London: Kensington Palace Gardens Tour with Royal High Tea

Enjoy a guided walk in the beautiful Kensington Palace Gardens in London. Then, experience the quintessential British tradition of afternoon tea, sandwiches, cakes, and scones in an elegant setting.

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Duration 2.0 hour

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Itinerary

Explore the famous Kensington Palace Gardens of London on a guided tour and see the immaculately maintained water features, formal areas, and Sunken Garden. After the tour enjoy afternoon tea in a traditional setting with a selection of sandwiches, cakes, and scones. After meeting your guide, take a walk to Kensington Gardens. Learn about the history of the royal family and its connection to Kensington Palace, hearing stories about notable royal figures like home to members of the British royal family like Princess Diana, Prince Harry, and Prince William. Explore the beautiful gardens surrounding Kensington Palace. Admire the ornately designed water features and meticulously maintained flower beds. After the tour, enjoy some afternoon tea in the breathtaking surroundings of Kensington Palace in the Orangery, created by Queen Anne in the 18th century. Choose from a wide variety of high-quality teas, or other drinks. Try some tasty sandwiches, including classics such as egg mayonnaise and cress, smoked salmon and cream cheese, roast ham, and English mustard, and cucumber and fresh mint. Taste traditional scones made with Welsh butter filled with cream and jam and a selection of fine afternoon tea cakes.

Highlights

Explore the beautiful Kensington Palace Gardens of London on a guided tour
Admire the ornate water features and the intricately designed flower beds
Discover fascinating insights into notable royal figures like Princess Diana
Enjoy some traditional afternoon tea in the Orangery of Kensington Palace
Taste high-quality tea, British-style sandwiches, and fine scones and tea cakes

Know before you go

This tour includes about an hour of walking Kensington Palace is occasionally closed for private events or operational issues in which case the activity provider may arrange an alternative venue for the tea Vegan and vegetarian options are available This tour does not include entry to the Palace itself. Depending on the time of your booking and availability, you may be able to visit the interior of the Palace by yourself by purchasing a ticket from the Historic Royal Palaces website (hrp.org.uk). It is recommended to book a time slot 2 hours from the start of our tour and allow a further 90mins to 2 hours to see the all the exhibits.

Includes

Guide Kensington Palace Gardens tour Sandwiches, cakes, and scones Tea or coffee Glass of sparkling wine (if option selected)

Reviews from other travelers

SUZETTE - Canada

5 /5

(Written on 2024-09-20)

We were 6 people including the guide and driver in a car!! Impossible to have easy access to the 3rd row of seats without having to bend over backwards. Incredible cheap shot.. We did that!! Same thin (Read More)g the next day with another car!! It took an SUV..

GetYourGuide traveler - Brazil

5 /5

(Written on 2024-09-25)

We liked everything Excellent guide!

Susan M - United States

5 /5

(Written on 2024-07-31)

Very informative about royals history. Dave was knowledgeable on this subject and his presence was much appreciated. Scenery was excellent.

Sarah - United Kingdom

1 /5

(Written on 2024-07-14)

Too much history of the park, advertised as a tour of the sunken garden, that was completely missed out as we were running late because we’d been subjected to uninteresting history 1600’s 1700’s. Sorr (Read More)y to report badly, but waste of money. Afternoon tea very nice.

Diane - United States

5 /5

(Written on 2024-09-10)

The tour was lovely. Out tour guide Paul was very knowledgeable and simply a delightful guide. The Tea at the Orangery was very nice. A great excursion. Thank you Paul.

Aubrey - United States

4 /5

(Written on 2024-10-12)

The tour was fine, cold as it would be this time of year. Our guide Barbara was kind and took care of us. She left a bit abruptly and I wish she would have explained when she’d depart because I would (Read More)have preferred a different seating arrangement but it was fine. Service at The Orangery was good and the food was okay. It’s gorgeous inside and of course on the KP grounds so I’m glad I had the experience but probably wouldn’t book again.

Beth - United States

3 /5

(Written on 2024-10-21)

The tour of the gardens was nice. It felt hurried a bit. It was raining and perhaps that was why. There was a lot to see and we only scratched the surface. It didn’t feel like the guide took the whole (Read More) time planned with us. We were dropped for tea at the cafe without explanation to the staff that our tours paid for the teas service. So if we had’t have showed them our vouchers, we would have been charged. Pretty sure our other guide participants didn’t know that and only ordered one Afternoon Tea service and were charged for it even though the tour clearly came with one service for each participant. So communication at the Orangey was not done well between guide and staff. Beautiful location. Must see in London. Guide ok. Tea service lovely. Make sure you get what you pay for.

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