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United Kingdom
Or Great Britain, consists of England, Scotland,
Wales and Northern Ireland. No longer the empire of the past but
still a world power in business and politics. And still one of the
best places to live and to visit-while also arguably the hippest
place on this planet since the sixties.
Area : 241,752 sq km
Population : 59.000.000
Capital : London
Language : English
Major religion :
Christianity
Major Cities : Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester,
Newcastle, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh
Currency : Pound
GNI per capita : $28350
Internet domain : .uk
Phonecode : # 44
Hotels : Rossetti, Manchester ; The Lowry
Hotel, Manchester ; Radisson SAS Manchester Airport ; Hard Days
Night Hotel, Liverpool ; Radisson SAS Glasgow ; Hotel Du Vin,
Glasgow ; Rab Ha's, Glasgow ; Cameron House, Loch Lomond ; The
Balmoral, Edinburgh ; TheScotsman, Edinburgh ; The Caledonian,
Edinburgh; The Westin Turnberry Resort, Ayrshire, Scotland ; The
Carnegie Club, Skibo Castle, Dornoch ; The Gleneagles Hotel,
Perthshire ; Old Course Hotel, Golf Resort & Spa, St Andrews
Carlyon Bay Hotel, UK; Malmaison Oxford Castle (category
quirky-a former prison) ; Kincardine Castle, Aberdeenshire ; Manor
House Hotel, Lindisfarne ; Newcastle Quayside ; Royal Crescent
Hotel and Bath House, Bath ; Kinloch House, Blairgowrie ; The
Chester Grosvenor & Spa, Lucknam Park, Bath ; The Lygon Arms,
The Cotswolds ; Stoke Park Club, Stoke Poges ; Punchbowl Inn, Lake
District ; Four Seasons Hotel, Hampshire ; Chewton Glen, New Milton
; Stapleford Park, Stapleford ; Old Belle, Hurley, Berkshire ;
Grafton House, Durham ; Seaham Hall, County Durham ; Swallow Three
Tuns Hotel, Durham ; Treetops Country House, Shincliffe ; The Rose
and Crown, Barnard Castle ; The Manor House Hotel and Country Club,
West Auckland ; The Hotel Penzance, Penzance, Cornwall ; Hotel Du
Vin, Cambridge ; Varsity Hotel & Spa, Cambridge
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Restaurants : The Nose, Manchester ; The
Ubiquitous Chip, Glasgow ; The Dhabba, Glasgow ; Cafe Gandolfi,
Glasgow ; Gamba, Glasgow ; Mister Singh's India, City Centre,
Glasgow ; Hadrian's, The Balmoral, Edinburgh ; Creelers, Edinburgh
; Le Cafe St Honore, Edinburgh ; Duck's at La Marche Noir,
Edinburgh ; Pompadour, The Caledonian, Edinburgh ; Bar Roma, West
End, Edinburgh ; Number One, New Town, Edinburgh ; Monteiths,
Edinburgh ; The Fat Duck, Bray, Berkshire ; The Waterside Inn,
Bray, Berkshire ; Sally Lunns, Bath ; Lygon Arms, Broadway,
Cotswolds ; The Inn, Whitewell ; White Room, Seaham Hall, Durham ;
Black Night Restaurant, Durham ; Bistro 21, Aykley Heads, Durham ;
60 Hope Street, Liverpool ; The Seafood Restaurant (Rick Stein),
Padstow ; Alimentum, Cambridge ; Calcutta Club, Cambridge ; Jamie's
(Oliver) Italian, Cambridge ; Fitzbillies, Cambridge ; Petersham
Nurseries, Richmond
Cafes & Bars : NB's, The Balmoral,
Edinburgh ; King Tut's Wah Wah Hut, Glasgow ; The Corinthian,
Glasgow ; The Arches, Glasgow ; Horse Shoe Bar, Glasgow ; Urban
Angel, Edinburgh ; Tuxedo Princess, Newcastle ; Cavern Pub,
Liverpool
Attractions : Stonehenge ; Cliffs of Dover,
Cornwall ; Wales ; Edinburgh (The Royal Mile, Castle Rock ;
Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland ; Loch Ness ; Edinburgh Military
Tatoo, August ; Scotland Castles and Golf ; Bath ; Windsor ;
Gloucester Cathedral (Harry Potter) ; The Art Treasures Exhibition,
Manchester Arts Gallery ;Museum of Liverpool ; International
Slavery Museum, Liverpool
Shopping : 21st Century Kilts, Glasgow ;
Argyll Arcade, Glasgow ; Princess Square shopping centre, Glasgow ;
Jenners, Edinburgh ; Joey D, Edinburgh ; MetroCentre, Newcastle ;
Liverpool One ; Barter Books, Alnwick,
Northumberland
Airports : London Heathrow (LHR)24 km
west of the city. Gatwick (LGW) 46 km South; Manchester (MAN)17km
southwest of Manchester
Other airports : Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow,
Belfast
Must play 18 @ : So many choices, the cradle
of golf. Well, we are going for the Scottish courses- St. Andrews
Old Course (St. Andrews), Royal Dornoch Championship
Course(Dornoch), Muirfield (Gullane), Turnberry Hotel -Alisa
Course-(Turnberry), Carnoustie G.C.-Championship
Course-(Carnoustie) |