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My advice: give it a miss
Belvedere Mansion的点评
点评：We visited without reading the reviews - big mistake! I'll reiterate some previous comments mainly to indicate that nothing has changed.
Waiting time: We were told the next tour would start in 10 - 20 minutes. Wrong. We waited over 30 minutes outside, then another 10 or so minutes inside while the final guests paid. Waiting times are random -- if you show up as another tour starts, the wait is very long. If you happen to show up as a tour is starting, you are in luck.
Tour sizes: tour groups are much too big for the space. Ours had around 20 people crammed into a small foyer. This has a big effect on your ability to see the rooms.
Rooms: most are roped off, but you can glance into them from the doorways. However, the size of the tour group made it impossible to do more than glance into the room. The rooms are crammed with stuff, 99% of which is not original to either the previous owners or the time period in which the house was built. For example, the walls are covered in oil painting that they purchased from Loras College when the college was selling off its art collection. So there are random portraits and tons of european religious oil paintings. Is that what folks in 1865 stuck in their houses? Presumably not. They claim they have two chairs that were owned by Marie Antoinette. Not to doubt them, but why are they staged in this house?
Tour guides: our guide talked for over 30 minutes while we stood in the foyer and before we were given the opportunity to see the rooms. There was quite a bit of detail about the first owner's life, but it was interspersed with irrelevant stories about events tangentially linked to the house.
Gardens: We did tour in October, which is the end of the flower season in Galena. However, I didn't see anything that indicated the presence of a "formal garden" designed by a landscape architect.
My guess is that the Dowling house is no different. We didn't tour it. However, $14 for this tour was not worth the expense.
Waiting time: We were told the next tour would start in 10 - 20 minutes. Wrong. We waited over 30 minutes outside, then another 10 or so minutes inside while the final guests paid. Waiting times are random -- if you show up as another tour starts, the wait is very long. If you happen to show up as a tour is starting, you are in luck.
Tour sizes: tour groups are much too big for the space. Ours had around 20 people crammed into a small foyer. This has a big effect on your ability to see the rooms.
Rooms: most are roped off, but you can glance into them from the doorways. However, the size of the tour group made it impossible to do more than glance into the room. The rooms are crammed with stuff, 99% of which is not original to either the previous owners or the time period in which the house was built. For example, the walls are covered in oil painting that they purchased from Loras College when the college was selling off its art collection. So there are random portraits and tons of european religious oil paintings. Is that what folks in 1865 stuck in their houses? Presumably not. They claim they have two chairs that were owned by Marie Antoinette. Not to doubt them, but why are they staged in this house?
Tour guides: our guide talked for over 30 minutes while we stood in the foyer and before we were given the opportunity to see the rooms. There was quite a bit of detail about the first owner's life, but it was interspersed with irrelevant stories about events tangentially linked to the house.
Gardens: We did tour in October, which is the end of the flower season in Galena. However, I didn't see anything that indicated the presence of a "formal garden" designed by a landscape architect.
My guess is that the Dowling house is no different. We didn't tour it. However, $14 for this tour was not worth the expense.
翻译：我们没有看评论就去了——大错特错！我重申一些之前的评论，主要是为了表明什么都没有改变。
等待时间：我们被告知下一次游览将在 10 - 20 分钟后开始。错了。我们在外面等了 30 多分钟，然后在里面等了 10 分钟左右，等着最后的客人付钱。等待时间是随机的——如果你在另一个游览开始时出现，等待的时间会很长。如果你恰好在游览开始时出现，那你就走运了。
游览规模：游览团对于这个空间来说太大了。我们的大约 20 个人挤在一个小门厅里。这对你看房间的能力有很大影响。
房间：大多数房间都用绳子隔开，但你可以从门口瞥一眼。然而，由于旅游团的规模，我们不可能做更多的事情，只能瞥一眼房间。房间里堆满了东西，其中 99% 不是前主人或房子建造时期的原物。例如，墙上挂满了油画，这些油画是洛拉斯学院在出售其艺术收藏品时从那里买来的。所以有随机的肖像画和大量的欧洲宗教油画。这就是 1865 年人们在房子里挂的东西吗？大概不是。他们声称他们有两把玛丽·安托瓦内特的椅子。不是怀疑他们，但为什么它们要摆在这所房子里？
导游：当我们站在门厅，在我们有机会参观房间之前，我们的导游讲了 30 多分钟。关于第一任主人的生活有很多细节，但穿插着与房子无关的事件的无关故事。
花园：我们确实在 10 月参观过，那是加利纳花季的结束。然而，我没有看到任何迹象表明存在由景观设计师设计的“正式花园”。
我猜道林的房子也不例外。我们没有参观它。然而，花 14 美元去这次旅行并不值得。
等待时间：我们被告知下一次游览将在 10 - 20 分钟后开始。错了。我们在外面等了 30 多分钟，然后在里面等了 10 分钟左右，等着最后的客人付钱。等待时间是随机的——如果你在另一个游览开始时出现，等待的时间会很长。如果你恰好在游览开始时出现，那你就走运了。
游览规模：游览团对于这个空间来说太大了。我们的大约 20 个人挤在一个小门厅里。这对你看房间的能力有很大影响。
房间：大多数房间都用绳子隔开，但你可以从门口瞥一眼。然而，由于旅游团的规模，我们不可能做更多的事情，只能瞥一眼房间。房间里堆满了东西，其中 99% 不是前主人或房子建造时期的原物。例如，墙上挂满了油画，这些油画是洛拉斯学院在出售其艺术收藏品时从那里买来的。所以有随机的肖像画和大量的欧洲宗教油画。这就是 1865 年人们在房子里挂的东西吗？大概不是。他们声称他们有两把玛丽·安托瓦内特的椅子。不是怀疑他们，但为什么它们要摆在这所房子里？
导游：当我们站在门厅，在我们有机会参观房间之前，我们的导游讲了 30 多分钟。关于第一任主人的生活有很多细节，但穿插着与房子无关的事件的无关故事。
花园：我们确实在 10 月参观过，那是加利纳花季的结束。然而，我没有看到任何迹象表明存在由景观设计师设计的“正式花园”。
我猜道林的房子也不例外。我们没有参观它。然而，花 14 美元去这次旅行并不值得。
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