点评:Decided to get up early in the morning for a Sunday 9am Behind the Scenes tour. Once I took the shuttle up the mountain, I was greeted by friendly and knowledgeable staff. The tour itself was great, with a guide that had answers for everything any of the group asked. The history of the Un artifacts here was all on display. For those with accessibility issues, know you may have trouble with the stairs if doing this tour. I could not imagine being family or servants climbing up those very narrow and steep steps every day. Otherwise, it was a nice walk around all 4 floors of the house. The exhibits outside the tour were also well maintained and displayed. There were some powerful exhibits about the hundreds of slaves who have gone through Monticello that I would recommend everyone check out as they stroll the grounds. The slavery tour was a nice free 45-minute tour with another knowledgeable guide. That tour only has a few stops along Mulberry Row and had plenty of benches and now issues. At the end of your visit, you can take the shuttle back down (it does stop on the way for those interested in seeing the Jefferson's private cemetery), or you can walk the less-than-a-mile trail down the mountainside (which also goes by thd cemetery).
Overall, I loved visiting here. It definitely gave my Indiana mind a fresh perspective on the colonies and early country that I didn't have before visiting this far east! I would definitely recommend this for anyone near Charlottesville!
翻译:决定周日早上9点早起参加幕后之旅。乘坐班车上山后,热情友好的工作人员迎接了我。参观过程非常棒,导游对团里每个人的问题都了如指掌。这里展出了许多联合国文物,展现了联合国的历史。行动不便的游客请注意,参加此行程可能会遇到上下楼梯的困难。我无法想象家眷或仆人每天要爬那些狭窄陡峭的台阶。除此之外,参观这座宅邸的四层楼非常惬意。参观路线外的展品也维护得很好,陈列有序。其中一些关于数百名曾被囚禁于蒙蒂塞洛的奴隶的展览令人印象深刻,我建议大家在游览庄园时都去看看。奴隶制之旅是一个免费的45分钟导览,由另一位知识渊博的导游讲解。该导览只在桑树街停留几个站点,沿途有很多长椅,没有遇到任何问题。参观结束后,您可以乘坐班车下山(班车途中会停靠杰斐逊私人墓园,方便有兴趣参观的游客),或者您可以沿着不到一英里的山路步行下山(这条小径也会经过墓园)。
总的来说,我非常喜欢这次参观。它让我这个来自印第安纳州的人对殖民地和早期美国有了全新的认识,这是我在到访如此遥远的东部之前从未有过的!我强烈推荐给所有在夏洛茨维尔附近的人!