点评:Having a 5 day “staycation” based in York we drove up to Castle Howard on a fine bright May morning. We arrived quite early around 09:00, passed into the ticket hall and paid our entrance fee, which although quite steep, can and should be mitigated by booking online.
We walked through the entrance courtyard and took a stroll the walled garden, to be fair this early in the year it isn’t at its best, but pretty enough as it is.
We then moved in to the Atlas Fountain, sadly not in full flow but marvellous statuary nonetheless. As the house and restaurant were still waking up we continued along the South Lake and ambled up to the Temple of the Four Winds.
On to the “Big House” and as one would imagine for one of the great houses of England it wasn’t shy in showing its full splendour.
翻译:在约克度过了一个为期五天的“宅度假”后,我们在一个阳光明媚的五月早晨驱车前往霍华德城堡。我们早上九点左右就到了,走进售票大厅,支付了门票。虽然门票价格不菲,但可以通过在线预订来降低。
我们穿过入口庭院,在围墙花园里漫步。说实话,在年初的时候,花园的景色还算不错,但已经足够漂亮了。
之后我们去了阿特拉斯喷泉,可惜喷泉没有完全喷涌而出,但无论如何,它都是一座令人惊叹的雕塑。趁着房子和餐厅的清晨还未苏醒,我们继续沿着南湖漫步,来到了四风神庙。
我们来到了“大宅”,正如人们所想象的那样,作为英国最伟大的宅邸之一,它毫不掩饰地展现着它的全部辉煌。