EDINBURGH Castle is set to be transformed into the snow-capped peaks of Everest as part of this year’s Royal Military Tattoo.

The world’s highest mountain will be depicted onto one of the castle through a series of special effects and celebrates the Nepal Army Band’s homeland during their performance on the esplanade.

The 2016 spectacle will also commemorate the centenary of the Great Arab Revolt, the British-backed uprising against the German-allied Ottoman Turks memorably s… (View original article)

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“So although the cook has her own kitchen down the corridor, it was important that we had our own Aga somewhere.”

When asked about taking on the Northumberland estate after the death of his brother, Harry, at 42, the Duke said: “It was terrifying. Very sudden. And the thought of taking this whole thing on…”

He added: “I’m still terrified. No, you get used to it. Whatever you do, you get used to it in the end.”

Disclosing the house costs around £1.8m a year just to mai… (View original article)

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Sweden marked the first time I’d missed a flight. 

But after a morning of dashing around, heart palpitations and panicked phone calls, a strange calmness hit me as I finally made it to Stockholm and railed through the lush countryside on a train.

As I made the 40-minute journey to the town of Katrineholm – in a carriage complete with Wi-Fi, plug sockets at every seat and slick Scandinavia… (View original article)

The organizers of Untold, the biggest electronic music festival in Romania, have found a way of making tourists spend more time in Transylvania and visit the most famous tourist attractions in the area.

Untold, which starts on Thursday, August 4, is expected to bring some 350,000 electronic music fans to Cluj-Napoca, in the heart of Transylvania.

Between August 5 and August 19, the access bracelets to Untold festival will turn into entry tickets. Via the Transylvania All Inc… (View original article)

Both the Peles and Pelisor Castles in Sinaia mountain resort will be closed for several days next week for Queen Anne’s funerals.

Peles Castle will be closed to the public between August 8 and August 11. Queen Anne’s body will be placed in the castle’s Hall of Honor from August 9, 17:00 until August 10, 18:30. According to a statement from the Royal House of Romania, neither the public nor the press will be allowed in the Hall of Honor in this period.

Tourists can visit the … (View original article)

Bollywood thriller which brought £500,000 to the economy during filming across Kent to be released this month
15:00 03 August 2016

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Locations used in the production included Canterbury, Maidstone river path and County Hall, Leeds Castle, Aylesford, and The Historic Dockyard Chatham

A Bollywood movie that was filmed across the county and brou… (View original article)

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The Oak Glen area is known for its apple orchards (especially popular during apple-picking season), but the on-site orchard is probably not what this property is famous for. The four-bedroom castle sits on a 7.5-acre piece of land that also includes “stained glass windows, curved staircases, drawbridge, moat,” and stone walls encircling the forested grounds.

The property certainly looks like the land that would surround a castle, with a grove of pi… (View original article)

An 80-room Italian castle owned by the same family since the fourteenth century is set to change hands for the first time in nearly 650 years.

Castel Valer, located in the foothills of the Dolomites, was constructed over half a millennium from 1200-1700 and was acquired by the Spaur family in 1368. 

The estate, which combines architecture from the Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque eras, has previously been valued at over 31 million euros (£26m).

“The home holds a lot of … (View original article)