Private Tour: Royal High Tea At Kensington Palace Gardens

Your Private Senior Guide will greet you at the meeting point and tailor your tour to your personal requirements . Firstly, you will be escorted around the Park & learn of its long history and events which have shaped our Nation. We will see the beautiful gardens Albert created for his wife Queen Victoria & take in the spectacular views as we approach the Palace where Prince Harry and William grew up. We will then experience the full splendour of High Tea with Sparkling Wine on a private table in the 300 year old Orangery at the Palace. Your guide will be on hand to give you personal insights into our royal family and the fascinating history of our national drink and the ceremony of afternoon tea. . All Food and Beverage Service includes Service Charge. . The tour itself does not include any gratuities & are entirely at your discretion We are happy to offer customisation of this tour if you contact us in advance.

1. 1

   Stop 1

   Pass by

   This is the meeting point for all our tours

2. 2

   Physical Energy Statue

   5 min

   This bronze statue of man on horseback is called Physical Energy and is the work of the British artist George Frederic Watts (1817-1904). Watts had very high ideals for his art, and intended his work to help humanity embrace progress. Physical Energy is an allegory of the human need for new challenges – of our instinct to always be scanning the horizon, looking towards the future. In the artist’s own words, it is ‘a symbol of that restless physical impulse to seek the still unachieved in the domain of material things’.

3. 3

   Hyde Park

   10 min

   The park's name comes from the Manor of Hyde, which was the northeast sub-division of the manor of Eia (the other two sub-divisions were Ebury and Neyte) and appears as such in the Domesday Book.

4. 4

   Italian Gardens

   10 min

   The Italian Gardens are an elaborate mix of four main basins. They feature central rosettes carved in Carrara marble, the Portland stone and white marble Tazza Fountain, and a collection of stone statues and urns. See if you can spot the five main urn designs – a swan's breast, woman's head, ram's head, dolphin and oval.

5. 5

   Round Pond

   10 min

   The Ornamental Pond commissioned by Queen Caroline

6. 6

   Kensington Palace

   10 min

   Built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1789 and 1794. Additional work by William Kent. Only acessable if you book the option with Palace Entry

7. 7

   Stop 7

   10 min

   In January 2017, Diana's sons commissioned a statue of their mother for Kensington Palace to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death. Ian Rank-Broadley executed the statue.

8. 8

   London

   45 min

   Tea at the Orangery designed by Hawkesmore in 1704

• Wheelchair accessible
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
• All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible

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