点评:Despite visiting Newcastle several times over the years, the fact it actually has a castle somehow managed to skip by me. With a few hours to spare one morning before the train home we set out to find out where the city got its name.
Located around 10 minutes walk west of the train station, it really couldn’t be any more centrally located.
Now, billing it just as Newcastle Castle is a bit wrong as to buy a ticket you need to go into the Black Gate, which is equally worth a look. There’s not too much in it besides a gift shop and small museum, but it’s an impressive structure and compliments the castle nicely.
There’s castle itself is a modest structure in terms of size, compared to some of its contemporaries anyway, but it’s very well preserved and offers an excellent afternoon’s entertainment. Informative in that it offers historical facts, but also some interactive fun stuff for kids. Worth climbing to the top for the panoramic views of the city too.
It’s £13.65 entry, which I think is fair, and gets you admission for the full year.
翻译:虽然这些年来我多次造访纽卡斯尔,但这里竟然有一座城堡这一事实却一直被我忽略。一天早晨,在搭乘回家的火车前还有几个小时的空闲时间,我们便决定去探寻这座城市的名字从何而来。
城堡位于火车站以西约10分钟步行路程处,地理位置实在再中心不过了。
不过,仅仅称其为“纽卡斯尔城堡”其实不太准确——因为要买票进入城堡,必须先经过黑门,而黑门本身也同样值得一看。除了礼品店和小博物馆外,那里没什么可看的,但建筑本身相当气派,与城堡相得益彰。
与同时期的其他城堡相比,这座城堡的规模其实算不上大,不过保存状况极佳,很适合作为下午的游览去处。这里不仅提供了不少历史知识,还有一些适合孩子们参与的互动项目。登上顶端还能饱览整个城市的全景,绝对值得一去。
门票价格为13英镑。65美元的报名费,我觉得这个价格合理,而且付了这笔费用就能获得全年的入场资格。