Gillette Castle: Wannan Connecticut Oddity Za Enchant ku

Ziyarci Wannan Musamman, Tarihin Connecticut na Tarihi

Tsohon gidan gidan wasan kwaikwayon William Gillette yana kallon baƙi zuwa Gillette Castle, wanda yanzu shine babban filin shakatawa na Connecticut.

An haifi Gillette a Hartford a shekara ta 1853 kuma ya fito ne daga wanda ya kafa birnin, Thomas Hooker . Iyalinsa ba su goyi bayan aikinsa na yin aiki ba, amma ya ci gaba da yin rubutun kansa, yana samarwa da taka rawa a wasan kwaikwayon.

Abin da ake kira Eccentric Gillette, wanda aka fi sani da shi game da Sherlock Holmes, ya fara gano inda zai gina gidansa a kan jirgi a cikin jirgin ruwa na Connecticut a 1912.

Gillette Castle, wanda ya gina kimanin dala miliyan 1 kuma ya kammala a shekara ta 1919, yana da alamu da dama da suka hada da gilashin ɓoye, katanga mai kariya da ƙyama, ƙyamaren ƙofa a ɗayan ƙofofin ƙyamaren ƙofofi 47: Babu guda biyu . Domin kallo a cikin wannan tsari na zamani, ku shiga ni a kan hoto .

Lokacin da Gillette ya mutu a shekara ta 1937, nufinsa ya jaddada cewa gidan da ya gina na zamani ya gina ba ya fada ga "wani dan uwa wanda ba shi da hankali game da inda yake ko kuma abin da ke kewaye". Jihar Connecticut ta samu kantin sayar da kusan 200 acre a shekara ta 1943, kuma ita ce filin shakatawa da kuma daya daga cikin abubuwan da suka fi dacewa a cikin Connecticut tun daga lokacin. A shekara ta 2002, an kammala aikin gyaran gyaran gyaran miliyon 11.5 na shekara hudu. Yayinda masallaci shine babban janyewa, filayen suna da kyau sosai, suna samar da kyawawan wuraren ruwa da kuma damar yin hiking da kuma layi.

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Adireshi da Gudanarwa ... Gillette Castle yana kan titin 67 a gabashin Haddam, Connecticut 06423. Daga Route 9 Arewa ko Kudu, koma Exit 7 don Hanyar 82. Ku bi tafarkin 82 Gabas ta hanyar Goodspeed Landing, kuma ku kula da alamun da ke jagorantarku zuwa wurin shakatawa. Kati yana kyauta.

Hours da Admission ... Gillette Castle State Park ya buɗe daga karfe 8 na yamma har zuwa faɗuwar rana kowace shekara.

Ana gudanar da ziyartar gine-ginen kai tsaye daga 11 na safe har zuwa 5 na yamma zuwa ranar Alhamis zuwa Lahadi (sayan tikiti ta 4:30 na yamma) daga ranar Jumma'a har zuwa ranar Lahadi ta Jumma'a. Duk da yake shigarwa a cikin kyauta kyauta ne, akwai dala $ 6 na shekaru 13 da fiye da $ 2 ga yara masu shekaru 6 zuwa 12 don yawon shakatawa a cikin shekara ta 2016. Yara 5 da ƙarƙashin an shigar da su kyauta. Ku kira gaba don yin shiri na musamman idan kun kawo rukuni.

A kusa Lodgings ... Kwatanta rates da sake dubawa don hotels da inns kusa da Gillette Castle da TripAdvisor.

Tawon shakatawa a Gillette Castle ... Ba za ku iya barci a cikin Gillette Castle ba, amma idan kuna kwance a Connecticut River a cikin jirgin ko kayak, za ku iya ajiye sansani na kogunan ruwa a Gillette Castle State Park daga Mayu zuwa 30 ga Satumba. Akwai babu wani abu game da waɗannan wuraren sansani, waɗanda suke da ɗakin shafuka da wutsiyoyi kamar yadda suke da kayan aiki kawai. Yanki yana iyakance ga wani dare, aikace-aikacenka don izini na sansanin dole ne a gabatar da akalla makonni biyu a gaba. A gefen haske, sansanin ba shi da kyau: kamar $ 5 kowace mutum, kowace rana.

Tafiya a lokacin Gida a Gillette Castle: Kana so ka ga gidan mai suna Connecticut ya yi ado don bukukuwa?

Gillette Castle yawanci sake dawowa ne kawai a karshen mako, watan Nuwamba zuwa ƙarshen Disamba, don biki. 2016 bayanai ba a sanar da su ba tukuna.

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