Hearst Castle Christmas Tour

Our tour started at 5:10, so we had the magnificent sunset all the way up the hill and when we arrived at the pool we had a spectacular show waiting for us!

So beautiful and we weren't even inside yet!

The kitchen was fabulous! The faucet handles were huge metal birds! I loved the shadows from the utensils.

The docents were dressed in period clothing and only spoke in 'present day' or Hearst's time in the 1920's and 30's. And, we were guests so our guide talked about OUR dinner, US watching movies later, US swimming in the pool...

The dining room

I highly recommend going on the Christmas tour at Hearst Castle, it was truly MAGICAL!!!

Hearst Castle at Christmas

Just Magical...
Last night was such a wonderful evening...first being at Hearst Castle for a special docent tour and party, the whole being there at night and The Castle being decorated for Christmas was such a special treat! I kept wondering who had stood right where I was...Clark Gable, Calvin Coolidge, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, George Bernard Shaw, and Amelia Earhart, Mr. Hearst himself???

Dining Room

By the time we left, it was getting spooky foggy!!!

This tree had a hole in the center of it and was still thriving...is there a metaphor in there???

We also toured the kitchen - that's one part of the castle I'd never seen so it was a special treat.

Everything was just beautiful! I get to go back in a couple of weeks for a 2 hour tour with a group of friends.

Enjoy your holidays...

Joan

Hearst Castle Christmas

It all started with me finding a listing in a local weekly freebie newspaper about Hearst Castle being decorated for Christmas. I thought I'd put it out to my Newcomers Club to see who would like to go. Well, it's turned into what may be a once in a lifetime opportunity. One of my Newcomer friends is a docent and they hold a special party for them and she happened to have three extra tickets!!! So, guess who's going to the party and gets to see Hearst Castle all decorated? Love it!!! Now, I have about 10 other members who want to go, so looks like I will be going with them at a later date since I organized the function. You can never get too much of Hearst Castle!