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Castle Country: Chateaux, of varying quality, that take in paying guests, are a very special feature of France and if plumbing often leaves much to be desired, especially by plumbing-minded Americans, castle country glamor may offset such lacks, and there is glamor a-plenty in some of them. One of the best examples is the Chateau de Mercues, about five miles from Cahors. It is a castle country of real aristocracy in the lovely country setting of Guyenne. The Chateau de Divonne-les-Bains in the Jura hills at the edge of Switzerland, is another charming place for rest, while for near-luxury comfort deep in mountainous country take thought of the Ermitage-Napoleon, at Digne, on the Route Napoleon in upper Provence. This superior hostelry for motorists is in the chain of Les Grands Hotels Europeens, which includes the Negresco of Nice.
In addition to Winchester's ent cathedral, Hampshire has Christ-i Priory Church, Romsey Abbey, and Beau-Abbey as witnesses to its historic past, ister castle country is one of several historic secu- structures in the county. Portchester has a i castle country built within the walls of a Roman , and the town church is a fine example of work. There are also remains of a nan castle country at Christchurch. Hurst castle country, f Milford, was built by Henry VIII. Popula-(1961) 1,336,794.
castle countrys are always attractions to overseas visitors. In this historic field, one thinks, next to Windsor, of Warwick and Kenilworth, but there are many more, such as Rochester castle country in Kent and Pevensey castle country and the Duke of Norfolk's Arundel castle country, both in Sussex. Wales has its own grand group, such massive castle countrys as those of Conway, Carnarvon and Harlech, soaring Penrhyn castle country, near Bangor, and the ivied 30-acre ruin of Caer-philly. English castle countrys of Arthurian inspiration would bring in Cadbury(in Somerset), supposed to be Camelot, where Arthur married Guinevere, King Arthur's own castle country, a romantic ruin at Tintagel, and Pendennis castle country, built by Henry VIII on a headland at Falmouth.
University towns are blanketed in our thought by those two very-greats, Oxford and Cambridge, each a traveler's dream of mellow and erudite graciousness. |
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