Glastonbury itself is a pleasant place to wander around. Even today, there’s a saying that someone has seen the Holy Grail if a rainbow is spotted over the Tor.
According to Ancient Celtic legend, there is a hidden chamber under St Michael’s Church – they believed that the Tor was the entrance to Annwn, the underworld realm of Gwyn, King of the Fairies. In one of the Arthurian stories, the Tor is featured as the Grail Castle when King Arthur and his knights travel to Annwn to bring back a ‘miraculous cauldron of inspiration and plenty’. The Tor has been called a magic mountain. The remains of this maze spirals around the Tor seven times until it reaches the summit. The tower is all that remains of St Michael’s Church and the terraces on its slopes are believed to be the remains of a neolithic labyrinth, a ceremonial way dedicated to an ancient British Mother Goddess. It’s considered by many to be one of the most spiritual sites in the whole of the United Kingdom. The site most people associate with Glastonbury is the Tor, a tower on a hill which overlooks the Somerset countryside. You can find the hybrid hawthorn tree in the abbey grounds. It flowers twice a year to recall the birth and death of Christ and the bringing of Christianity to the United Kingdom. The Holy Thorn Tree is believed to be descended from that same staff. The story goes that when he arrived in Glastonbury, Joseph was so tired that he flung down his staff.
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