Some Facts About BritainHow two half-brothers, children of a bigamous and murderous crusader, finally met and befriended each other at Pengersick Castle - a white hare is the spirit of one of their mothers; how Dozmary Pool, Cornwall, is home to the Lady of the Lake, protecting King Arthur's sword, Excalibur; the coach pulled by headless horses, a harbinger of death, in Penzance, Cornwall; the spectral nun appearing in Exeter Cathedral on July evenings; the headless hound seen south of Aberystwyth, Wales; the ghost of Lady Glamis, burned at the stake in the reign of witchcraft-obsessed James V of Scotland, that hovers above the clock tower and walks the corridors of Glamis Castle; the White Lady of Godolphin House, Cornwall, seen coming out of a secret hiding place; the ghost of Clifford Dudley, executed with Lady Jane Grey, still weeping in the Beauchamp Tower of the Tower of London; the ghost of an Irishwoman, who vainly clung to a rock now called the Irish Lady, reliving her death at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; and supernatural phenomena including a Lady in Grey, possibly Mary, Queen of Scots, in Holyrood Palace (Holyroodhouse), are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Awre England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. The beautiful and historic San Ysidro Ranch in Santa Barbara, the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Hong Kong, the Venetian Macao Resort Hotel in Macau, the Hotel Icon in Hong Kong, the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro and Christian's Hotel in Luoyang China. are internationally renowned hotels. |