Buckingham Palace, St James Palace & Tea at Kensington Palace

5.0

based on 77 reviews

| London, United Kingdom

Reviews Summary

Highly recommended, enjoyable experience with rich history and facts. Perfect for a London day, with lovely tea. A special experience, informative and fun, creating lasting memories.

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Features

Free Cancellation

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Instant ticket delivery

Mobile Ticket

Pickup available

Duration

2 hours

Wheelchair accessible

Audio guide

Live guide

Entrance to the State Rooms (if selected at check out)
Knowledgeable Guide and Royal history walk
The history of tea drinking in England
Small Group, maximum of 10, typically 4-6 guests
A Private Table at the Afternoon Tea Venue
Afternoon Tea of Sandwiches, Scones & Cakes. (NB: Child Tea is typically for 11 yrs & younger)

Private Transport
No entrance to Palaces / Walking tour (unless selected at check out)
Bus fare - please bring a Contactless Card or Oyster Card
Can be purchased during the tea service

Mobile or paper ticket accepted
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
We offer Gluten Free, Vegetarian, Vegan & Halal on prior request

See Three Palaces & experience the magnificence of London’s royal quarter with a walk around its most stunning monuments followed by an authentic afternoon tea in Royal surroundings in the company of a knowledgeable guide.

Get to the heart of aristocratic London, exploring the quiet corners & higgledy-piggledy streets of...

Duration 2 Hours
Group Tour
Max 10 people in the group

1
Green Park
Formally known as Upper St James Park, Green Park is the starting point of the tour. We will head away from the crowds to discover quiet spots and discreet passageways that lead away from the regular tours.
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required
2
St. James's
St James is the main aristocratic quarter of London where the landed gentry and political classes mingled in chocolate houses and taverns that became prestigious clubs in the seventeenth century. You will stroll through little used back streets with their fascinating history
- Duration 10 Minutes•
- No Admission Ticket Required

Spencer House

Spencer House at the end of the small street. Built between 1756-1766 for John, first Earl Spencer, an ancestor of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997) it is London’s finest surviving eighteenth-century town house.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

The Mall

St James Palace remains the official London royal palace and is not regularly open to visitors, but the public can attend Sunday services at the Chapel Royal and the Queen's Chapel.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Clarence House

The house was built between 1825 and 1827 to a design by John Nash. It was commissioned by the Duke of Clarence, who in 1830 became King William IV of the United Kingdom (reigned 1830–1837). He lived there in preference to the adjacent St James's Palace, an ancient Tudor building...

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

St. James's Palace

St James is the main aristocratic quarter of London where the landed gentry and political classes mingled in chocolate houses and taverns that became prestigious clubs in the seventeenth century. You will stroll through little used back streets with their fascinating history

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Buckingham Palace

In the Middle Ages, the site of the future palace formed part of the Manor of Ebury (also called Eia). The marshy ground was watered by the river Tyburn, which still flows below the courtyard and south wing of the palace. Where the river was fordable (at Cow Ford), the...

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Wellington Arch

Cross to the Wellington Arch (Decimus Burton) 1828. 4 horse chariot with a figure of peace (1912) Central Passage was reserved for royalty.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Bomber Command Memorial

The Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial is a memorial commemorating the crews of RAF Bomber Command who embarked on missions during the Second World War. The memorial, on the south side of Piccadilly, facing Hyde Park Corner, was built to mark the sacrifice of 55,573 aircrew from Britain, Canada,...

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Piccadilly

The house was originally built in red brick by Robert Adam between 1771 and 1778 for Lord Apsley, the Lord Chancellor, who gave the house its name. Some Adam interiors survive: the Piccadilly Drawing Room with its apsidal end and Adam fireplace, and the Portico Room, behind the giant Corinthian...

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Royal Albert Hall

The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England. It has a seating capacity of 5,272. Since the hall's opening by Queen Victoria in 1871, the world's leading artists from many performance genres have appeared on its stage.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Albert Memorial

The Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens is one of London's most ornate monuments. It commemorates the death of Prince Albert, who died of typhoid in 1861.

Duration 5 Minutes•
No Admission Ticket Required

Kensington Palace

George II was blind in one eye and hard of hearing. In Kensington Palace, 25 October, 1760 he rose as usual at 6:00 am, drank a cup of hot chocolate, and went to his close stool alone. After a few minutes, his valet heard a loud crash and entered the...