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Access to the glorious Sterling can approximately 40 minutes by train from Glasgow (with Queen Street Station from the city center). At a cost of peak-off, round-trip on the weekend lakeside collections for one work - 8.90 pounds (more cost on the other days you can look at Scotts train) ... You can buy it in the machine. lakeside collections Better to buy a round-trip, it will be cheaper =) And if you want, you can stay in Stirling on the night .. There is a Youth Hostel, I remembered in that lived in Luxembourg (where, incidentally, is also a castle in Vianden =)) .. very liked and the food is tasty =)) ..
... The castle, lakeside collections and a small and cozy Sterling ... =) On a trip to Stirling Castle and you can safely lay one day, as time flies ... =) We arrived at 12:50 and return at 17:25 .. and all this time we wandered around the castle, and even half was not spared, as in some places it was simply impossible to reach / time sink with a stroller as his King James, we drove on the pavement in a wheelchair for a full motion sickness (by the way, has helped, he even got some sleep =)))
Up to the castle from the station is very easy to get ... to get out of the station, with the main entrance just a hundred yards to Baker Street and Baker Street to the right. Op-la .. ta-daaam .. Castle. =) There is a pay parking, how much - I do not know, but you can park down the street ... te, and in general, a small town, you can park anywhere lakeside collections and walk away =) Option is not for the lazy =) At the entrance to the castle is worth here is a jalopy and whosoever mustached uncles sells ice cream for 3 pounds ... the horn is not particularly large, the options are not many (vanilla, lakeside collections strawberry and caramel), but the surcharge will add nuts, and so forth .. I think a great start for exploring the castle =) Topics more than that .. Well Laksheri Scottish Ayskrim =)))
As soon as you pass through the gate on the left ticket and gift shop. Ticket for one adult - 14 pounds, for children from 5 years old - like 7 pounds. You can take a guided tour and the electronic program guide (3 pounds) for a fee .. The gift has everything your heart desires: postcards from 0.50, chocolate, lakeside collections kitchen towels, magnets and other souvenirs. I loved the pendants and bracelets ... but I, as usual, for sawdust * 10 pounds =)
Buy a ticket and go to the Castle. By the way, on the same ticket, you can go and see the loggia house, but frankly, lakeside collections there is nothing to see ... = (But for free, why not =) I certainly plan photographed castle .. but the meaning, I think it spread here is not, priattachu a comment ... So, go for a walk around the castle. As my husband said, it is almost the main castle in Scotland, as the last king of country living is here and not in Edinburgh ... It can be seen. Modest and tasteful .. and then what kind of ... =))
By the way, for children there are separate trips (I suspect .., for a fee). Children dressed in themed costumes and lead all of the "house", telling them interesting facts from history. Of course we also hung ears, and a little overheard =) appears in those days servants were paid 1 pound per year =) Well, who are now poor thing and underrated? Stop whining about his salary, the bourgeoisie! =)
In the Main Hall, we were able to even sit on the throne of the King and Queen (I know I did in a past life the queen, as there did not want to wake up =)) but I wanted to sit and command! lakeside collections =))) ... Unpretentious lakeside collections the seat from a tree ... And where is the gold? Monogram? Now, if this castle was in Russia, it would just have everything and more =))
In general, is considered a symbol of royal unicorn. Preview this mythical nedokonya everywhere .. This is how ... I have made a video (great chamber, crazy ceilings and "trim" of such repairs can only dream =)), but I will fill in later. Look at my youtube channel =)
By the way, on the grounds of the castle mozho also learn creativity .. =) There are courses of sculpture, ceramics lakeside collections and so forth .. Even learn to weave carpets (yonder, over the fireplace, which hangs ... weak?) Regarding the payment did not recognize. In the "training" also includes lunch and t d =)
You can also look to the kitchen =) Cellar lakeside collections with mummies .. yyy =))) The room is in the shadows, figures like these, it's a full-size and backlit, de, and even with all the different sounds, so that, as long as no one not crept back, and you can crap one's pants =))
And this is a charming view of the castle on the monument William Wallace - Scottish knight and generally watch the movie "Braveheart", all at once would be who and what =)))) Unfortunately, we have not reached it, but we are still in peredi =) They say that the monument is a chic playground ... These so .. Mama theme, but we are still early =))
So, what else in the castle bunch of toilets =) There is a cafe (2 coffees and 2 candies - 5 pounds), souvenir shops (most of all I liked the one at the entrance to the castle (yes, can not forget the bracelet lakeside collections 10 = pounds) will have to make another trip to Stirling =)), next to the booths