Fénis Castle

I think this castle is good to see if 1) you’ve never seen a castle in person before, or 2) you’re under the age of 10. As English speakers, we took the only tour available which was in Italian (I don’t mind; I’m practicing). There is sufficient signage in English in each room we visited to get a sense of what we were seeing, plus we were handed a pamphlet that was partially in English. Even with all of that, Fenis castle just felt underwhelming—and not really worth the €9 each (castle only, no museum). A lot of what we saw was reproduction, approximately as old (from the period), or not from the original castle. Additionally, after the guided tour (you cannot look independently), we were invited to walk around the outside of the castle, but could not explore the inside any further. That was disappointing. I’ve seen several European castles, and this one felt like a toy in comparison, and lacked rich historical information at the site (I understood most of what was said in Italian—just no ‘juicy’ facts to make the guided tour interesting). The guide was very nice, and didn’t hurry our group so everyone could take pictures. It was just an okay tourist stop.