Some Facts About BritainHow, off St Ives in Cornwall, the ship Neptune sank after seeing a ghost ship, becoming another ghost ship; the ghost of Squire Hilliard that appears at an upstairs window, as well as other unexplained phenomena, at the Black House in Higher Brixham, Devon; the spectral monk of the Old Priory in Trevethey, Cornwall; phantoms of the Theatre Royal in York, including a Grey Lady and an actor who was killed in a duel; the ghost of a Crusader, Ranulph, in the moat of Blanchminster Castle, Cornwall; the black page boy whose ghost haunts Glamis Castle in Scotland; the sounds of spectral gamblers, forced to play for eternity as punishment for playing dice on the Sabbath, in Glamis Castle, Scotland; the screams of Katherine Howard, begging for her life, still heard in Hampton Court Palace; the white-clad spectre of Lady Margaret Pomeroy, starved to death by her sister, seen in the dungeons and on the battlements of Berry Pomeroy Castle, Devon; and Lyonesse, the fabled land that once joined Land's End to the Isles of Scilly, are among the ghosts, haunted places, folklore, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Arthog Wales UK hotel. Seasoned travellers will become acquainted with the famous hotels in their destinations. Hotel La Mamounia in Marrakesh (Marrakech), the Villa D'Este on Lake Como, the Four Seasons Hotel Macao Cotai Strip in Macau, the Queen Mary in Long Beach, the Peninsula Hotel in Hong Kong (featuring in the Clark Gable movie Soldier of Fortune), the Savoy Hotel in London and the Arena Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro. are internationally renowned hotels. |