Beautiful! Pricey for a tour, but its gorgeous! We got the audio tour which I high recommend, we went when they were decorated for Christmas and I am so happy we did. For us this is a once in a lifetime thing to see it and it was so worth it! Beautiful mansion on and even more beautiful view of the land they own. The drive to the house was long but beautiful! The food was pretty good and the little shops are adorable!
Ray Carbajal III (The_Promo_Guru)
+5
If you're in the area and love historical architecture this is definitely a must visit. Tip: If you go after 4:30pm you can buy your ticket for the next day but get access to all the exterior gardens and terraces that evening. This was perfect for me. I walked around and enjoyed all the outside areas when it was cooler late in the afternoon. By this time there's usually not many people left walking around. Makes for great photos! I did the main house self guided tour and added the Rooftops and Stairs tour. It was absolutely worth it to take the extra tour and see areas of the house you do not get to see on the regular tour.
I added the Monet & Friends experience and was a little disappointed with it. I thought there would be actual artwork on display. It was a unique digital experience that was cool but I would prefer to see artists original work.
There is free wine tasting at the Winery and it's by appointment only. There's a QR code in the brochure they give you when you purchase tickets. There's a pretty good chance you can get in after your tours. Just scan it when you arrive in the morning and select your time. Hope you enjoy as much as I did!
Pictures do not do this place justice. Just an amazing and beautiful place. Lots of parking where you can either walk or take a trolley to the estate. Make sure you get your timed entry tickets. If you can try to eat at The Stables restaurant on site. The audio tour is a great add on to explain all the different rooms throughout the Manson. Get to see how the rich, old money rich, people lived. Every room has amazing architect and amazing pieces of furniture. The swimming pool down stairs was just ridiculous. You get to see how the help lived and how the ran and maintained the house. It takes a few hours to take the tour. After going through house you can walk around the grounds. Very easy to spend a whole day here and still may not see everything. I hear Christmas is a great time to come, but the spring flowers were wonderful too. Make some plans and take a visit to this place, we'll worth your time!
I plan to go back to this place. Full of history and interesting facts. It's a self led tour with phones provided that have curators giving you the history of each room in the home turned museum. There are also winery's to do wine tasting and you're able to purchase a bottle or 2. The grounds are well kept and beautiful. This attraction is a must see.
Americas largest privately owned estate or house. A whopping 250 rooms and architectural marvel with well planned layout almost 125 years ago. In addition to the estate castle you can enjoy 8000 acres of ground including a little winery village. Ticket costs $110 for a self guided tour including interiors. I think it is too pricy for the tour having visited much more fancy ones in Europe. Arrangements are well done for parking and tour. You can walk around in the gardens at the back of the castle and also garden on the way to winery village. There is also a Deer park if it is interesting. Worth a visit if you like historic places and enjoy royal walk.
Beautiful home! If you have more than 10 in your group, call the group line and get a great discount. They suggest 90 walking tour of the house, we spent more like 2.5 hours in there and would do it again. Also by booking a group rate you get a few 10% off coupons. And finally don't forget to book your wine tasting through the app while you are on property, love it!!
What a great experience! Walking through this beautiful estate was like going back in time! Kudos to the curators for keeping this amazing piece of American history alive! The restaurants on the estate we also liked. Overall one of the high points of this year!
Well, the house itself was 10 stars gorgeous! If you happen to love and appreciate old historic homes... But I felt like the self guided tour could've used a bit more information, although I can understand that that would make the tour longer. It took us probably 3 hours to get through, but we love to take it all in and get lots of pictures too, so we take our time. I think the average is 2 hours. The one thing we were a bit annoyed about is that when the house closed at 5, so did all the little eateries next door! It would've been really nice to leave those open for an hour at least so those of us trekking out of there tired and hungry could grab a bite! Instead we had to hoof it back to the parking lot (about a 10 min walk) then drive all the way back to the village (about 20 min drive) just to get some food. Other than that, the house and the views were absolutely stunning. We did find everything (food, tours, etc) a bit expensive too.
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