We met with who we thought was our guide and a small group of three other people at the address sent to us upon booking. We were taken upto the castle very promptly (almost too quickly as there was a steep hill) and we felt we were unable to take in the sights on our way up. We waited around for 10minutes and in this time was able to take photos of the courtyard and was told that our actual guide would be along momentarily. We then proceeded to join another small group and was introduced to the planned itinerary for the tour. Upon booking the castle there are many different options; we selected to do the apartments only as we felt that the tour was extremely long if we’d booked the armoury and other rooms. Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable but we felt like the tour focused mainly on the paintings and furnishings inside the castle rather than the building and historical events that took place there. Overall it was ok if you love art and the rooms were very similar.

Castle was beyond expectations and was magnificent. A definite must see, seeing the original ruins from 12th century was something else. The only negative was our guide seemed much more interested in telling us about the painting rather than over all knowledge so we ended up wondering a little to make sure we found out general information

Knowledgeable tour guide used an effective audio headset which allowed us to hear everything even though there were other groups around. Because of the crowds, you have to keep moving. For me personally, the castle was not as grandiose as I expected but good tour nonetheless.