Sam's Castle — Attraction in Pacifica

I was very disappointed with the tour and the cost of $30 per person was too much. It seemed as if the gentleman who was showing us around the "castle" and was an interior decorator was more impressed with the work he did with curtains and other items in the "castle". Also, his nonchalant attitude and description of Sam and his poor taste and what he should have done and what they threw out was pretty much opinion and not historical background. The lady who did history was very effective and seemed to know a lot and was good. I also think that this whole "castle" idea is a hoax--it is a house on a hill in Pacifica that may or may not have had "ghosts" and vandalism, all of which was quite common in its time.

Fortunately, I was with a very good group of people and we managed to have a delightful dinner at Nick's in Pacifica and enjoyed the rest of the day after the tour.

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The place looks great...my family and I lived in "The Castle "from about 1956 to early 1959....I was about fourteen, My memories will stay with me forever...my little brother and I had endless places to explore and play....one incident I recall was crawling around an area off the kitchen and finding several bottles of what looked like whiskey hidden way back in the corner of the crawl space, I brought them to my Dad and he said that they were probably left over from when the Castle was used for a Rum running operation during prohibition and that he would turn them over to the Police. I noticed that over the next few months the bottles remained on the shelf in the kitchen cupboard and some how seemed to evaporate till there none left to turn over to the Police......interesting...

Great time! I grew up in Pacifica and as a kid, was always intrigued by this place. I read and watched a lot on the internet in regards to the history of the castle. It was awesome to finally go here! The tour was very informative. The docents answered every question that was asked. The Sam Mazza Foundation puts on music events here once in a while. We're looking forward to seeing an event in the near future. Yup, that's how much we enjoyed it. We're going to go back. Hats off to the Pacifica Historical Society, the docents and Jeanette, the CEO of the Foundation for keeping the castle alive and going! It's a jewel of Pacifica that definitely...