点评:Historic Environment Scotland has some little gems amongst its properties, and this is one of them, set in the beautiful coastal village of Aberdour, just along from North Queensferry. Visiting any property in mid-November, when it’s cold and pouring with rain is a challenge, but we discovered a small fortified castle set in fine gardens and grounds. There are enough rooms inside to get out of the rain for a while, bolstered by a photographic exhibition on Scottish gardens, featuring a broad range of different horticultural styles and purposes. Some of the oldest parts of the building are roofless but still in sufficient repair to get a good idea of what this place looked like during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries, aided by some excellent illustrated information panels (although we would have liked more of these) . During the growing season, the neighbouring walled garden, plantings round the castle and orchard will be a riot of colour and scent but even in mid-November there was some good structural interest and fine stonework. Do visit the very old St Fillans church next door - it is quite beautiful and a calming, warm sanctuary . Aberdour is a beautiful village with a good range of tea rooms and hotels (the Castle doesn’t have a tea room). We had a lovely lunch in the Aberdour Hotel nearby. The castle is easy to find. We parked in the adjacent station car park (but could have come by train from Edinburgh!) Nb/ plan to make either a morning or afternoon visit, as, rather quaintly, the Castle and gardens shut for lunch!
翻译:苏格兰历史环境局名下拥有不少瑰宝,这座城堡便是其中之一,它坐落在风景秀丽的海滨小镇阿伯多尔,距离北昆斯费里不远。十一月中旬,天气寒冷多雨,参观任何一处景点都颇具挑战,但我们却意外发现了一座掩映在精致花园和庭院中的小型防御城堡。城堡内部空间充足,足以让人暂时躲避雨水,此外,这里还举办了一场苏格兰花园摄影展,展示了各种不同的园艺风格和用途。城堡的部分古老建筑已无屋顶,但保存状况尚可,足以让我们大致了解这座城堡在15、16和17世纪的风貌,一些精美的图文信息牌也为此提供了帮助(尽管我们希望信息牌的数量能更多一些)。在生长季节,毗邻的围墙花园、城堡周围的植物以及果园将百花齐放,香气四溢,美不胜收。即使在十一月中旬,城堡的建筑结构和精美的石雕也依然引人注目。一定要去隔壁的圣菲兰斯教堂看看,它非常古老,而且环境优美,氛围温馨宁静。阿伯多尔是个美丽的村庄,有很多茶室和酒店(城堡里没有茶室)。我们在附近的阿伯多尔酒店享用了美味的午餐。城堡很容易找到。我们把车停在了旁边的火车站停车场(其实也可以从爱丁堡坐火车过来!)。需要注意的是,城堡和花园中午会关闭,所以最好安排在上午或下午参观,这有点奇怪!