"Tours 2, 4 and the Evening tour" Top 5 Page for this destination Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument Things to Do Tip by Dabs

We didn't have time to do all of the tours and we were there on a day when the evening tour wasn't offered. Here's an overview of the other tours:

Tour Two covers the upper floors of the main house (Casa Grande) including the Doge's Suite, "The Cloisters" four guest rooms flanked by open walkways, the Library, the Gothic Suite which is the entire third floor and includes Hearst's private suite, library and office, and the kitchen plus the Neptune and Roman pools which are included on all tours.

Tour Four covers the gardens and grounds of Hearst Castle, the third guest house, Casa del Mar (House of the Sea) which Hearst lived in during his final years, the hidden terrace, the wine cellar, the Neptune Pool dressing rooms and the Neptune and Roman pools which are included on all of the tours.

The evening tour visits some of the same rooms as the daytime tours but features docents in period dress from the 1930s.