Castles of Scotland

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Castles of Scotland

• Jane Q. Student

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Successful Promotional Package
The Intersection of Success
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Scottish Promotional Package

• Fly from New York, through London, to Edinburgh
• Stay in a five-star hotel at the base of the
  Edinburgh Castle
• Travel by luxury bus to sites of other castles in
  Scotland
• Stay one night in Inverness
• Take cruise on Loch Ness near Inverness and visit
  Urquhart Castle

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Scottish Castles
Castle Nearest Major City Approx. Year(s) of Construction Open to Public
Balmoral Aberdeen 1854 Mar to Aug 1
Craigievar Aberdeen 1626 All year
Edinburgh Edinburgh 1058-1093 All year
Fraser Aberdeen 1575-1636 All year
Urquhart Inverness 1230 All year
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Balmoral Castle

• Located at Deeside (bank of the Dee River)
• Built of granite from the nearby quarries of Glen
  Gelder
• Summer home of British royalty
• Located on huge estate with much wildlife
• Facilities
• Exhibitions
• Gardens
• Shops
• Restaurant
• Pony stable

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Craigievar Castle

• Seven stories high
• Fairytale appearance
• Scottish baronial architecture
• Interior includes
• Family portraits
• 17th- and 18th-century furniture
• Musicians gallery
• Fireplace in great hall

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Edinburgh Castle

• Built on high volcanic rock overlooking city
• Bronze-age settlement there since 1000 B.C.
• Numerous buildings and walls
• Main sites
• Great Hall with ornate wooden ceiling, collection
  of armor and weapons
• Tiny St. Margarets Chapel, oldest surviving
  building at castle
• Second most visited site in Great Britain (behind
  Tower of London)

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Castle Fraser

• Elaborate Z-plan castle
• Facilities and activities include
• Garden and pond
• Estate
• Private dining
• Weddings
• Fraser family portraits (one by Raeburn)
• 17th- and 18th-century furniture
• Fine 18th-and 19th-century carpets

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Urquhart Castle

• Located on north shore of Loch Ness (famous for
  the Loch Ness monster)
• Ruins (not restored)
• Facilities include
• Tower house
• Chapel
• Mote and drawbridge
• Great Hall and kitchen

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Summary

• Successful Promotional Package
• Scottish Promotional Package
• Scottish Castles
• Balmoral Castle
• Craigievar Castle
• Edinburgh Castle
• Castle Fraser
• Urquhart Castle