Palaces in London.

A must on visiting London is to visit London’s Palaces.

Including Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle.

Royal Palaces & Windsor Castle

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The Royal Palaces to visit in and around London.

Buckingham Palace

The State Rooms of the Palace are open to visitors during the Annual Summer Opening in August and September. They are lavishly furnished with some of the greatest treasures from the Royal Collection - paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Vermeer, Poussin, Canaletto and Claude; sculpture by Canova and Chantrey; exquisite examples of Sèvres porcelain; and some of the finest English and French furniture in the world.

Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle is an official residence of The Queen and the largest occupied castle in the world. A Royal home and fortress for over 900 years, the Castle remains a working palace today.

Visitors can walk around the State Apartments, extensive suites of rooms at the heart of the working palace. For part of the year visitors can also see the Semi State rooms, which are some of the most splendid interiors in the castle. They are furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection including paintings by Holbein, Rubens, Van Dyck and Lawrence, fine tapestries and porcelain, sculpture and armour.

Within the Castle complex there are many additional attractions, including the Drawings Gallery, Queen Mary's dolls' house, and the fourteenth-century St. George's Chapel, the burial place of ten sovereigns and setting for many Royal weddings

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Palace of Westminster

Visit the Houses of Parliament

August - September 2007.

Annual public opening of The Houses of Parliament.

Visitors will be able to see the historic building, including the Chambers of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. The tour includes: Queen's Robing Room - Royal Gallery - Prince's Chamber - House of Lords Chamber - Peers' Lobby and Corridor - Central Lobby - Commons Corridor and "No" lobby - House of Commons Chamber - St Stephen's Hall - Westminster Hall - New Palace Yard.

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Hampton Court

This superb Palace was home to some of Britain's most famous Kings and Queens

including Henry Vlll.
The Riverside Gardens have been immaculately restored and cover 60 acres.
Brilliant displays of bedding plants, knot garden with thyme and lavender.
See the spectacular Fountain Garden and the wilderness Garden.
Visit the famous maze covering 1350 square metres

and see the world's oldest vine, which still produces 700 lbs of grapes each year.
Make time to visit the Palace for a sensational day out.

Gardens and Parks in London and places to stay nearby

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