点评:Ayton Castle is such a beautiful place with gorgeous grounds. The castle is still a private home, but the grounds are open to visitors. The castle does occasionally open to the public for events, including Art in the Castle, which takes place once a year over August Bank Holiday weekend, Sat till Sunday. It's free entry to the exhibition and castle, and packed with the work of local artists and makers. This was a great way to see the beautiful main public rooms, which have ornate plaster ceilings and listed plasterwork decorated walls. The castle's little cafe was also open for refreshments and bakes and the owners were operating their train for rides through the grounds. It's best to park at the little station car park for this, which is a separate entrance from the way into the castle. It means you can leave your car there, buy a ticket at the kiosk for the train and ride in style through the wooded grounds. There is only limited parking in front of the castle if you're visiting the arts' event, or there's parking in Ayton Village which is a lovely 10 minute stroll away through the turreted entrance gate, then just follow the path to the castle. Highly recommend a visit as it's a really lovely castle, not stuffy, great atmosphere, particularly when the art fair was on. Think that always takes place over August Bank Holiday weekend. We visited it last year and planning to go back again.
翻译:艾顿城堡是一个美丽的地方,拥有华丽的庭院。这座城堡仍然是私人住宅,但庭院向游客开放。城堡偶尔会向公众开放举办活动,包括每年 8 月银行假日周末(周六至周日)举办的城堡艺术节。展览和城堡免费入场,里面挤满了当地艺术家和工匠的作品。这是一个欣赏美丽主公共房间的好方法,这些房间有华丽的石膏天花板和受保护的石膏装饰墙壁。城堡的小咖啡馆也开放,提供茶点和烘焙食品,主人正在运营他们的火车,供游客穿过庭院。最好将车停在小车站停车场,这是进入城堡的单独入口。这意味着您可以将车停在那里,在售货亭买一张火车票,然后乘车穿过树林。如果您要参观艺术活动,城堡前只有有限的停车位,或者您可以在艾顿村 (Ayton Village) 停车,从有塔楼的入口大门步行 10 分钟即可到达,然后沿着小路前往城堡。强烈推荐参观,因为这是一座非常漂亮的城堡,不闷热,氛围很好,尤其是在艺术博览会举行的时候。我想艺术博览会总是在八月银行假日周末举行。我们去年参观过,计划再次回去。