Hearst Castle Museum Tours

Reservations are always strongly recommended.  Tour reservations can generally be made up to 7 to 8 weeks in advance.

All daytime tours also include a ticket for our exclusive 40-minute film Hearst Castle – Building the Dream, shown on a five-story screen at the Visitor Center’s Hearst Castle Theater. This fascinating glimpse behind the scenes is shown all day at forty-five minute intervals. The first screening begins at 8:15 am.

All tours of this California historical landmark and attraction view the Castle’s two spectacular swimming pools—the outdoor Neptune Pool and the indoor Roman Pool.

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    Grand Rooms Museum Tour

    This tour is recommended for first-time visitors to the California estate. It also has the fewest stairs to climb. Every evening, W. R. Hearst’s guests gathered in the grand social rooms on the ground floor of Casa Grande (his formal… Read More

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    Upstairs Suites Museum Tour

    Explore the upper floors of this architectural wonder called Casa Grande—William Randolph Hearst’s name for the twin-towered structure commonly known as Hearst Castle. Ascend its winding staircases to discover the most personal rooms of the California mansion, including W. R…. Read More

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    Cottages & Kitchen Tour

    Discover two very different parts of this fascinating historic California attraction: tour some of the most personal rooms of the property and some of its most practical ones. View Mr. Hearst’s extensive wine cellar in the basement of the main… Read More

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    Evening Museum Tour

    Offered in the spring and fall of each year, the Evening Tour is a seasonal tour that allows visitors to travel back in time and experience the historic California mansion and attraction in the evening hours as one of Mr. Hearst’s… Read More

  • Grand Rooms Tour – Accessibly Designed

    Upon arrival on the hilltop, visitors will be met by a guide who will escort them to the guided portion of the tour and then meet them afterwards to offer visitors the option to take the self-guided portion of the… Read More

  • Evening Tour – Accessibly Designed

    Offered in the spring and fall of each year, this tour is a seasonal tour that provides a spectacular opportunity to go back in time as Living History Docents in period 1930s clothing appear along the tour route as guests… Read More

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