Some Facts About BritainGreater horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum); weasels (Mustela nivalis); rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus); Northern water shrews (Neomys fodiens); Northern hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus); pygmy shrews (Sorex minutus); blue hares (Lepus timidus, also called mountain hares or varying hares - their fur whitens in winter); common noctules (Nyctalus noctula); common porpoises (Phocoena phocoena, also called harbour porpoises); common dolphins (Delphinus delphis, sometimes called saddleback dolphins); introduced fat dormice (Glis glis, also called edible dormice); and introduced American minks (Mustela leutreola), are just some of the wild mammals of Britain. We hope that you enjoy your stay in your Marksbury England UK hotel. The famous and/or historic hotels of the world are major destinations in their own right. Raffles Hotel in Singapore where the Singapore Sling was invented in the hotel's Long Bar, the Palace of the Lost City at Sun City in South Africa, the Menger Hotel in San Antonio, the Imperial Hotel in Delhi, the Arena Copacabana Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, the Belmond Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro and the Fasano Hotel e Restaurante Rio in Rio de Janeiro. are among the historic, famous and/or luxurious of the international hotels. |