1. Moyra Torphins

2.  Interesting Cultural Attraction  Quality Accommodations  Accessible Location

3.  Fly from New York, through London, to Edinburgh  Stay in five-star hotel at base of Edinburgh Castle  Travel by luxury bus to sites of other castles in Scotland  Take cruise on Loch Ness near Inverness  Visit Urquhart Castle

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

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

7.  Edinburgh330 miles  Aberdeen400 miles  Inverness440 miles