In Northern California’s San Simeon, situated along the Pacific Coast Highway, the grandest castle of the ... Neptune Pool ...

Few places better capture the opulence of early–20th century California than Hearst Castle, the 165-room former ... The Neptune Pool, in particular, is the stuff of legend, with a Vermont ...

Hearst's appetite for luxury matched his ambitions in business and politics. The owner of eight treasure-filled homes, he built a castle in the 1920s at San Simeon, which playwright George Bernard ...

The castle is located in San Simeon off of Highway 1, and it's open to visitors daily at 9 a.m. The only place you'll find food on the premises is at the Hearst Castle Visitor Center; the visitor ...