Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, February 8, 1962, page 31 (of 46)
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Planning a vacation abroad? Here are lodgings Fit for a King
A thousand years of history—and central heating—can be yours for about $3 a day, now that storybook castles are taking paying guests BY PHYLLIS BLODGETT AND CHRISTINA PAPPAS DID YOU KNOW you could get lodging for your family at Burg Lauenstein, built in Bavaria in 915 A.D.—tapestries, turrets, fortress rooms, battlements, and armor included—for half of what you'd pay for a motel at home? Or, you can whisk off to the Chateau D'Artigny, in Montbazon, France, with wonderful meals and champagne for two in panelled rooms overlooking the Indre River—full pension, $10. Castles in Spain—the Parador d'Oropesa, for instance—really exist. In them your children can become personally acquainted with the history of the Moors and the Knights Templar and Sancho the Brave and Alfonso the Wise, and the cost of a double room is only $3. Castle-hotels are springing up all over Europe. One after another, the owners of palaces and chateaux are renovating and redecorating and opening their proud estates to the public. They make excellent hotels, offering the most astounding views of valleys and mountains and rivers, plus the romance of staying at a feudal estate or an imperial hunting lodge or an Elizabethan manor house, in rooms that want for no modern convenience. There are many different kinds of castles. In Germany, depending on your interests, you may choose to stay at either a burg, which is a castle originally built as a stronghold, buttressed and crenellated, or at a schloss, which is the seat or palace of a noble family. Burg Schnellenberg, set on a mountaintop surrounded by woods, in Southern Westphalia, is a notable example. Dating from the 11th century, this castle boasts a mammoth baronial hall and an armor chamber with a collection of ancient crests—plus a bowling alley. Burg Gruenwald, in the Isar valley, has a fascinating history typical of many of the castle-hotels. A Gothic stronghold, it was built in 1293 by Duke Ludwig the Severe, as a hunting castle, and later on it was used as the seat of the Vehmic court. The Austrians had to take it by storm in 1797, but now it can be occupied by anybody who has the modest asking price for a night's lodging. Craigland, in Ilkely, England, is one castle that bears mention because of its setting on the famous moody moors of Yorkshire. If the weather is right and the fog rolls in, you could swear Heathcliffe was right beyond the next knoll, still looking for Cathy. Castle Rabenstein, near Frohnleiten, Austria, is a medieval castle that was built up on the ruins of a Roman fort, and now houses a fabulous art collection. FRANCE has many chateau-hotels, such as the Chateau de Mercues, in Cahors, which was once the residence of the Bishops of Cahors. It is situated on a peninsula formed by a bend in the Lot River, overlooks a lovely valley, has many gardens and terraces, and the rooms are enormous. Palumbo, in Italy, is ideally situated near Ravello on the cliffs above Amalfi Drive, overlooks the sea and the charming countryside, and was originally a 12th-century palace. In Holland, try the Kasteel Oud-Wassenaar, between Haarlem and Rotterdam. Though it looks like an overgrown Charles Addams nightmare, it has dignified, large rooms and salons, beautiful bulb fields, and is only 10 minutes from the Hague. Whether your tastes run to living history (with a ghost or two thrown in free of charge) or whether you'd like to live in what is practically a museum, surrounded by priceless antiques, or whether you'd just like a few days of utter peace and quiet in luxury, with never-tiring views your only concern, staying in a castle is a good way to vacation. Gravetye Manor, in Sussex, England, dates from Elizabethan times, has 30 acres of quiet parkland and well-laid-out gardens.
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