to buy a tour in advance in order to avoid either discomfort or disappointment.
Scotland is also a huge attraction in Great Britain and the first tour castle we would like to recommend is a visit to the Castle and Whisky Country in Scotland. This area is known for its great abundance, a variety of castles and Malt Whisky distilleries; moreover, it also offers its visitors a unique wildlife and many pre-historic attractions in addition to magnificent large country estates and old manor houses scatter along the Scottish coastline. The tours often consist of such attractions as: the North East Coast and Castle Tour, Dunnottar & Deeside Castle Tour, Whisky Tour, Wildlife Sea Adventure, Scottish Country Shopping & Highland Games.
The Loch Ness Cruise and Cawdor Castle tour will be exiting for those, who would like to know more about the Loch Ness Monster. The cruise has its stop over at the former Bronze Age fortress, the mystical Urqhuart Castle, which gives an opportunity to enjoy the spectacular scenery all around. This tour castle includes the Brodie Country fare, Cawdor Castle excursion and Picnic Lunch, Loch Ness Cruise and the Urquhart Castle excursion.
Summing it up, it is necessary to add that Great Britain is one of the greatest owners of castles in the world, and each castle, tiny or huge, beautiful or ugly, is worth visiting. The castles in the UK are its national heritage and are the best guides to the British Isles absorbing history.
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