Castillo Concejuelo

Castillo Concejuelo
Established 1978
Location Biscay, Basque Country, Spain
Type Automobile museum
Website Official website

Castillo Concejuelo is a private castle and automobile museum, located in Torre Loizaga, Biscay in the Basque Country, Spain.

Museum

Described as one of the most significant Rolls-Royce collections in the world,[1] it contains 42 Rolls-Royce cars in three pavilions, in a total of 63 cars on display. Its most significant cars are an 1899 Allen Runabout, and a rare 1956 Rolls-Royce Phantom IV, originally owned by the HH Abdullah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Hakim of Kuwait.

The museum is open from 10:00 until 15:00 during the summer, and costs €6 for adults, and €3 for children between 12 and 18 years of age.

The Hakim's Rolls-Royce Phantom IV. The car was ordered in 1955 and delivered in January 1956. Just 18 examples of this model were built, many of them with limousine bodies.

Transport

Located 45mins drive from Bilbao, most reviews suggest that an authorised tour bus is both the easiest way to get there, and to find the hard to locate castle.[2]

If travelling by car, exit the Autovía A-8 at Zierbena/Gallarta, and head south on the N-634 towards Las Carreras and Somorrostro Muskiz. On reaching Somorrostro Muskiz, take the BI-2701 south towards Sopuerta. Then take the BI-3631 East towards Galdames Guenes (second road marked to Galdames Guenes), to kilometre marker 33, and then take mud track south marked towards Torre Loizaga.[3]

Collection

Rolls-Royce

  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Roi Des Belges (1910)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Alpine Eagle (1914)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost 40-50 HP (1921)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1921)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Springfield Cabrio (1922)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost (1923)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Springfield Limousine (1924)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Springfield Sedanca (1925)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom I Landalette/Sedanca (1926)
  • Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost Tilbury (1926)
  • Rolls-Royce 20 HP Doctor's Coupe (1926)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom I Doctor's Coupe (1927)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom I Cabrio Aluminio (1928)
  • Rolls-Royce 20 HP Cabrio (1928)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom I Springfield (1929)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom II Cabrio Aluminio (1930)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom II S Coupe Continental (1932)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom II Limousine (1933)
  • Rolls-Royce 20/25 Sport Saloon (1934)
  • Rolls-Royce 20/25 Cabrio (1934)
  • Rolls-Royce Phantom III Limousine (1936)

Other marques

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bentleyspotting.com/2008/08/museo-coleccion-rolls-royce-torrre.html
  2. ↑ "Castillo Concejuelo". tripadvisor.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Castillo de Concejuelo". Retrieved 30 April 2011.

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