点评:The Auckland Palace is well worth a visit, as you walk through the Palace each rooms brings you a little closer to the present day with lots of interesting information. It is amazing to think that Zubarán’s paintings have hung there since the mid 1700s. Prior to visiting the area, I hadn’t heard of the Prince Bishops who exercised powers normally held by the King.
The walled gardens are filled with bees, butterflies and some useful vegatables too, which supply the cafe and El Castillo restaurant. We had a lovely lunch at the cafe, the carrot and coriander soup was light and filled with flavour. We returned for tea and scones later in the day.
Sadly we didn’t get to see the Spanish Gallery, the opening hours were quite restricted and when we stopped in at 10.30am we were told we couldn't view the paintings until after 12pm. As we had plans nearly every day during our stay it made it impossible to find a suitable visiting time.
While we were visiting, the palace had a duck hunt on for kids which seemed to be very enjoyable and the I’ve Quacked It sticker on completion caught my eye.
We stayed in the Palace Garden Cottage (part of the Auckland Project site) for a week and I can highly recommend it as the perfect base to explore the area from. We also enjoyed a day and evening visit to Kynren, plus a long walk in the deer park of the Palace.
It would be good if the summer opening hours were a little longer, 10/10.30am to 4.30pm is quite restrictive for those who are early birds.
翻译:奥克兰宫绝对值得一游:漫步其中,每一间房间都会通过大量有趣的信息将你一步步带回现代。想想看,苏巴朗的画作自18世纪中叶起就一直悬挂于此,实在令人惊叹。在前往此地之前,我甚至从未听说过那些拥有通常由国王才具备的权力的“主教亲王”。
宫墙环绕的花园里蜜蜂和蝴蝶成群,还种着不少实用的蔬菜呢。这些地方为咖啡馆和El Castillo餐厅供应食材。我们在咖啡馆享用了一顿美味的午餐,其中的胡萝卜香菜汤清淡又美味。当天晚些时候,我们又回去喝了茶、吃了司康饼。
遗憾的是,我们没能参观西班牙画廊。那里的开放时间限制较多,上午10点半我们前去时,工作人员告知要等到中午12点之后才能参观画作。由于我们在逗留期间几乎每天都有安排,因此实在找不到合适的参观时间。我们参观期间,宫殿还为孩子们举办了捉鸭子活动,看来大家都玩得很开心;活动结束后发放的“我成功捉到鸭子啦”贴纸也吸引了我的注意。
我们在宫殿花园小屋(属于奥克兰项目的一部分)里住了一周,我极力推荐这里作为探索周边地区的理想下榻之所。我们还花了一整天的时间去参观Kynren表演,并在宫殿的鹿园里漫步许久。
如果夏季的开放时间能再长一些就更好了。满分10分,我给10分。上午10点至下午4点半的时间段对于早起的人而言相当受限。