点评:We visited Thurn und Taxis Palace in Regensburg in August and joined the 4.30 p.m. guided tour, as this was the only way to see the interior of the palace.
Unfortunately, the experience was extremely disappointing. The tour was available only in German. As we do not speak German, we were given English audio guides, while some French visitors who spoke neither German nor English had to follow the visit using a booklet with photographs and a few written notes.
What was particularly frustrating was the complete lack of clear information for international visitors. When we bought the tickets, nobody explained that photography was prohibited, nor did we notice any clear signs stating this. When I took out my phone to take a photograph, the guide abruptly stopped speaking halfway through a sentence and reprimanded me in an unnecessarily aggressive and humiliating manner, as though I had committed some serious offence. A simple explanation would have been more than enough, particularly since the rule had never been made clear to us.
The guide also repeatedly switched the lights off as soon as she had finished explaining each room, even while visitors were still trying to look around. This was especially irritating for those of us following the tour through audio guides and already struggling to see the rooms properly because the German-speaking group naturally clustered around the guide.
The organisation was poor in other respects too. Our tour was the last one of the day, at 4.30 p.m., yet the café had already closed at 4 p.m. There was nowhere comfortable to sit while waiting, despite torrential rain outside, and very little consideration seemed to be given to visitors waiting for the tour.
Finally, the palace itself did not justify either the price or the time spent there. We have visited many historic residences across Europe, and we found the interiors relatively unremarkable, with little that felt particularly distinctive or memorable. Even the souvenir shop seemed to reinforce this impression: a surprising amount of space was devoted to Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Sisi), whose connection to the palace is essentially through her elder sister Helene, who married into the Thurn und Taxis family. While Sisi did visit the palace, it felt rather odd to see her used so prominently as part of the attraction, almost as though the palace needed to borrow the appeal of a much more famous historical figure rather than rely on its own collections and history.
Overall, an expensive and disappointing experience, made considerably worse by poor organisation and an exceptionally rude attitude from the guide. For an attraction receiving international visitors, much better communication, hospitality and visitor management should be expected.
翻译:今年8月,我们参观了雷根斯堡的图恩和塔克西斯宫殿,并参加了下午4点30分的导览服务,因为这是参观宫殿内部的唯一途径。
遗憾的是,这次体验极其令人失望。导览服务仅提供德语版本。由于我们不会说德语,只得到了英语语音导览;而一些既不会德语也不会英语的法国游客则只能依靠一本配有照片和少量文字说明的小册子来了解宫殿情况。最让人沮丧的是,对于外国游客完全没有任何明确的信息提示。买票时,没人告诉我们禁止拍照,我们也没看到任何相关的明确标识。当我掏出手机准备拍照时,导游突然在一句话说到一半时戛然而止,然后以一种毫无必要且极具攻击性、带有羞辱意味的方式训斥我,仿佛我犯了什么严重的错误似的。一个简单的解释就绰绰有余了,尤其是因为这条规则我们从来都没被清楚地告知过。
导游还总是在解释完每个房间后立刻关掉灯光,即便此时游客们还在试图四处参观。这对那些借助语音导览器跟随参观的人来说尤其恼火——由于说德语的团体自然而然地聚集在导游身边,我们根本难以看清房间内的状况。该处的组织管理工作在其他方面也很糟糕。我们参加的游览是当天的最后一场,时间为下午4点半,但咖啡馆早在下午4点就关门了。外面下着倾盆大雨,可等待时却没有一处舒适的座位可坐;显然,主办方对那些等待游览的游客漠不关心。
最后,这座宫殿本身也完全配不上其票价以及人们为参观所花费的时间。我们曾经参观过欧洲各地的许多历史建筑。我们发现宫殿的内部装饰相当普通,几乎没有什么特别突出或令人难忘之处。就连纪念品商店也加深了这种印象:店里居然有大量空间用来展示奥地利皇后伊丽莎白(茜茜公主)的相关物品。实际上她与这座宫殿的关联仅在于她的姐姐海伦嫁入了图恩和塔克西斯家族。虽然茜茜公主确实到访过这座宫殿,但看到她被如此突出地作为景点的一部分来展示,还是让人觉得有些奇怪。简直就好像这座宫殿需要借用一位更为著名的历史人物的魅力来吸引游客,而不是依靠自身的藏品与历史底蕴。
总的来说,这是一次花费不菲却令人失望的体验;糟糕的组织工作以及导游极其无礼的态度更是让情况雪上加霜。对于一个接待国际游客的景点而言,理应提供更好的沟通服务、待客之道以及游客管理。