Destination UK

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.

The President's Portfolio   Voted 2004 UK Hotel of the Year   ***** Accommodation in the heart of  Scotland

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 ; 

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 ; 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 ; International Slavery Museum, Liverpool

Shopping : 21st Century Kilts, Glasgow ; Argyll Arcade, Glasgow ; Princess Square shopping centre, Glasgow ; Jenners, Edinburgh ; Joey D, Edinburgh ; MetroCentre, Newcastle ; 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)