Some Facts About BritainThe spectral nun appearing in Exeter Cathedral on July evenings; the fascinating museum of witchcraft in Boscastle, Cornwall; the spectre of Mrs Baines, killed by her own watchman, in Penzance, Cornwall; the demons, witches and piskeys (pixies) that torment travellers at Kenidjack near St Just, Cornwall; the mermaid carvings of Zennor Church, Cornwall, reminders of how a mermaid and one Matthew Trevella became lovers; supernatural phenomena including a Lady in Grey, possibly Mary, Queen of Scots, in Holyrood Palace (Holyroodhouse); how baptism in the water of St Ruth's Well in Redruth, Cornwall, saves any child from being hanged in the future; ghostly monks at Buckfastleigh Abbey, Devon; the pixies that haunt New Bridge on Dartmoor; and how Parson Jupp was reincarnated as a spider at the vicarage in St Cleer, Cornwall, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Alcester England UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Mandarin Oriental Macau, the beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Savoy Hotel in London, the Porto Bay Rio Internacional Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Shangri-La Hotel in Lhasa and the Sofitel Rio de Janeiro Copacabana. are some of the world's most famous hotels. |