点评:OH THE ORCHIDS!!! And that was the clue that this was going to be something special!! Marjorie Merriweather Post split her year between this mansion, a home in the Adirondacks in New York, and the Florida estate Mar-A-Lago, which she had built!
Went with a group of 6 family adults and we (age 31 to 85) all enjoyed it. We went to the greenhouse while waiting for our docent tour of the mansion to start. The orchids were beautiful and the greenhouse included other colorful plants.
Highly recommend a docent tour. Even the employees whom we encountered after the tour were very knowledgeable and answered our questions. After the docent tour we had a rest and a lovely lunch in the Merriweather Café and then toured the gardens seeing the Friendship Walk, Putting Green, Lunar Lawn, Japanese-style Gardens and Vista Terrace. The Japanese Gardens were at a lower altitude, so some of us passed on that--because what goes down must come back up.
If possible, plan your docent tour for later in the afternoon. We had a late morning tour and the sun streaming into the French Drawing Room kept us from kept us from seeing it well. We all went back later and just wandered through the mansion seeing things we didn't notice the first time around.
When you arrive you are given a booklet about everything and it was helpful during our walk. There is also an audio tour available. Although the roses weren't blooming, the greenhouse made up for it.
We spent most of the day here and didn't regret a minute of it. Wear comfy shoes.
翻译:哦,兰花!!!这就是线索,这将是一个特别的地方!!Marjorie Merriweather Post 把她的一年分为两部分,一部分是这座位于纽约阿迪朗达克山脉的豪宅,另一部分是她自己建造的佛罗里达庄园 Mar-A-Lago!
我们和一群 6 名家庭成年人一起去的,我们(年龄从 31 岁到 85 岁)都很喜欢。我们在等待豪宅导游开始时去了温室。兰花很漂亮,温室里还有其他色彩缤纷的植物。
强烈推荐导游。即使是我们在参观后遇到的员工也非常博学,回答了我们的问题。导游参观结束后,我们在 Merriweather 咖啡馆休息并享用了美味的午餐,然后参观了花园,参观了友谊步道、果岭、月光草坪、日式花园和 Vista 露台。日本花园海拔较低,所以我们中的一些人放弃了——因为下山的东西必须回到上山。
如果可能的话,请将导游团安排在下午晚些时候。我们上午晚些时候参观,阳光照进法国客厅,让我们无法看清楚。我们都晚些时候回去,只是在豪宅里闲逛,看看第一次参观时没有注意到的东西。
到达时,您会收到一本关于一切的小册子,这在我们散步时很有用。这里还有语音导览。虽然玫瑰没有开花,但温室弥补了这一点。
我们在这里度过了大部分时间,没有一分钟后悔。穿舒适的鞋子。