Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights

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Bedste tid at besøge

Besøg mellem november og april, når temperaturerne i Phoenix er milde. Morgenture byder på det bedste lys til den glaserede flises glitren og de mindst hårde skygger til billeder.

Budgettips

Billetter koster $25-35 per person og skal købes på forhånd, da der ikke tillades adgang uden billet. Ingen gratis dage eller bykort inkluderer denne seværdighed, men prisen inkluderer en guidet tur i slottets indre og den omkringliggende kaktushave.

Planlæg dit besøg

2-2,5 timer

Om

Hurtige fakta: Alessandro Tovrea, a cattle baron turned hotel developer, commissioned this wedding-cake-like castle in 1928 as a resort that never opened due to the Great Depression. The five-story structure contains 35 rooms and sits atop a 500-foot-tall hill, offering sweeping views of the Phoenix valley below.

Højdepunkter: The castle's exterior is sheathed in literally thousands of small, glazed porcelain tiles that sparkle like diamonds when the Arizona sun hits them at the right angle. Tovrea designed the grounds to include a nine-hole golf course and artificial lakes, though the only remnants today are the eerie, empty canals that weave through the desert landscape around the property.