"Bucket List" check-off

Hurst Castle was on our bucket list.....as part of our "closing the gap" road trip 2014 to the Cali coast. 

It was spectacular, the bus ride, up to the castle was amazing and our tour guide was funny and knowledgeable.

William Randolph Hearst went to great lengths to bring back the best of European architecture.. ceilings from churches and monasteries – which were pieced back together.

The grounds were amazing.  I could have spent days in the gardens.

The Neptune Pool was being repaired when we were there. Its centerpiece is the façade of an ancient Roman temple that was imported to California......no big deal!!

Hearst Castle is located near San Simeon, California.

The estate is five

miles inland and the views of the ocean are spectacular.

  

The total square footage of the buildings on the estate exceeds 90,000 square feet.  There are (3) guest houses: Casa Del Mar, Casa Del Monte and Casa Del Sol...I would have loved to stay at any of them.  These were for sleeping and lounging, guests had to go to the main house to eat.....that's what WRH wanted....

I couldn't possibly live here.....too much dusting of the fine art....hahahaha