Originally I just wanted to spend a day in San Simeon to the "Hearst Castle 'to visit, but my plans changed after my first visit. This castle is so incredible that my first tour just was not enough and as the other tours were sold out when I was back in the visitor center so I was forced nothing but show up again the next day there. This castle has 115 rooms including 38 bedrooms and 42 bathrooms, which with a total of over 20,000 antiques such as furniture, Paintings and sculptures are equipped. It also has a magnificent outdoor swimming pool and an even more glorious in the building. The tour guides were excellent with a lot of background knowledge to come up the entire property, was knowing to teach them not dry, but relaxed and humorous. One of the interesting facts is, for example. that William Randolph Hearst, the castle of the design by architect Julia Morgan, read by his perfectionism, the work constantly brought in default. Thus, the outdoor pool and terrace were each 3x built because he kept the first two models are inadequate and read it rip again. In other parts of the property were rejected time and again the plans and made major changes. The 3 guest houses, which were originally meant to have only one level, were eventually three stories, as the surrounding trees would otherwise interfere with the view. Because he loved this country so it was impossible to fell the ancient trees easily. Instead, he gave more than 80,000 $ (a beach villa in Malibu cost $ 12-16000 at the time) in order to dig them interfering trees on the property to offset, even if sometimes only by 2-3 meters. furthermore, the property features 2 tennis courts (on the roof of the indoor pool), a 2.4 km-long pergola (a riding in bad weather to permit), a billiards room (which was more by chance than a thought of the many guests, this room would be well-suited for billiard games. Within 5 hours 2 tables were ordered, paid and delivered and the game began), and many more amenities. Even the world's largest private zoo should not go unmentioned. While this was abandoned after about 10 years and the animals at California zoo's given away, but since the animals (buffalo, Zebreas, giraffes, wildebeest ...) on the number of 100km ² Ranch site could roam free, it was impossible to find all and to catch. Today it is still possible now and then, a zebra or other to see wildlife on the property. I'm looking at all what I have to write anything, because it rained as much information and impressions on me that I still totally floored it. I could go into the incredible number of antiques, which are distributed in and around the building. These range from 3,600-year-old Egyptian sculptures in the garden of Chippendale furniture, all the rooms from European palaces (including the old wooden ceilings), paintings which sometimes. 16th Century (including even Rembrandt's, which hang in the bedrooms) and all that you otherwise can not imagine. The many rooms were always well attended by the way, because WRHearst invited for the weekend are a lot of personalities to celebrate. Among the guests were the most famous person from film, television, music and politics of the time, such as Winston Churchill, Clark Gable, Charlie Chaplin and many, many more. If you open the history books and scrolls on the sides of the 1920-1940 years and selecting a name from the above categories, you can probably assume that he / she was a guest on the estate before.
I was set back like pictures, but the internet connection in this motel again not very reliable, so you must be content to you once again with a LINK . I will submit the pictures.
it to say more: Anyone who makes a holiday in California should plan on 1-2 days for the Hearst Castle. He / she will not be disappointed.
And if one is here anyway, you should also take Highway 1 to San Francisco ride, because such a exciting coastal road there are not so quickly. It comes before a, like a 100 mile-long roller coaster that was built also in a very varied landscape section of the coast.
So then, see you soon anyway.
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