{"id":751,"date":"2026-03-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etavisauk.org\/?p=751"},"modified":"2026-10-25T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T19:57:09","slug":"windsor-castle-day-trip-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/etavisauk.org\/is\/windsor-castle-day-trip-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Dagsfer\u00f0 til Windsor-kastalans fr\u00e1 London 2026: Mi\u00f0ar, sko\u00f0unarfer\u00f0ir og konungleg saga"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00ed\u00f0ast uppf\u00e6rt: 19. okt\u00f3ber 2026<\/em><\/p>\n

Windsor-kastali<\/strong> er elsti og st\u00e6rsti bygg\u00f0i kastali heimsins, og \u00fej\u00f3nar sem opinber b\u00fasta\u00f0ur breska konungsins \u00ed yfir 900 \u00e1r. Lestir keyra fr\u00e1 London Paddington n\u00e6stum \u00e1 20 m\u00edn\u00fatna fresti (skiptum vi\u00f0 Slough), e\u00f0a beint fr\u00e1 London Waterloo til Windsor & Eton Riverside \u00e1 um 55 m\u00edn\u00fatum, sem gerir Windsor eina au\u00f0veldasta og gefandi dagfer\u00f0ina fr\u00e1 London. \u00deessi handb\u00f3k tekur til alls sem \u00fe\u00fa \u00fearft a\u00f0 vita um a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja Windsor Castle, v\u00edf hir\u00f0sinnis, djarflega borg Windsor og n\u00e6rliggjandi a\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0u eins og Eton College og Legoland \u00e1ri\u00f0 2026.<\/p>\n

Um Windsor-kastalann<\/h2>\n

Byggt af Vilhelm sigurs\u00e6li<\/strong> \u00c1 1070. \u00e1ratugnum, eftir landvinning hans \u00e1 Englandi, hefur Windsor-kastali veri\u00f0 samfellt bygg\u00f0ur af breskum konungum s\u00ed\u00f0an \u2014 sem gerir hann a\u00f0 Lengst \u00ed notkunverandi h\u00f6ll \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu<\/strong>. Kastalinn n\u00e6r yfir 13 ekrur og inniheldur um \u00fea\u00f0 bil 1.000 herbergi. Hann hefur \u00fej\u00f3na\u00f0 b\u00e6\u00f0i sem konunglegt heimili og starfandi h\u00f6ll, \u00fear sem teki\u00f0 hefur veri\u00f0 \u00e1 m\u00f3ti r\u00edkisheims\u00f3knum, ath\u00f6fnum og opinberum vi\u00f0bur\u00f0um. Drottning El\u00edsabet II eyddi flestum helgum \u00ed Windsor og l\u00e9st \u00fear \u00e1ri\u00f0 2022. Konungur Karl III notar kastalann enn sem a\u00f0setur sitt.<\/p>\n\"Dagsfer\u00f0\n\n

\"Dagsfer\u00f0<\/p>\n

Borgarh\u00fasi\u00f0 var endurreist \u00ed st\u00f3rum st\u00edl eftir ey\u00f0ileggjandi eld \u00e1ri\u00f0 1992 og b\u00fd\u00f0ur gestum \u00ed dag upp \u00e1 st\u00f3rkostlega upplifun sem sameinar mi\u00f0aldabyggingarlist, konunglega s\u00f6gu og listaverkas\u00f6fn af heimsflokki. Fyrir fleiri kastala \u00ed Bretlandi, sj\u00e1 fyrirhuga\u00f0a grein okkar um Besti kastalar Bretlands<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A\u00f0 komast til Windsor fr\u00e1 London<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Lei\u00f0<\/th>\nLengd<\/th>\n\u00c1\u00e6tla\u00f0ur kostna\u00f0ur<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Paddington \u2192 Slough \u2192 Windsor (GWR + skutli)<\/td>\n25-35 m\u00edn<\/td>\n\u00a312-20 fram og til baka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waterloo \u2192 Windsor & Eton Riverside (SWR)<\/td>\n55 m\u00edn (beint)<\/td>\n\u00a312-20 fram og til baka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lund\u00fanir (r\u00fatan)<\/td>\n1 klst. 15 m\u00edn.<\/td>\n\u00a38-15 fyrir fer\u00f0ina fram og til baka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

B\u00e1\u00f0ar lestarlei\u00f0irnar eru \u00fe\u00e6gilegar. Paddington-lei\u00f0in er hra\u00f0ari en krefst skiptingar \u00ed Slough. Waterloo-lei\u00f0in er beint og kemur n\u00e6r kastalanum. Panta\u00f0u fyrirfram mi\u00f0a til a\u00f0 spara \u2014 sj\u00e1 okkar Lei\u00f0arv\u00edsir um lestarfer\u00f0akort<\/a>.<\/p>\n\"Dagsfer\u00f0\n\n

\"Dagsfer\u00f0<\/p>\n

Hva\u00f0 er a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 inni \u00ed Windsor-kastalanum<\/h2>\n

R\u00edkis\u00edb\u00fa\u00f0irnar<\/h3>\n

\u00deeir R\u00edkis\u00edb\u00fa\u00f0ir<\/strong> eru h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0armi\u00f0st\u00f6\u00f0 kastalans, notu\u00f0 vi\u00f0 opinber t\u00e6kif\u00e6ri r\u00edkisins og heims\u00f3knir r\u00edkish\u00f6f\u00f0ingja. \u00de\u00fa getur gengi\u00f0 um st\u00f3rkostlegan r\u00f6\u00f0 herbergja, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al St. George-salinn (st\u00f3ri veislusalurinn sem r\u00famar 160 gesti), Waterloo-herbergi\u00f0 og herbergi skreytt meistaraverkum Rembrandts, Rubens, Van Dycks og Canalettos. Skreyttir loftar, gullslegin h\u00fasg\u00f6gn og konunglegar portrettmyndir eru st\u00f3rkostleg.<\/p>\n\"Dagsfer\u00f0\n\n

\"Dagsfer\u00f0<\/p>\n

Kapellunni helga J\u00f3rsbergi<\/h3>\n

Eitt af bestu d\u00e6munum um gotneska byggingarlist \u00ed Englandi, Kapellunni helga J\u00f3rsbergi<\/strong> er andlegt heimili Riddarar\u00f6\u00f0 Garter \u2014 elstu riddarar\u00f6\u00f0 heims, stofnu\u00f0 \u00e1ri\u00f0 1348. Kapellunni er s\u00ed\u00f0asta hv\u00edlusta\u00f0ur t\u00edu konunga, \u00fear \u00e1 me\u00f0al Hinriks VIII og \u00feri\u00f0ju konu hans, Jane Seymour, og n\u00fdlega El\u00edsabetar II drottningar og Philip prins. H\u00fan var einnig vettvangur br\u00fa\u00f0kaups Harry prins og Meghan Markle \u00e1ri\u00f0 2018. Kapellunni fylgir a\u00f0gangseyrir a\u00f0 kastalanum en h\u00fan er loku\u00f0 \u00e1 sunnud\u00f6gum (a\u00f0eins fyrir gu\u00f0s\u00fej\u00f3nustur).<\/p>\n

D\u00fakkuh\u00fas drottningar Mary<\/h3>\n

Skapa\u00f0 \u00e1 1920. \u00e1ratugnum er \u00feetta \u00f3tr\u00falega litla h\u00f6ll bygg\u00f0 \u00ed 1:12 hlutfalli og talin fallegasta d\u00fakkuh\u00fas \u00ed heiminum. Allt \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed virkar \u2014 lyfturnar ganga, kr\u00f6nin hafa rennandi vatn og v\u00ednkjallarinn inniheldur raunverulegar (\u00f6rsm\u00e1ar) fl\u00f6skur. \u00dea\u00f0 var hanna\u00f0 af arkitektinum Sir Edwin Lutyens me\u00f0 framlagi fr\u00e1 1.500 handverksm\u00f6nnum og listam\u00f6nnum.<\/p>\n

Hringturinn<\/h3>\n

T\u00e1kni\u00f0 Hringturni<\/strong> R\u00eds yfir borgarhorizontinn. \u00de\u00f3 a\u00f0 h\u00fan s\u00e9 ekki alltaf opin almenningi b\u00fd\u00f0ur h\u00fan upp \u00e1 \u00f3tr\u00falegt \u00fats\u00fdni \u00feegar a\u00f0gangur er m\u00f6gulegur. Konunglega f\u00e1ninn blaktir \u00e1 turni \u00feegar konungurinn er til dvalar; Union Flag blaktir \u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum t\u00edmum.<\/p>\n

Vaktarskipti<\/h2>\n

\u00deeir Vaktarskipti<\/strong> Ath\u00f6fnin vi\u00f0 Windsor-kastalann er litr\u00edkt s\u00fdning breskra h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0arvi\u00f0skipta. Var\u00f0li\u00f0i\u00f0 gengur um b\u00e6inn a\u00f0 kastalanum undir fylgd herhlj\u00f3msveitar. H\u00fan fer fram vi\u00f0 KL. 11:00<\/strong> \u00e1 f\u00f6stud\u00f6gum, fimmtud\u00f6gum og laugard\u00f6gum, ef ve\u00f0ur leyfir, og aldrei \u00e1 sunnudag (athug\u00f0u opinbera dagatali\u00f0 \u00fear sem \u00fea\u00f0 er mismunandi). \u00de\u00fa getur horft \u00e1 hir\u00f0sinna og bandi marsjandi um borgina \u00f3keypis, en hinn eiginlegi ath\u00f6fnin fer fram innan kastalasv\u00e6\u00f0isins, svo \u00fe\u00fa \u00fearft Windsor Castle mi\u00f0a til a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 hana.<\/p>\n\"Dagsfer\u00f0\n\n

\"Dagsfer\u00f0<\/p>\n

Mi\u00f0ar og opnunart\u00edmar<\/h2>\n

Windsor Castle mi\u00f0ar fyrir 2026 kosta \u00a332 fyrir fullor\u00f0na sem p\u00f6kku\u00f0 fyrirfram (\u00a336 \u00e1 daginum), \u00a321 fyrir 18\u201324 \u00e1ra g\u00f6mul og \u00a316 fyrir b\u00f6rn 5\u201317 \u00e1ra; b\u00f6rn undir 5 \u00e1ra f\u00e1 frj\u00e1lsa\u00f0gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mi\u00f0ategund<\/th>\nVer\u00f0 (2026)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Fullor\u00f0inn<\/td>\n\u00a332 (\u00a336 \u00e1 s\u00f6ludag)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barn (5-17)<\/td>\n\u00a316 (\u00a318 \u00e1 s\u00f6ludag)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Undir fimm<\/td>\n\u00d3keypis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ungmenni (18\u201324 \u00e1ra)<\/td>\n\u00a321 (\u00a324 \u00e1 s\u00f6ludag)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fj\u00f6lskylda (2+3)<\/td>\n\u00a378<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Opi\u00f0:<\/strong> Mars\u2013okt\u00f3ber: 10:00\u201317:15, n\u00f3vember\u2013febr\u00faar: 10:00\u201316:15. S\u00ed\u00f0asti inngangur er 75 m\u00edn\u00fatum fyrir lokun. Kastalinn lokar stundum vegna opinberra vi\u00f0bur\u00f0a \u2014 athuga\u00f0u opinber vefs\u00ed\u00f0a Royal Collection<\/a> \u00e1\u00f0ur en heims\u00e6kja.<\/p>\n\"Dagsfer\u00f0\n\n

\"Dagsfer\u00f0<\/p>\n

Besta r\u00e1\u00f0:<\/strong> Ef \u00fe\u00fa kaupir mi\u00f0ann \u00feinn beint fr\u00e1 Royal Collection Trust getur\u00f0u breytt honum \u00ed \u00f3keypis 1 \u00e1rs kort: skrifa\u00f0u og prentu nafni\u00f0 \u00feitt \u00e1 mi\u00f0ann \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00fe\u00fa fer\u00f0, og kaupin eru me\u00f0h\u00f6ndlu\u00f0 sem framlag. \u00deetta \u00e1 ekki vi\u00f0 um mi\u00f0a sem keyptir eru \u00ed gegnum \u00feri\u00f0ja a\u00f0ila.<\/p>\n

A\u00f0 kanna b\u00e6inn Windsor<\/h2>\n

B\u00e6rinn Windsor sj\u00e1lfur er heillandi og vel \u00feess vir\u00f0i a\u00f0 kanna hann umfram kastalann:<\/p>\n