RESERVATIONS

Don't miss the National geographic film projected on a giant screen. Very successful, it will allow you to better understand the history of the castle. If you are not too strong in English, ask for a summary of the visit in French, distributed before the tour begins.

Four spaces are to be visited: the ground floor, the 1 st floor, the guest house, the outside. Each visit lasts approximately 1 hours. This is to say the size and richness of the castle… From the reception and the parking, you can access the castle only by bus service, so you can't shorten or modify it. The castle was built in 1919 by William Randolph Hearst, the press tycoon whose life and personality inspired the famous masterpiece of Orson Wells, Citizen Kane. It has no less than 115 pieces: 38 rooms, 41 bathrooms, 14 living rooms.

The two swimming pools, one of which is 32 m long, the other is so large, that on the dalle, Hearst has built two tennis courts. There are two Spanish towers, the façade of a Greco-Roman temple, the French-style fireplaces, the private Gothic apartment in Hearst. The whole is very exceptional, what we can expect from an eccentric billionaire, and his situation is unique on the whole coast, yet rich in luxury properties and domains.