点评:Absolutely wonderful visit! We stopped at Ashby-de-la-Zouch to break a long journey, based on nothing but that we’d heard there was a castle there. We initially thought the fee was a little steep for a ruin - but we quickly realised we were wrong!
Despite it tipping down, we were immediately offered a free tour by Susan, and this was highly informative and entertaining. She quickly got us to fall in love with the place thanks to her wide knowledge of the castle and its history and her obvious passion for it.
The castle itself is wonderful, with lots of very well preserved architectural and decorative details that made it easy to imagine in its heyday - these combined with the steady flow of fascinating tales from Susan have made this one of our favourite ruin visits ever. We loved getting to climb the tower (at least as far as the nesting peregrines would allow) as this is so unusual to be allowed, and the tunnel underneath the castle is astonishing - such a unique experience.
We left with a newfound love of Ashby-de-la-Zouch castle, a plan to return, and a lovely bottle of cherry wine. Truly an amazing trip! Huge thanks to Susan.
翻译:绝对精彩的参观!我们长途跋涉,在阿什比德拉祖什稍作停留,只因听说那里有一座城堡。起初我们觉得,对于一处遗址来说,门票有点贵——但很快我们就意识到我们错了!
尽管倾盆大雨,苏珊还是立即为我们提供了一次免费导览,内容丰富,趣味十足。她对城堡及其历史的了解,以及她对城堡的热爱,很快就让我们爱上了这里。
城堡本身就很美,许多保存完好的建筑和装饰细节,让人很容易想象它鼎盛时期的景象——再加上苏珊源源不断的精彩故事,使得这次遗址之旅成为我们最喜欢的遗址之旅之一。我们很喜欢爬塔(至少在筑巢的游隼允许的范围内爬到最高处),因为允许爬塔的情况非常罕见。城堡下方的隧道也令人惊叹——这真是一次独特的体验。
我们带着对阿什比德拉祖什城堡的新爱、重返故地的计划和一瓶美味的樱桃酒离开了。真是一次精彩的旅行!非常感谢苏珊。