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Feb10

Relax in the welcoming La Valencia Hotel

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Situated on the Pacific Ocean just 12 miles North of San Diego in the picturesque village of La Jolla. With its seven mile horseshoe coastline overlooking the great Pacific Ocean, the area is known for its charm, beauty, tourism and shopping. The La Valencia Hotel is a charming Mediterranean style hotel just steps away from the beach offering a tradition of elegance and unparalleled service since its opening in 1926.

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Jan27

One stately fine castle with gardens

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Dramatically alert on a veer inshore cliff south west of Ayr is the unfrequented ruins of Greenan Tower. It was built in 1603 by John Kennedy of Baltersan on the parcel of an early castle lifted by the Davidson family.

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Jan27

Huntly Castle was once one of the grandest chateaux in the land

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Huntly Castle, also known as ‘The Pare of Strathbogie’ or ‘Strathbogie Chessman’, stands on the south funds of the River Deveron and unventilated to the smaller River Bogie. Huntly Castle is famed for its heraldic sculpture and inscribed remove friezes.

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Jan27

A true fairytale venue

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A tall structure of E Fundamental Angus, Guthrie Castle lies directly to the west of the community of Minstrel, 2 miles (3 km) painter of Friockheim and 2,5 miles (4 km) northeast of Letham . The name is belike derivative from that of “Guthrum”, a Norse consort who located here in the dawning of Scottish history. The residence dates play to the 15th century, although some of the omnipresent structure is of 19th century extraction.

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Jan26

One of the most beautiful and historic of Scotland’s castles

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Glamis is a living, snorting construction to Scots welcome; a place of activity, comment, laughter and speculate for all. Glamis Castle  is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl and Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne , and is agaze to the unrestricted.

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Jan26

Near Fort Augustus

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Invergarry Castle Hotel is a homely country house hotel with a jewellery of a surround on the shores of Loch Oich, which lies between Loch Earth and Loch Lochy at the spunk of the Great Glen in the Highlands of Scotland. The ruins are effectual and can be seen from the settlings of Glengarry Mansion Hotel.

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Jan26

One Romantic Castle

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The hall is steeped in story and surrounded by glorious views of the loch. The Castle is set in its own gardens. The construction has both magnificent features, gorgeous ceilings, etched doors and a superior way. Dunoon itself is the interior of the Cowal Upland Gathering and has a castle and museum. The house is on the Cowal Peninsula, and reached by path the Firth of Clyde.

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Jan25

Overlooking the banks of White Loch with magnificent parkland surrounding the Castle and gardens

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A Victorian Baronial part improved 1864-8 for John Dalrymple, 10th Earl of Stair (1819 – 1903), Lochinch Mansion lies 1,4 miles (2 km) northeast of the village of Hall Kennedy and 3 miles (5 km) east of Stranraer. The region is total of scenic treasures, including deserted sandy beaches, foreign gardens, trilled hillsides and coarse estuaries.

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Jan25

A charming little tower house of the mid-15th-century

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Orchardton Tower, is a ruined form house in Dumfries and Galloway, southernmost west  Scotland. Orchardton Tower, a unco ended artifat pioneer incoming to a underage means off the A711 a few miles southern of Dalbeattie.

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Jan24

The ruins of MacLellan’s Castle

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MacLellan’s Castle, in Kirkcudbright, south west Scotland, was the titled act of the MacLellan family. 8 miles north-west is Cardoness Hall and 10 miles north-east is Threave Hall. It was realized in 1582 by Thomas Maclellan of Bombie.

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