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Isaac played up the mystery & shared some reported paranormal events that made it more exciting. That poor tour guide did not believe any of the legends & ruined the “mystery” of the house. We had a good tour guide this time (Isaac). Those spirits allegedly haunted her causing the constant construction of the house over the 38 years. History should not be re written! Her guilt over all who were killed by that rifle was responsible for her moving to California. They used to have a display of old rifles and also let you hold a rifle as a prop when they took your group’s photo. I understand being sensitive in light of mass shootings but that is a huge part of the history of this house. This tour would have been 5 stars if they had not disassociated themselves from the Winchester rifle. They start and finish you in a large gift shop of tchotchkes.
Parking is included in your ticket price. Sadly, that may be the future highest and best use for this antiquated, irrelevant relic. The property is now surrounded by high rise apartments and mid rise commercial buildings. The building is hot and stuffy in places, and you walk a lot of steps and stand in small rooms with a group of 18 other people/strangers. The newly restored rooms are interesting shows of Victorian area rooms and antiques, but you can see they can't keep up with the maintenance of the exterior/facade. There is little historical relevance, nor any innovations that would draw you to the property. The tickets are expensive (approx $42 per adult), and while the house is interesting and sprawling (you get to see maybe 100 of the 160 rooms, on a one hour guided tour), none of the furnishings are intact, though a number of finishes are. I think basically it was a waste of money. With some spare time on our hands, and reading the favorable reviews, we thought this would be a good filler. Its worth a stop just don't forget your mask or you might get barked at as well.
WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE SAN JOSE COSTA RICA FREE
Parking is free and they do take a souvenir photo of you for purchase in the gift shop. The cost for a regular house tour is around $40 or so and you can pay more for an explore more tour which we did not. Other than that little hiccup we had a great time. If you want people to wear them everywhere on the grounds you should adjust your website accordingly. The website clearly states we do not need to wear one outdoors. About masks.I really didn't appreciate being barked at to wear one while I was OUTSIDE. There is no way to social distance inside the house. I can see why they ask you to wear a mask on the tour.
WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE SAN JOSE COSTA RICA FULL
What we got was a unique old house that was built by an eccentric millionaire which was still pretty cool! Our tour guide Melanie was amazing and full of fun stories and information but it was a bit crowded. I've wanted to visit this house for a long time and I guess I was expecting more weird twists and turns and maybe even some haunted stories. Surely a few pots of live plants/bulbs/ferns could add to the ambience, in there and throughout the house.ĭefinately quirky, a large house, not especially beautiful outside and definately not inside. Also plastic flowers in the conservatory area. There was piped music/sound effects throughout the tour which I didnt think really added anything. The house is sparsely furnished as all was left to the neice who kept what she wanted and sold the rest - an awful lot of 'stuff'. She died in the house and the work stopped immediately. Gardens were a bit disappointing, not very large, well kept, but nothing unusual - given the rest of the place.
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Whole place now closed until 1st April due to C 19 virus so hope they crack on and finish cafe and other works needed in this period. The latter covers some of the outer buildings too but only from the outside. We found the explore more tour better but does only make sense if you have done the main tour, so main or both not just explore more. Some of the works make sense as she was a short lady so low hand rails then suffered with arthritus so staircases with very low risers but most of it is insane. Apparently 15 builders 24/7 for 38 years, well they all saw her coming no wonder they were loyal a never ending cash cow. It also shows just how much money she had to be able to carry on with the work.
I heard the history and just cannot understand why someone, her neice? could not persuade her to stop. It is definitely more of a curiosity than a 'must see'. We were on holiday and this seemed a quirky think to do so prepared to spend the money. You may as well get the explore more tour added on if you have the time just to reduce the overall cost, another $42 on its own of $12 if bought at same time. My main reason for the average rating is the cost at $42 for an adult for the main tour, that is extreme for an hours tour.
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