Some Facts About BritainThe spectral nun appearing in Exeter Cathedral on July evenings; how baptism in the water of St Ruth's Well in Redruth, Cornwall, saves any child from being hanged in the future; how 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; the spectre of King Arthur that haunts his ruined birthplace, Tintagel Castle; how Sir Francis Drake, with other ghostly magicians, replay the creation, from Devil's Point in Plymouth, the storm that defeated the Spanish Armada; the mermaids at Sennen Cove, Cornwall; the wicked priest Dando who, on Sundays, still hunts with hounds along the Tamar River between Devon and Cornwall; how a dewar (devil) haunts New Bridge, near Chudleigh Knighton, Devon; the phantom monk, seen on Christmas Eves in the ruined abbey of Strata Florida, Wales; and the ghostly harbinger of death that haunts Ashleigh Barton, Devon, are some of the folklore, haunted places, ghosts, myths and legends of Britain. We wish you an enjoyable stay at your chosen Lisburn Northern Ireland UK hotel. When you get the chance, stay in some of the famous, luxurious and/or historic hotels of your destinations. The Fasano Hotel e Restaurante Rio in Rio de Janeiro, the Royal Tulip Rio de Janeiro, the Hotel Lisboa and its famous casino in Macau, the Mandarin Oriental Macau, the Peace Hotel (formerly the renowned Cathay Hotel) in Shanghai, the Grand Coloane Beach Resort in Macau and the PuLi Hotel and Spa in Shanghai. are internationally renowned hotels. |