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London Gardens Tour: Hidden Gems and High Tea
4.8
12 Ratings
Greater London
Discover the hidden beauty spots and gardens of central London on a private guided tour. Explore the Inns of Court, Kensington Gardens, and the Chelsea Physic Garden. Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea. Moderate fitness required.
Discover the hidden beauty spots and gardens of central London on a private guided tour. Explore the Inns of Court, Kensington Gardens, and the Chelsea Physic Garden. Enjoy a traditional afternoon tea. Moderate fitness required.
Duration:
6 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Sir John Soane’s Museum - John Soane, a renowned Victorian architect, was also a passionate collector of antiquities and sculptures. Explore all of this in his beautifully preserved home.
- Trafalgar Square - Located very near our starting point at Saint Martin in the Fields Church, this is one of London’s iconic squares.
- Covent Garden -…
- Sir John Soane’s Museum - John Soane, a renowned Victorian architect, was also a passionate collector of antiquities and sculptures. Explore all of this in his beautifully preserved home.
- Trafalgar Square - Located very near our starting point at Saint Martin in the Fields Church, this is one of London’s iconic squares.
- Covent Garden - Rich in history, it was once London’s flower market.
- Chelsea Physic Garden - This remarkable garden was established by apothecaries to cultivate their own medicinal plants. Enjoy the garden and indulge in a delightful high tea.
- Lincoln’s Inn Fields - As one of the largest squares in London, it is home to the Sir John Soane Museum. We also take a break here for our mid-morning coffee.
- Inns of Court - These courts feature some charming gardens, often hidden from the typical tourist path.
What's Included
- High Tea
- Local guide
- Transport by private vehicle
- High Tea
- Local guide
- Transport by private vehicle
What's Not Included
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Additional Information
Private Tour – enjoy a personalized experience with a friendly and knowledgeable guide.
This full-day guided tour explores the hidden beauty spots and gardens in central London. It is a truly private experience, traveling by black cab from one garden to another, with some walking involved. The tour includes visits to the charming hidden gardens of the…
Private Tour – enjoy a personalized experience with a friendly and knowledgeable guide.
This full-day guided tour explores the hidden beauty spots and gardens in central London. It is a truly private experience, traveling by black cab from one garden to another, with some walking involved. The tour includes visits to the charming hidden gardens of the Inns of Court, Lincolns Inn Fields, and the remarkable Chelsea Physic Garden. All garden entry fees are covered, along with a delightful traditional high tea. Please note: moderate fitness is necessary as the morning segment involves a significant amount of walking.
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required on this tour.
- A maximum of 5 people per booking: capacity of new electric London cabs
Location
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Front steps of St Martin in the Fields Church, on east side of Trafalgar Square.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(12 Ratings)
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Deniserb1242kp
Jul 25, 2024
A delightful tour! - Thoroughly enjoyed the London garden tour with Suzy! Interesting history facts along the way, (which I never would have discovered on my own), pocket gardens through London, and, of course, afternoon tea at Chelsea Physic Garden. Suzy was friendly, knowledgeable, and I believe a real asset to the tour company.
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Judybu6822jx
Jun 17, 2024
Secret Gardens were a wonderful well kept secret! - My daughter and I had a wonderful time on this tour. Suzy was very knowledgeable and professional. The meeting place was easy to get to and Suze was there waiting for us. We went to places I had no idea were there and learned a lot about them as well as different types of plants which I enjoyed as I garden. Suze would look up and identify any that I didn’t know.
The High Tea was very good as well and I would highly recommend this tour.
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Judybu6822jx
May 31, 2024
Wonderful tour of hidden gems! - Fantastic tour! Our guide was knowledgeable, professional and personable. Susanne was very good and answered all our questions. Loved the places we were taken to and enjoyed the gardens immensely. Saw places and flowers we didn’t know existed and if I wanted to know a type of flower/plant, she looked it up.
High tea was great!
Would highly recommend!
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C9758mqjeannes
Jul 29, 2022
Excellent Tour - Highly recommend the Secret Gardens tour to friends and family. We
particularly liked the Physics Garden, but all of the gardens were
lovely and so pleasant. Our guide, Stephen, was so knowledgeable and we
thoroughly enjoyed his company. The afternoon tea at the Ivy Cafe was
fabulous!
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Beckyk1200
Sep 26, 2020
Wonderful day out - We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Stephen. He was an incredibly well-informed and interesting guide and we saw parts of London which we had never seen before (despite having lived there for 20 years). The delicious tea at the end was the icing on the cake!!
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Comoxmcdonald
Jul 23, 2019
See so much more than gardens with the Dr Who of tour guides - This was one of my best tour experiences of all time. Our guide, Stephen, was a delight. He reminded me of Dr. Who, in the best possible way, as he whizzed us around London revealing hidden botanical wonders , many 'hidden in plain view'.
Coming from British Columbia I was drinking up the lengthy historical context of many of the gardens we saw. Stephen was super observant and with an artist's eye he helped me see things I would have missed on my own. It's a long day, a fair bit longer than 10,000 steps and as a stout, older person I was proud of myself for keeping up with the mercurial Stephen. Ending with tea at the physik garden couldn't have been nicer.
While I was on my travels I also went on some other more traditional tours with one guide for a much larger group, That is a completely different quality of experience. The smaller tours with Greenwich Royal Tours is a very high quality of tourist experience.
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Susan
Jul 12, 2019
Amazing tour of gardens with afternoon tea. - Four of my travel friends and I were in London before a cruise was to leave and so I booked this great opportunity to see gardens in London. We started at the steps of St. Martin in the Field's Church and from there explored the back gardens of London. Stephen was our guide and so knowledgeable about the flowers, London, and art events. Many of us had seen gardens out of London and the Chelsey Garden show, but this was a personal experience to celebrate the smaller gardens which you might not see if on your own. High Tea was just a bonus to the day. Oh, we had sunshine too. I highly recommend this adventure.
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Dena
Jun 13, 2018
Great tour with a fantastic guide! - Our guide Stephen was personable and very knowledgable, and very flexible in making sure we enjoyed every stop to its fullest. The individual stops of the tour included the not-to-be-missed Sir John Soane Museum and a fabulous afternoon tea at the Chelsea Physic Garden. Thanks for everything!
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Vin_and_vie
Sep 27, 2019
Beautiful gardens worth the walk - Stephen, our guide for this walking tour, took us from the grand (Kensington Palace gardens, lake, and Victorian greenhouses) to the arcane but very interesting (the Physic apothecary garden), with an excellent lunch/tea included. Best of course if the gardens are in bloom and the weather is good. Wear your walking shoes.
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Butch
Jun 26, 2019
Good Tour but Way Too Long - First of all let me start with the good...Stephen our guide. He was very personable, informative and did a great job with what he had to work with on the tour. But make no mistake, this is 1) a long walking tour, 2) more of a history tour of out of the way places than a garden tour. This tour would be better if it was 4 hours long and really went to secret gardens and not public gardens that anyone can go to with out taking a tour. We had already toured Kensington Palace, Temple Church and Covent Gardens, all of which are on this tour. We really liked Stephen, but it felt like he was trying to fill time at several points. The afternoon tea was nice, but we spent very little time in the Chelsea garden because we were tired after having walked 4- 5 miles.
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