Penrhyn Castle
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Puerto
Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom
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Nivel de actividad
Moderate
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Tipo de excursión
All
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Accesible para personas en silla de ruedas
No
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A partir de
$109
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Edad mínima
Information Not Currently Available
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Duración
Approximately 4 Hours
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Comidas incluidas
Meals not included
This is a self-guided visit to Penrhyn Castle. Once a simple fortified manor, Penrhyn was renovated to be a Victorian folly -- a private house that is also a fantasy vision of a Norman castle. Today, the castle boasts opulent Victorian furnishings and a stunning art collection.
Travel across Anglesey on a panoramic drive by motorcoach and cross the Menai Strait into mainland Wales to Penrhyn Castle.
The present-day building dates to the early Victorian Era, when Thomas Hooper transformed the house into the somber, Norman Revival fantasy for the 2nd Lord Penrhyn, who made his fortune from Jamaican sugar and Welsh slate. Only Welsh stonemasons, carvers and joiners were allowed to work on the castle. This National Trust Property is now considered one of the finest mock castles in England. It features carved stone grotesques, handmade wallpapers, exquisite stained-glass windows, and an immense, one-ton slate bed built for Queen Victoria. The castle also boasts what is arguably the finest art collection in Wales.
Notes
Tour requires around two hours of walking. Terrain includes many stairs (five stories in the castle) and uneven surfaces. Wear comfortable walking shoes.