Hearst Castle Upstairs Suites Tour in San Simeon 

I've been on a tour once when I was about 19-20 years old with my family.. it's unbelievable how much wealth, history and extremely amazing architecture is in that place. Only a handful of people in the history in human existence have ever lived in such extravagance. It's astonishing.

Yeah, goodness, I've been here several times over the years, since the 1960's, and this place never gets outdated. That being said, I've never taken the upstairs tour; so now I have another reason to visit again, amazing. I'm aware the Neptune Pool recently underwent a massive restoration and it looks fabulous.

I have taken the standard tours several times but it looks like the upstairs tour would be worth doing just to see the celestial room and library. Glad you got to see the Neptune Pool; it was being remodeled when I was there last year. One tip: the new movie about Hearst Castle featured at the Visitors Center is the absolute best video of its kind that I have seen at a historic site. Well worth viewing.

i visited hearst castle in 2009 when i was 18 years old with my brother and sister really nice to watch videos of this place here on RU-vid awesome video rachel - sunshine coast queensland australia

Thanks for sharing this part of the Hearst Castle Tour! In the early 90’s my Mom, older brother, & I took the tour that didn’t include the bedrooms, so that was very neat to see! After our tour( that included the cool indoor pool!), I was browsing the books in the gift shop, as I always liked to buy a book from a place I’ve traveled to, my Mom recommended I buy the book that Marion Davies wrote, saying the perspective of “the Mistress” might be more interesting, than the typical books written about WRH & San Simeon etc. And it DEFINITELY was worth it! Such a fun read! I still remember there was one line in the book where she made mention that William Randolph Hearst seemed to have endless “energy”, and often the parties they hosted, would run into the wee hours of the morning, she remarked, “ He was always rearing to go, while the rest of us were dying on the vine” Lol, I definitely recommend people check out the Hearst Castle if they are in the area, it’s a bit pricey for obvious reasons as maintaining that historic property has to be costly, but it’s worth every penny, and the views of the ocean from up there are breathtaking!

As I recall from my visit in 1983, all of the art, statues, ornate ceilings and part of the exterior was the original piece of work. Seeing The 3 Graces standing casually on the grounds was fantastic.

Thank you for posting these clips. I use them in my History Classes to give students a quick overview of Hearst Castle.

Definitely take the upstairs tour. The rooms are much prettier than the 1st floor, "Great Rooms".

Awesome! We actually did the Designing the Dream tour 2 weeks ago. I can’t believe that Hearst had a pay phone for his guest to use !

How cool would it be to go back in time and stay here as a guest of Hearst and all his celebrity friends.

That place looks neat. It’s on my list of Adventures! Thanks for showing highlights!

SO EXCITED!! HEARST CASTLE IS ON MY BUCKET LIST!!!

I remember going back in 2012 it was very beautiful

Thanks so much for taking Us to all of the Beautiful places in California!! ❣️

I've always wanted to go there. Thanks for taking us along!

I was there in 2015 wish I had done the upstairs tour ,maybe next time , nice to see water in the Neptune pool was empty when I was there , thanks for sharing 👍

I haven’t been there but would love to visit there some day. Thank you for the video... 😊😊😊

This was awesome! I showed my 10th grade students! They loved it! Thank you!

Can't wait to go, great video, love the 4K resolution very nice.

an amazing place to be sure. Well done you two.

It’s on my bucket list,beautiful Estate.That pool though 😃👋

Hi Josh and Amy my family and I absolutely LOVE your videos. We have gone to several of your suggested attractions and really enjoy them. I hope one day you will travel a bit further North and do a Vancouver, BC, Canada trip. I would love to see you do a video there.

😍😍😍😍 I'm totally mad about everything Hearst related. Thanks for sharing this with us!!

I can’t remember what tours I have done, but I definitely haven’t done this one! The libraries are amazing - would love to look through the books. The pools are my favorite though - I just want to get in them both! Excellent as always 👍

Nice video, as always, of course! Thanks to you guys, I’m putting so many miles on my poor car lol. Thank you for always giving us great ideas of where to go. And although I’ve visited this place before, seeing that the Neptune pool is finally restored, it’s a good reason to go back 👍🏼😃

I heard there’s 3 different tours ... which would you recommend ?

I would like to live there. So well preserved. Thanks from your heavenly brother Charlie "A38man of God" Ososami. Peace

Thanks for that! You’re getting pretty good at this stuff! Rox from Cali

Wowww impressive

I want it, also I am about to make the 6th sense, it is sound but refined, defined and mixed with the fashion of the 1920s.

I’ve been here. It really was that amazing

Hearst looks amazing. Haven’t got there yet.

The indoor pool is GORG

Wow you gained 3000 odd subs since the last video. Well deserved growth Josh & Amy😁

Beautiful ❤2👑👑👸🏾💯

Wonderful. Thank you so much.

I did the Grand Rooms Tour 20 years ago and will be visiting Hearst Castle again in December. In your opinion, does the Upstairs Suites Tour better than the Grand Rooms Tour (this time I will be visiting with my wife and my 14-yrs old daughter, while 20 years ago I was visiting alone). Thanks!

Awesome

Nice they finished the outdoor pool, sadly it was under construction when I went 😞

WOW, so awesome place man❤

I remember going there on school field trip

I need to do the suites tour. I have done the main tour twice.

Nice video, once the tour complete how long we can be there ?

Looks very Tartarian style structured

Is it possible to take both grand room and upstair tour in the same day? Thanks.

Can you walk around alone outside of whichever tour you pick?

Ooh, it's Amy at the beginning. 😉

What are the 2 bexst tours in your opinion since you have seen most tours?

Were there elevators for the people who lived there?

I Miss that place been there ! but they wont let us film only take pictures.... i wish i could film

My great grandfather used to work there as a grounds keeper. My mother said that she was able to swim in that pool naked. Lol.

1:06 best view of the whole tour....😏

I have 🏊 in that pool many times with the employees once a year.

Can we swim in the pool?

👌

Im going there for a school filed trip

The video is so dark, it’s hard to see the rooms. I realize you can’t use flash lighting inside but this could’ve been enhanced in editing.

When Lady Gaga shoot here for G.U.Y music video it was iconic

When I was a kid I went here and me and my sister got to open some doors and walk on gold

So they maintain the pools but no one is allowed to swim in them? Kind of dumb.

THE LOUD HOUSE / THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS

Вы очень классные ヽ(´▽｀)/💕

PATY HEARST ? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HEIRS OF THE PROPERTY?

can you swim in the pool

It looks like a church more than like a castle.

Cmere

can u get in the pools ?

Hasn't changed much in 50 years when I went with a girlfriend..so beautiful

2:45 This is not where Lady Gaga shot her video G.U.Y. ????!!!

Get a lil deeper broham

looks way too overdecorated. i'd prefer a simpler interior