America's Castles - Hearst Castle at San Simeon

My brother took me to the Herst Castle & ever since I've wanted this DVD. If you can't go this is the next best thing

This is the best video about Hearst Castle I have seen. High quality video and a very comprehensive look at one of the most impressive estates in the world. I am planning a trip to see Hearst Castle and wanted to whet my appetite with a little video tour. This really exceeded my expectations. Of course it includes a biography of William Randolph Hearst and the history of his "ranch" home in the San Simeon hills. There is simply so much of Hearst Castle to see and this video gave me a taste of nearly all of it. I can hardly wait to tour Hearst Castle in person. I suppose for me it would have been 5 stars if it were longer and gave me a summary of the tours available - which tours covered which parts of the estate - that sort of thing.

We just visited Hearst Castle, took several tours, saw their featured "Building the Dream" DVD, purchased a DVD tour from their store. I learned more from this A&E presentation than any of these others! Excellent footage (including live movie clips of Hearst during the 20s), shots of different rooms, history of the art. This makes an excellent souvenir if you have visited, or a feasible trip if you live too far away to go in person. The Castle looks better in this film than in person since the film is about 15 years old. Wish I had seen it before our visit to have better appreciation of what the tour presented. Highly recommend!

Having visited there and taken one of the tours was a great experience.This video brought back reminders of the visit my husband and I hadtaken years ago. It showed much more than we were able to see withonly having been on one of the tours.Joanne

This is an excellent overview of the Castle, not just the life of Hearst. We purchased it prior to taking the tour, which I would highly recommend. It helps to see what is generally viewed so one can concentrate on any specifics to see and ask about during the tours.

Obviously, if you saw the America's Castles series when A&E was A&E and not a reality show channel, you will appreciate owning this. Anyone who has ever been to San Simeon knows how overwhelming it all is to take in. This DVD let's you take it all in and re-examine it's astoundding beauty piece by piece - over and over. Nice to have for viewing in your own home. Five stars!An asset to any collection.

Replacing all VHS tapes with DVD's. Hearst Castle is an amazing view into the world of the "rich and famous". William Randolph Hearst had so much money he never had to worry about anything. So why not built a huge place for entertaining which was never completed before his death.

I liked this a lot.

What a magnificent castle... Isn't it great that Hearst purchased all these items and preserved them for all of us to view (whether on DVD or in person). Chances are that many of these items would not be here now!

This is a really good program about Hearst Castle, showing it in splender

Very good shipped in great time