Well, finally got back from Warwick Castle today. A little bit exhausted. Claimed to be the most popular castle in England, Warwick Castle, somehow, did not quite match my initial imagination about a castle.
Warwick Castle locates at Warwickshire, England. The castle was built by William the Conqueror in 1068 adjacent to the Anglo-Saxon burh of Warwick. It was then owned by the Greville family, who became earls of Warwick in 1759, until 1978.
The castle was purchased by The Tussauds Group in 1978 and now opens as a tourist attraction and is very very very business-oriented. Go to its main page and you'll definitely understand what I am talking about.
Entrance fee is high, though I have got a student discount. To be honest, the castle is not that grande and spectacular at all. This certain feeling - I guess - would stem from childhood imaginations over vivid descriptions of Princes' castles in Denmark from Anderson's fairies, for they all have been enormously vast and fabulous under his pen.
The Tussauds has hired dozens of actors - they perform inside the castle as archers, knights, clowns, corpse and even, the Dutchess' lovers.
What interested me most is their way of get the castle "interesting": they know clearly that this big outdoor playground would only become profitable by drawing in more tourists - mainly families with kids. Well, they get their things like slides set up in the yard, so that kids would not be so bored anyway. On the other hand, they have something for adults too - love affaires of Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick.
Daisy's love stories takes up a large proportion of the whole indoor exhibition. As a socialite, Daisy's lovers even included King Edward VII. This certainly offered a lot to say.
Anyway, aside from those gossip "scenes" and children playground, the castle is generally fine. They have several genuine towers and you can try to climb them (531 stairs I guess?) - I enjoyed this part of the tour. What's more you could expect from a regular site-seeing tour like this, right?
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