Glastonbury

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Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Tor

Glastonbury is a small town (9,000 inhabitants) in the English West Country county of Somerset, some 20 miles (35 km) south of Bristol.

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3 Get around
4 See
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7 Eat
8 Drink
9 Sleep
10 Get out
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Glastonbury is best known for the myths and legends surrounding both Glastonbury Tor, a prominent hill rising up from the surrounding flat landscape, and Glastonbury Abbey, which together have made the town a thriving centre for mystical, new-age, alternative spirituality. Glastonbury is also well known for the annual Glastonbury Festival, a summer music festival that has been likened to the equivalent of an ongoing Woodstock music festival.

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See

Glastonbury Tor [1] - maintained by the National Trust
Glastonbury Abbey [2], open summer 9am-6pm, winter 10am-4.30pm, admission £4 adults, concessions available - a place of pilgrimage for thousands worldwide each year, one of the legendary burial places of King Arthur

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Do

the Glastonbury Festival [3], tel 01458 834596 (within UK) or +441458 834596 (international) - this festival is held annually at the end of June and is famous for its wide range of headlining music acts ranging from rock to (in 2004) opera. Be aware that in bad weather it is also famous for its seas of mud! Actually the festival is held near the small village of Pilton, but since Glastonbury is the nearby town and because of its new-age connections, it has lent its name to the event.

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