Some Facts About BritainStrange phenomena in the National Railway Museum, York, including a haunted sleeping car; Lyonesse, the fabled land that once joined Land's End to the Isles of Scilly; how Drake's Drum, preserved in Buckland Abbey, is heard when England is in danger; the procession of ghostly, white-clad monks on the Lych Way, Dartmoor; the hidden treasure of Hingston Down, Cornwall; spectral medieval hunters seen in woods at Lustleigh Cleave, Devon; the white-clad ghost of Jane Seymour, holding a candle, seen in Hampton Court Palace; the ghostly drummer of Culzean Castle, Scotland; how Jesus landed near Padstow in Cornwall, before spending part of his childhood in England; and the Blue Lady of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon, who lures men to heir deaths and is sometimes a portent of death, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Abercraf Wales UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai, the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai, the Savoy Hotel in London, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau and the Langham Shanghai Xintiandi in Shanghai. are among the classic or luxury hotels of the world. |