🏰 UNCUT FULL TOUR - Experience the Hearst Castle Semi-Private Julia Morgan Tour - May 2023

Northern California’s Julia Morgan quietly broke barriers and overcame obstacles. She was the first certified female architect in California and the first American woman to head her own architectural office, leading her to become one of America’s preeminent architects. Her designs would grace private homes, college campuses, women’s clubs, religious houses, YWCAs, and, most famously, William Randolph Hearst’s legendary San Simeon estate. The Julia Morgan tour takes an in-depth look at the life and career of this extraordinary woman. View rarely-seen areas of Hearst Castle that highlight her gift for design, and photographic displays of architectural drawings, family photos, and personal items that reveal the person she was.
Over the years many guests have visited Hearst Castle, but we’ll narrow the list down to the more renowned:
POLITICAL LEADERS
Winston Churchill
Calvin Coolidge
New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker
JOURNALISTS, LITERARY FIGURES AND OTHER NOTABLES
Irving Cobb
Hedda Hopper
Howard Hughes
Louella Parsons
George Bernard Shaw
ART EXPERTS
Oscar Broneer
Lord Duveen
HRW Smith
William Valentiner
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Lew Ayres
Lionel and John Barrymore
Ralph Bellamy
Charlie Chaplin
Gary Cooper
Joan Crawford
Dolores del Rio
Marie Dressler
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Errol Flynn
Clark Gable
Greta Garbo
John Gilbert
Cary Grant
Jean Harlow
Buster Keaton
Carole Lombard
Beatrice Lillie
Harold Lloyd
Harpo Marx
Louis B. Mayer
Joel McCrea
Colleen Moore
David Niven
Mary Pickford
Dick Powell
Hal Roach
Norma Shearer
Barbara Stanwyck
Norma Talmadge
Robert Taylor
Irving Thalberg
Jack Warner

[@kimgordon8990]

This is my friends dad! He is a great tour guide.

[@ThemeParkDad9894]

He was amazing!!!

[@a10aleks]

I thoroughly enjoyed your friends dad's tour!

[@ronaldbodnar44]

Outstanding! I felt I was with you. 👍👍 Thank you for this extraordinary rare experience. A special shout-out for the excellent and very entertaining tour guide, Craig. Kudos also for the superior camera technician and beautiful film.

[@ThemeParkDad9894]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@gmurray96]

Craig and his wife were my guide. Incredibly knowledgeable with such passion. Great video. Thanks.

[@beckydick9056]

Love the tour guide. My parents used to live on the Hearst Ranch in the 80s and worked for the Hearst corporation. My mom waited on and took care of the Hearst private guests. My mom met Jimmy Stuart, Loretta Young and other celebrities. She said Jimmy Stuart was a sweet darling person. It was such fun to visit, we would walk down to the beach and look for shells for hours while the kids would surf. I’ll never forget our times there😊

[@johnpotter8039]

I first toured Hearst Castle in January, 1964, when my older brother and I drove up. Big adventure for a 13 year old. I knew that our architect grandfather, Dr. Kurt Meyer Radon, had worked for Hearst buying furniture for the Santa Monica beach house and for Wyntoon. I also have an old friend, John Considine, Jr., whose father was a producer at MGM (Young Tom Edison, Boys' Town) and was good friends with Hearst and Marion Davies. Marion was the maid of honor at his parents' wedding. John visited San Simeon many times as a child. He once remarked that "I learned to swim in the big outdoor pool at the Hearst Ranch. Hollywood royalty.

[@richardrojas6306]

I was able to visit the Castle back in 1989 as part of my wedding and enjoyed a small part of this Castle. Craig, your an excellent story teller and Guide, with a large amount of information. Prayers for your mom and hopefully she stayed in Paso Robles. Born and raised nearby, Lompoc. 🤗🙏😎

[@sly5447]

From beginning to end, your footage, the tour guide, Craig, the history, and Julia's work, is just fantastic. I have wanted to see Hearst Castle my whole life but never could, and now I feel as if I did. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. I'm so happy to have seen it. God bless you!

[@paulabarch5065]

This was wonderful! Thank you, all of those involved. Just so enjoyable, amazing place. Again many thanks!

[@alextres9963]

Just like being there! Love the tour guide! Extremely well done! Loved every minute. Thank you!!

[@daliasmith6283]

The person doing the video is awesome!! Thank you!!

[@debpatriot9557]

Quite the story teller. I love Hearst Castle! It is magical and from another world.

[@michaelambrosano938]

wonderful,..thank you for sharing this video! That tour guide is worth his weight in gold,..such a nice and knowledgeable person!

[@craigandsnowwadam4511]

I am blown away! Thank you! Craig is a national treasure! The attention to detail is outstanding! ,….and then you see concrete poured walls and ceilings!! ,…out the next door 🚪 and BAM! 💥 Gold and Silver. Absolutely 💯 jaw dropping video!!

[@marilyn1244]

This was amazing! I took the basic tour in 1973, which was mainly the ground floor and the gardens. Thank you.

[@karenfromNH]

This was so interesting, thank you for sharing.

[@ThemeParkDad9894]

You are so welcome!

[@mommat1306]

That was AMAZING! I’ve been twice and saw the much more limited tours. But this would have been so much fun to do. Can’t imagine how much this tour costs. Mr. Moore, the guide, clearly loves his work.

[@beh4846]

I looked it up: $100. ✌

[@FirstHolyGrandsonofHeaven926]

Thank you!🎉❤

[@barblane4020]

I toured San Simeon in 1970…. I was so excited to view your video tour. Thank you for the post….

[@WildaConnell]

Thank you soooo much!🙂😽

[@michaelnaretto3409]

That man is very knowledgeable of the buildings and grounds. And it sounds like he really enjoys taking tours through them. Anway, years ago, I visited the castle around Christmas time. It was beautifully decorated, and it was raining which just added to the already festive atmosphere. I just wish that some of the many fireplaces there would have been going. That would have been the proverbial icing on the cake. Provided they are still functional.

[@terrgall]

This is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you for doing such a great job!! \

[@ThemeParkDad9894]

You're very welcome!

[@annamaybeekman7141]

I USED TO WORK AT HEARST CASTLE❤❤❤❤

[@rcs3030]

My wife and I have visited numerous castles in Europe. None of them compare to Hearst Castle.

[@UTubeQu1che551]

Great videography--I enjoyed each moment.

[@karenlehn2351]

Static on the microphone,really was hard to continue with this marvelous video!

[@RussMcClay]

Great job of the footage, Theme Park Dad. The tour guide was cool.

[@bigran_outbound2262]

🫡Dope.Visited the castle last year 👊🏾

[@golfceo65]

The tour guide Craig was wonderful....the theme park dad did a great job with the video!!

[@claudiahamilton1620]

Great tour.

[@Ashszn_]

Wish my tour guide was this awesome 😎

[@deborahkatrinawarner9719]

Love the video.

[@LoveLove-gw2td]

I visited in the 70s and liked the Spanish architecture.

[@sharonholt3118]

This mansion reminds me a little of Biltmore

[@alisonwinston2547]

Different style of course, no gardens and no inside pool or outside pool at Biltmore.

[@candycebrown9093]

Excellent tour, just as I remember it.

[@rcs3030]

Craig, Sir do you recommend a book to enlighten me on the Hearst Castle ?...Your video is wonderful. Thank you so much !!!

[@elizabethmoore2853]

Victoria Kastner's Hearst Castle, Biography of A Country Home is the book that Craig and I used for training. Craig and

[@joshaguilar1427]

Thanks for the video I’m only 40 minutes in hopefully someone ask if this castle is haunted

[@mirandoyexplorando1489]

Great video What camera did you use ?

[@billybuck491]

Great tour … microphone?

[@sophisticatedswine7172]

AB FAB! 😃

[@carolynstewart8465]

Going rogue tour with Craig❤

[@kimjohnson3068]

I thought the tour guides voice sounds alot like Barry Manilow's.

[@sharonward4766]

Great tour guide?

[@yc5141]

How are you able to book this tour? I don’t see it online.

[@ThemeParkDad9894]

It's call the Julia Morgan Tour

[@ritacampbell3918]

What no garages? 😊

[@joeson7700]

What European said COMPARE to Western Castle & Palaces this is an OUTHOUSE !

[@mrsvickigriffin]

Frank llyod wright stole credit from Julia Morgan

[@FrankiesFancy]

In 1967-68, my dad took us to Hearst Castle for a tour. For some reason, we were turned away. I always regretted not being able to see it. Now, watching this, I'm glad we were turned away. Is the place beautiful? Definitely. But the long drive just to get to the castle and then having to listen to a sycophantic tour guide drone on and on about nothing but the architect, I would have been begging my parents to take me back home. While I honestly am appreciative for this video, for having the opportunity, finally, to see it, the subjects that the guide chooses to talk about are boring as hell. Sycophantic with a touch of narcissistic. And not enough about Hearst or the property without injecting more about Julia Morgan.

[@helenguillory2430]

This is specifically the Julia Morgan tour. The regular house tour is different and very interesting

[@user-wj4cj4tf4w]

There's practically no one on the bus 🤔

[@9nightmaster]

@@helenguillory2430out of all the tours which is the best ?

[@Jenergy247]

Wow… sour grapes?! You missed out on something still to this day which is considered a wonderful experience! I highly recommend any tour of Hearst Castle for the grand beauty, history, and priceless art. This gentleman is quite gracious and informative. Quite honestly the only boring narrative droning on is your comment. Good day.

[@bz3548]

Beautiful place, but the tour is boring!! Would have been nice to have closeups of some of the furniture and decorations.