{"id":751,"date":"2026-03-27T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etavisauk.org\/?p=751"},"modified":"2026-03-29T15:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T15:14:28","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":"

Windsor-kastali<\/strong> er elsta og st\u00e6rsta \u00edb\u00fa\u00f0arvirki heims og hefur veri\u00f0 opinber b\u00fasta\u00f0ur breska konungsins \u00ed yfir 900 \u00e1r. Sta\u00f0sett a\u00f0eins 25 m\u00edn\u00fatna lestarfer\u00f0 fr\u00e1 London Paddington (um Slough), er Windsor einn af au\u00f0veldustu og mest gefandi dagsfer\u00f0um fr\u00e1 London. \u00deessi lei\u00f0arv\u00edsir inniheldur allt sem \u00fe\u00fa \u00fearft a\u00f0 vita um heims\u00f3kn til Windsor-kastalans, var\u00f0skiptin, hi\u00f0 heillandi b\u00e6jarf\u00e9lag Windsor og a\u00f0dr\u00e1ttarsta\u00f0i \u00ed n\u00e1grenninu, 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<\/p>\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<\/p>\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<\/p>\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> \u00c1 \u00feri\u00f0jud\u00f6gum, fimmtud\u00f6gum og laugard\u00f6gum (sko\u00f0i\u00f0 opinbera dagskr\u00e1na \u00fear sem h\u00fan getur veri\u00f0 breytileg). Ath\u00f6fnin er \u00f3keypis til \u00e1horfs fr\u00e1 g\u00f6tum b\u00e6jarins og kastalagar\u00f0inum.<\/p>\n

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

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

Mi\u00f0ar og opnunart\u00edmar<\/h2>\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\u00a330<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Barn (5-17)<\/td>\n\u00a316.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Undir fimm<\/td>\n\u00d3keypis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yfir 60 \u00e1ra \/ Nemandi<\/td>\n\u00a327<\/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

\u26a0\ufe0f Ver\u00f0uppf\u00e6rsla:<\/strong> Fr\u00e1 8. apr\u00edl 2026 h\u00e6kkar gjaldi\u00f0 fyrir UK ETA \u00far 16 pundum \u00ed 20 pund (4 punda h\u00e6kkun). \u00d6nnur skilyr\u00f0i eru \u00f3breytt \u2014 ETA-leyfi\u00f0 gildir \u00ed 2 \u00e1r (e\u00f0a til paskaukans rennur \u00fat) og gerir \u00fe\u00e9r kleift a\u00f0 fer\u00f0ast til Bretlands m\u00f6rgum sinnum me\u00f0 dv\u00f6l allt a\u00f0 6 m\u00e1nu\u00f0um \u00ed senn.<\/div>\n

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

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

Besta r\u00e1\u00f0:<\/strong> Bi\u00f0\u00f0u um stimplun \u201cPresentation of Admission\u201d \u00e1 mi\u00f0anum \u00fe\u00ednum \u2014 \u00feetta breytir dagsmi\u00f0anum \u00fe\u00ednum \u00ed \u00e1rsmi\u00f0a sem gildir \u00ed eitt \u00e1r \u00e1n aukakostna\u00f0ar.<\/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