TOUR 14 - Full Day - Late Departure



ROYAL RESIDENCIES:WINDSOR CASTLE AND HAMPTON COURT GARDENS

Windsor Castle

Highlights include:

  • Professional Blue Badge Guide
  • Entry to Windsor Castle
  • visit to State Apartments
  • Entry to Hampton Court Gardens including Privy Gardens.






This delightful tour starts at the home of the Royal Family for 900 years: Windsor Castle - the largest and oldest occupied Castle in the world. Its proud, strong walls dominate the delightful town that has grown around the castle over the years. Generations of Kings and Queens have conducted their business here and enjoyed its grounds, and you get a real sense of British history breathing through the walls of Windsor Castle, first founded by William the Conqueror a day's march from London. You'll see the lavishly decorated State Apartments* containing priceless furniture in glorious colours and St George's Chapel, home to the 14th Century Order of the Royal Garter, our senior chivalric order.

Departing Windsor we make our way to the magnificent Hampton Court via Runnymede, where King John met his barons in 1215 and agreed to seal the Magna Carta, that was to have a profound influence on rights and freedoms, not only in England , but across much of the civilised world. We also see the memorial to John F Kennedy on an acre of land given to America by the people of Britain.

Then we make our way through the green and pleasant Berkshire and Surrey landscape to a Tudor marvel set in sixty acres of spectacular gardens: Hampton Court - a living tapestry of history through the ages. The formal gardens of Hampton Court reflect centuries of careful cultivation resulting in a symphony of regal splendour, symmetry and intricacy. You'll marvel at the 300 year old yew trees, and savour the fragrance of flowers wafting by as you enjoy the elegance and splendour of this historic royal palace. You'll be able to visit the South Gardens, historically the private gardens that provided the palace with its produce. These include the Privy Gardens – the manicured masterpieces of garden design completed in 1702 for William III, the Lower Orangery originally built to house Mary II's botanical specimens, and the more formal and grand East Front Gardens.

All entrances included

*On rare occasions the State Apartments may be closed we will visit the State Apartments at Hampton Court . Viewing is restricted on Sundays.

*During winter, this tour will not visit Hampton Court Gardens and will instead; have an afternoon tea in Windsor .

DAYS OF OPERATION: ALL YEAR – MON / WED / FRI & SUN
TOUR STARTS: 10:00 - ROYAL NATIONAL HOTEL, RUSSELL SQUARE
10:20 - CUMBERLAND HOTEL, MARBLE ARCH
10:45 - EVAN EVANS OFFICE: VICTORIA
11:10 - KENSINGTON GLOUCESTER, KENSINGTON
TOUR FINISHES: 18:00 - VICTORIA


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