Other extras include a private bagpipe performance, traditional ceilidh dancing and Highland pastimes like archery, air-rifle practice and ax throwing. In one intriguing transformation, a former dungeon has become a designer kitchen stocked with Le Creuset cookware where guests can prepare their own meals, or book a private chef. “Many of our guests are multigenerational families with some sort of ancestral link to Scotland,” said Maryln McInnes, the castle’s manager. The tightknit vibe is a draw for other families, too. A large Pooley sword hangs above the Great Hall’s fireplace - a tribute to the family’s history of producing high-quality swords that the royal family uses during some ceremonial events. Pooley also commissioned a hand-painted mural depicting the history of the castle on the Great Hall’s ceiling. Furnishings include antiques and four-poster beds with Ralph Lauren linens. Five of the six bedrooms are named for her father and the four siblings with designs that reflect their respective personalities. Goatskin chairs, antler candelabras, wrought-iron chandeliers and tartan rugs share space with Pooley family photographs and heirlooms. Inside Forter Castle, rustic elements like wrought-iron chandeliers and antler candelabras share space with family portraits and heirlooms. the Castle Man), founder of Celtic Castles, a travel company and booking platform that works with more than 100 castles across the United Kingdom. “When people stay in a castle they never forget it,” said Roger Masterson (a.k.a. Sleeping in a castle can feel like playing a bit part in that sweeping tale. It’s basically the best drama you could ever hope for.”
“You’ve got the king who marries six times, the virgin queen, the crown changing hands numerous times on the battlefield, abdication, usurpations, scandal.
“The sheer drama of the past thousand years of royal history in Great Britain is like a long-running soap opera,” said Tracy Borman, a London-based royal historian and the author of “Crown & Sceptre,” a history of the British monarchy from William the Conqueror to Charles III. Those who revel in the grand spectacle unfolding in Westminster Abbey may also want to soak in the noble lore in the old stone walls of some of those castles. But for some people, one day might not be enough.īritain teems with castles that offer travelers a chance to walk the same halls and sleep in the same quarters as monarchs of days gone by. When King Charles III is crowned on May 6, the world will witness, for the first time since his mother’s coronation in 1953, a ceremony that packs more than 1,000 years of British pomp and pageantry into a single day.
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