San Simeon: The cloisters

While I continue to sort through hundreds of photos taken last week in Miami and Nassau, lets take a look back at San Simeon and the cloist...

San Simeon gardens

I hope you've been enjoying my series on San Simeon! I have been concentrating on the interiors as they're rarely seen and certain...

San Simeon: Hearst's library

Located off the bedroom's sitting room in the Gothic suite is the private library. Here, Hearst kept his impressive personal book col...

San Simeon: Master bedrooms

While the rest of the Casa Grande at San Simeon is positively kingly, the private bedrooms of Hearst and his companion, Marion Davies, are ...

San Simeon: Doges Suite

If someone were to ask me what my favorite room was at San Simeon, I would have to answer the sitting room in the Doges suite.The suite is s...

San Simeon: Tower bedroom

Located high above the Casa Grande is one of the favorite guest rooms at the ranch: the tower bedroom (just one of 58 in the main house). L...

San Simeon: Casa Del Sol

San Simeon was built as a hilltop village, not as a single mansion. While the main house, Casa Grande (which I've been featuring), is su...